Tutorial - Getting mIRC set up.
February 3, 2007 5:00 PM1.) Download mIRC. Download located here: mIRC Download
2.) Install mIRC. (Install guide from website)
- Locate the mIRC 6.21 cabinet which you just downloaded and saved to your harddisk. It is named mirc621.exe
- To start the installation process just double click on the cabinet. The installation program will be started automatically and guide you throuht the installation process:
- It will ask you to agree with the licence agreement.
- In the next step the installer will ask you where in your harddisk you want mIRC to be installed. Normally the proposed c:\program files\mirc will do fine. Upgraders just browse to the directory where their current mIRC version is found and select that as Destination Folder.
- Then the installer will ask you what to install. Normally you'll install all components. When you're upgrading from a previous version, set the installer to not install the 'Settings File' (mirc.ini) and/or 'Scripts' (aliases.ini and popups.ini).
- Then the installer asks if you want to add a Start Menu folder and set up the mIRC icons with shortcuts. If you don't want the installer to add shortcuts to your new mIRC select the "Do not create shortcuts" option.
- The installer will by default make backup copies of all older files in a backup directory in the Destination Folder. Better keep that setting!
- Select 'Install' and you're done! The installer will take care of all the work.
- When the installation is done you can "Run mIRC" right away and Finish the installation
3.) Run mIRC and get set up.
- Double click the
icon (shortcut) to start up mIRC. - mIRC will start and show the Options Dialog and require you to fill in some information:
- In the mIRC Options dialog (as above) you see an options tree structure. You can expand a branch of the tree (a Category) by selecting an item (Connect, IRC, Sounds,..) and clicking on the little 'plus' sign. A list of sub-items will unfold. At first only the main 'Connect' menu item seen above, has to be filled in. Select this item and enter the following information in the fields;