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Use the following terms and phrases. Also, note the given spellings.

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Installation, setup

Use install to refer to adding hardware or software to a computer system. You install items on a disk (not onto a disk).

Don’t use install when you mean installation. It’s the installation disc, the installation procedure, and the installation wizard.
Don’t use: install disc, install procedure, install wizard

The software used for installation is the installer. Capitalize installer only when you refer to a specific installer application.
Don’t use: installation utility

Yes:

The DemoSoft Installer.

Yes:

Most programs come with an installer.

Use set up (two words) to refer to the process of preparing and configuring a program. This procedure is the setup (one word).

Often, the basic setup is done by the installer. For this reason, it’s usually adequate to call the program that performs both installation and setup the installer rather than the setup program.

Don’t use setup as a short form of setup program.

Removing, uninstalling

In general, use the term to remove. Use uninstall only if the user interface also uses this term.

The software used for removing a program is the uninstaller.

Don’t use: deinstall, delete, deinstaller

Talking about the registry

Don’t capitalize the word registry.

To refer to the entries within the registry in general, use the term registry settings.

There are registry keys, registry entries, and values.
Don’t use: registry value


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