eMedia Card Designer software was written before Windows 7 came along. As such, it doesn’t automatically install cleanly on Windows 7 because it needs to edit core system settings. It will install and work fine, but Windows 7 needs to be told to allow it.

When you first put the CD in the drive, Windows 7 will pop up a box asking you what you want to do with it. You need to select the option that says ‘Open folder to view files’.

Once the file view has opened, you need to open the ‘eMedia’ folder (the one without the numbers after it):

When in the folder, you need to find the file called ‘setup.exe’. If you can’t see the full extensions of the files, it’s the one with the picture of a computer as the icon:

Left-click once on the file, then hold down the Shift key and right-click on it. A menu will pop up and you need to select ‘Run as Administrator’. The Windows 7 UAC prompt will then ask you if you really want to do this, and you do.

Run through the install as normal, selecting the options you require. For most people, a default full install will be everything you need.

After the install has finished, there will be an icon placed on your desktop. For the first run only, you need to do the same thing. Left-click once on the icon on your desktop to select it, hold down the Shift key and right-click it. Select ‘Run as Administrator’ again and say Yes to the UAC prompt.

Once you have done this, eMedia will run as normal for each subsequent run; you can double-click the icon as you would for any other program.

If you have also just completed the printer driver install, you may need to restart your computer before starting to use eMedia.