Installing Plot Tools on Windows Vista

The Plot Tools installation program is not compatible with Windows
Vista, but the program itself will work fine following a few extra
manual steps to complete the installation process.

First download Plot Tools from the USPS web site and unzip the file to
a temporary location. We suggest that you create a folder called
"C:\Temp" and use that. Then double-click on the "SETUP" file to
install the program. You will be challenged on security grounds.
Indicate your approval.

The installation will fail midway, reporting that it cannot install
the file "COMMDLG.DLL". That is because a newer version of that 
file already exists on your system, and because Vista does not
permit installation programs to copy files to system folders at
will. Unfortunately, that error causes the rest of the installation 
process to abort.

Because the installation process aborted, you will need to 
complete the following steps manually:

Copy the following files from the temporary location to which 
they were unzipped to the installation directory ("C:\PLOTTOOL" 
by default):

     MANUAL.DOC
     README.TXT
     VER.DLL

Copy the following file to "C:\Windows\System":

     VBRUN300.DLL

Vista will challenge you on security grounds. Indicate your 
approval.

Now you will need to create a startup icon on your desktop.

     * Right-click on your desktop
     * Select "New", then "Shortcut"
     * Browse to "C:\PLOTTOOL\PLOTTOOL" and click "Next". The 
         browsing sequence will be something like this:
         "Computer | OS (C:) | PLOTTOOL | PLOTTOOL".
     * Click "OK", then "Next", then "Finish".

You will now be able to start up Plot Tools by double-clicking on 
the PLOTTOOL desktop icon.