ADE 2020 has a executable installer.  Remove the executable from the zip and run it.  You should see this dialog.  If your Windows Security System blocks the executable then you may need to bypass the security check.  The installer has been virus and malware checked before uploading



Click Next to the Destination Folder Setting Screen:



It is important that this alpha is not installed over any existing installation.  You are offered a default destination folder which you should accept unless you have issues with that location.  Click Next and the installer will do its business



and after a short while you should see the completion screen



No shortcut will be placed on your desktop and ADE will not make changes to your registry.  


Run ADE 2020.  If you see this screen then your Windows Security is complaining about one or more files in the package.  




See this article on how to fix it: ADE DLL Loading Error


We are looking at different ways to stop this happening.


Once you have ADE running without security issues, complete the New User Wizard.  Make sure you set the path to the root folder to store your projects.     Section 6 covers the settings in detail.


Now Exit ADE  This will ensure that all the settings are stored. You can then restart ADE and begin to use it.


If you get a CTD and have a culture setting that is not en-US then please change it.  This is a temporary requirement until the next code update


If you have added custom models in the current version then you will lose the footprints.  A work around is to copy the MFDB.dbs file from the Global Folder in the current version to the Global folder in the new version over writing the base file in the new version.