Setup and Run QUAL2E on windows 2000 and Windows NT Systems August 16,
2001 

The files and setup procedure described below allow the use of QUAL2E as
an independent (stand-alone) application on Windows 2000 and Windows NT
systems. QUAL2E will not run from the BASINS 3.0 interface under these
operating systems. You must have administrator privileges on your PC to
perform the following setup procedure. 

1. Unzip the "qual2eu_nt_w2k.zip" file into a new directory, preferably
c:\qual2e. When extracting the zip file, make sure the check box for
"Use Folder Names" is checked so that the directory structure from the
zip file will be maintained The directory structure includes a root
directory (e.g., qual2e) and a subdirectory called 'prog' (e.g.,
qual2e\prog). The root directory contains data files and the prog
directory contains the program files. 

2. Copy the files GSW.exe and GSWdll.dll from the qual2e\prog folder
into the %Systemroot%\System32 directory (this is usually
WinNT\System32). 

3. Set up a new Environment Variable name "Q2eDir". To do this: *
Right-click on My Computer, Select Properties from the pull-down menu,
Click on the Advanced tab, click on Environment Variables. In WinNT,
click on the Environment tab. * Under System variables (lower window in
Win2000, upper window in WinNT), click on New...(in WinNT, scroll to the
bottom and click on the blank space), in the Variable Name box, enter
"Q2eDir", in the Variable Value box enter the path to the QUAL2e root
directory where the QUAL2E Data files are located (for example
"c:\qual2e"), Click OK. Keep the Environment Variable window open for
the next step. 

4. Change the Path System Variable to include paths to the Qual2e root
directory and Qual2e\prog directory. To do this: * Under Environment
Variables, System Variables (in WinNT, just System Variables), Select
the Path variable, Click on Edit (in WinNT, there is no Edit button,
just edit the value)... * At the end of the statement Add
";c:\qual2e;c:\qual2e\prog" (do not include the quotes, and modify the
path accordingly if you extracted the zipped files to something other
than c:), Click OK. * Click OK to all of the open windows to close them
and get out of the Properties setup. 

5. In Explorer, right-click on the Wqual2ex short cut (in the PROG
folder) and select Properties. Go to Programs and change %Ql2dir... to
%q2edir... in both the Cmd line and the Working line. 

6. Move the Qual2e shortcut (qual2e.lnk) from the Qual2e folder to where
you want to run it from, for example, the desktop. 

7. Now, you can simply click on the shortcut to run QUAL2E. Use one of
the three test files in the Qual2e directory to test it. If the program
does not produce or cannot locate the output file, check to make sure
you followed the above instructions correctly, and reboot your computer.

While the QUAL2E Windows interface does appear to work fine in both NT
and 2000, the QUAL2E graphics program appears to work only in Windows
2000. 

This application modification was made by Robert G. Traver, Ph.D., PE,
of Villanova University. What he did was to redo all the batch files and
shortcuts so they worked in Windows 2000 and Windows NT. He had to redo
the config.sys and autoexec.bat files to do this, and modify the
compatibility codes using trial and error. For further information,
contact Dr. Traver at: Robert G. Traver, Ph.D., PE Department of Civil
Eng. Villanova University 800 Lancaster Ave Villanova PA 19085 

Robert.Traver@Villanova.edu www87.homepage.Villanova.edu/Robert.Traver/
(610) 519-7899 

This readme file was prepared and tested by Dr. Traver, Aqua Terra
Consultants, Tetra Tech, Inc. - Fairfax, Virginia, and the US.EPA Office
of Science and Technology (OST). 

For technical support regarding QUAL2E and this modification, please
contact: Paul Cocca, EPA OST cocca.paul@epa.gov 

Additional questions regarding BASINS software development, maintenance,
and operation may be directed to: 

Russell Kinerson, EPA OST	kinerson.russell@epa.gov David Wells,
EPA OST	wells.david@epa,gov Ed Partington, EPA OST
partington.ed@epa.gov Henry B. Manguerra, Tetra Tech, Inc.
manguhe@tetratech-ffx.com Jack Kittle, Aqua Terra, Inc.
jlkittle@aquaterra.com Mauro Di Luzio, Texas A&M Univ.
diluzio@brc.tamus.edu