First, you need to make the correct entries in the FTW.INI file:

1. Click the Start button.

2. Click Find.

3. Click Files or Folders.

   Windows displays the Find: All Files dialog box.

4. In the Named field, type FTW.INI

5. Click Find Now.

   Windows searches your hard drive for FTW.INI. When it locates the file, it lists it in the bottom half of the Find: All Files dialog box. In this case, skip to step 8. If Windows cannot find the file, the status bar of the dialog box will say "0 file(s) found." In this case, continue with step 6.

6. If Windows does not find FTW.INI, click the arrow on the right side of the Look In drop-down list and then select My Computer from the list that it displays.

7. Click Find Now again.

   Windows searches your hard drive for FTW.INI.

8. Double-click the FTW.INI file listed in the bottom half of the Find: All Files dialog box. Windows starts the Notepad application, with the contents of FTW.INI displayed in the Notepad window.

9. Scan through FTW.INI and locate a section titled "[Online]."

10. Add the following lines to the "[Online]" section, or if they already exist, be sure they read exactly as shown below:

    BrowserType=32
    Browser=2
    BrowserPath=(the path to AOL executable file, including the name of the executable file)

    Example: BrowserPath=C:\America Online 4.0\Waol.exe

11. From Notepad's File menu, select Save, then from the File menu, select Exit.

12. Using the directions in steps 1-8, find and open the file named WIN.INI which is generally located in the WINDOWS directory.

13. Scan through WIN.INI and locate a section titled "[WAOL]."

14. In the "[WAOL]" section, find the line that says "AppPath."

15. In step 10, you changed the "BrowserPath" line by adding the America Online 4.0 path to it. Add this to the AppPath line, but leave off the name of the executable file (waol.exe).

    Example: AppPath=C:\America Online 4.0

    This will enable you to bring up AOL by clicking on the Online button in Family Tree Maker.

    If the AppPath line and/or the WAOL section does not exist then add these missing components. Ultimately you will want to end up with a section that at least looks like the following:

    [WAOL]
    AppPath=C:\America Online 4.0

    where "C:\America Online 4.0" is the directory where America Online exists.

1. Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop.

2. From the View menu, select Options.

3. Click the File Types tab.

4. Click New Type.

5. In the Description of Type field, type Family Tree Maker Online - Installer

6. In the Associated Extension field, type ftoi

7. In the Content type (MIME) field, type application/x-broderbund-ftoinst

8. Click New.

9. In the Action field, type open

10. In the Application used to perform action field, type C:\FTW\FTOINST.EXE

    If Family Tree Maker is installed in a directory other than C:\FTW, type the name of that directory in front of FTOINST.EXE instead.

11. Click OK.

12. Click New Type.

13. In the Description of Type field, type Family Tree Maker Online - WFT Submitter

14. In the Associated extension field, type ftos

15. In the Content type (MIME) field, type application/x-broderbund-ftosub

16. Click New.

17. In the Action field, type open

18. In the Application used to perform action field, type C:\FTW\FTOSUB.EXE

19. Click Close and OK to exit out of these dialog boxes.

20. Exit My Computer.

21. Start Family Tree Maker, click the Online toolbar button, and see what happens.