FactSageEdu - Summary

FactSage Education 8.2 (FactSageEdu) is a free version of FactSage 8.2 with some restrictions on the FactSage 8.2 Apps and FACT Databases. Complete details on FactSage 8.2 are given at www.FactSage.com

The FactSage Education 8.2 Package of software, databases and documentation contains over 12,000 files and runs under Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11 - all 32- and 64-bit. We recommend the computer has at least 1 GB Memory (RAM), 1 GB free disk space and that the processor runs above 1 GHz.

After downloading the FactSage Education 8.2 Package you must install the program in the folder c:\FactSageEdu of your personal computer (PC). It is NOT permitted to install the package in any other folder (e.g. "Program Files", etc.) or on the network server.

The program must have access to the Internet. When you first run FactSage the program accesses www.factsage.com in order to validate the package. This validation process is repeated periodically.

FactSageEdu - Restrictions

FactSageEdu gives you free access to most of the FactSage 8.2 Apps and FACT (FT) databases but with certain restrictions as follows.
• With the 'Calculate Apps' - Reaction, EpH, Predom, Equilib, Phase Diagram - you can only enter up to 3 elements.

• Equilib and Phase Diagram can not be run simultaneously.

• Importing ChemSage files (*.dat, *.cst) is not permitted.

• There is no access to the following Apps due to restrictions on the elements:
  OptiSage, Results, Viscosity.

• There is no access to Macro Processing.

• There is no access to the FactSage Add-ons Menu.

• There is no server or client option - the package must be installed as a single user standalone installation in the folder c:\FactSageEdu.

• Your computer must be connected to the Internet. If the program can NOT access www.factsage.com then you can NOT run FactSageEdu.

• When you run FactSageEdu the program accesses www.factsage.com in order to validate the package. One or more text files are downloaded to c:\FactSageEdu. Depending on your settings, it may be necessary for you to give the program permission to download the files.

  Note: there are no uploads - that is, no files are copied from your computer.

  FactSageEdu expires at the end of June 2023. This expiration date (2023-06-30) may be revised.

How to install FactSage Education 8.2 on your computer

In order to install FactSage Education 8.2 on your computer you must perform 3 tasks:

1. Download FactSage Education 8.2 Package
    - download and save the file CD-FactSageEdu82.exe (approx. size 250 MB)

2. Extract the setup files
    - run CD-FactSageEdu82.exe and extract the setup files

3. Install FactSage Education 8.2
    - run Setup-FactSageEdu.exe and install the program in C:\FactSageEdu

1. Download FactSage Education 8.2 Package

Click on Download FactSage Education 8.2 Package. Enter your - email address - name (optional) - affiliation (optional). Click Submit one time only and wait for the message: Thank you. An email will be sent to ... We will then email you details on how to download the file CD-FactSageEdu82.exe. If you do not receive an email from us it means you have entered an invalid email address or your mail server is blocking the email. After downloading CD-FactSageEdu82.exe you are ready to extract the setup files.

2. Extract the setup files

CD-FactSageEdu82.exe is a self-extractor that creates the setup files for the FactSage installation. When you first run CD-FactSageEdu82.exe you may be blocked by Windows Defender or other antivirus software. Make sure you are running CD-FactSageEdu82.exe that was downloaded above (1. Download FactSage Education 8.2 Package). To continue click More info and then click Run anyway.

Run CD-FactSageEdu82.exe and enter the name of a temporary destination folder where the extracted files are to be stored. For example C:\Temp - do NOT extract into C:\FactSage, C:\FactSageEdu or C:\FactSage82, etc. If the temporary folder does not exist it will be created automatically. Press Install to start the extraction.

This will create the following folder and files \CD-FactSageEdu82\...       Setup-FactSage.exe, ShowMe.htm, ReadMe.htm, Config.dat, Configs.dll, Configs.txt ... etc. and the sub-folders \CD-FactSageEdu82\Images\ ... \CD-FactSageEdu82\FactMore\ ... The size of the files may be different from those listed in the screenshot.

3. Install FactSage Education 8.2

Run Setup-FactSageEdu.exe to start the FactSage Education 8.2 Setup Wizard. Click on 'Next' and use the default settings. This will install FactSage Education 8.2 in the folder c:\FactSageEdu and update the previous version if it exists. When finished click on the FactSage Education icon (or open c:\FactSageEdu\FactSage.exe) to run FactSage Education 8.2.

Running FactSageEdu

Click the FactSage Education icon displayed on the screen or alternately open FactSage.exe located in the folder c:\FactSageEdu - c:\FactSageEdu\FactSage.exe Your computer must be connected to the Internet. When you first run FactSage the program accesses www.factsage.com in order to validate the package. This validation process is repeated periodically.

FactSage Education 8.2 expires at the end of June 2023. This expiration date (2023-06-30) may be revised.

Click News or visit FactSage Education ~News~ for the latest news. Here we post the most recent messages about FactSageEdu including any issues or bugs when running the FactSage Apps or accessing the FACT Databases