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The Cross Section Viewer is a standalone, desktop software application that is available in the Microsoft Store.

  1. Open the Microsoft Store app on your Windows machine. This is usually available on the task bar or you can search for it in your start menu.
  2. Search for "RiverXS". You might need to scroll down if it doesn't appear at the top of the search results.
  3. Click on the blue "Get" link to install the software.
  4. After the install, click on the blue "Open" button in the store launch RiverXS.

Update

Use the following steps to check for and install updates to RiverXS:

  1. Open the Microsoft Store app on your Windows machine. This is usually available on the task bar or you can search for it in your start menu.
  2. Click on the the bottom left of the Microsoft Store window for the word "Downloads".
  3. RiverXS Updates will appear in the list with the word "Update" in blue beside them.
  4. Close any existing copies of RiverXS software that are running.
  5. Click the blue "Update" button.

Uninstall

To uninstall the standalone RiverXS, navigate in your Windows Control Panel and search for "Add Remove Programs". Find RiverXS in the list of installed software and click "Remove".

Manual Installation

USACE security prevents the Cross Section Viewer from running when it is installed using the method described above. Users that experience this problem (typically manifested by a message saying that the SQLite.Interop.dll file cannot be found) should use the following procedure to download and run the Cross Section Viewer:

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  1. Create a folder on your computer called CrossSectionViewer. Preferably this should be somewhere near the root of your hard drive (i.e. not nested within several folders). It's also recommended that you avoid folder names with spaces and other special characters (periods etc). This folder must NOT be inside your user profile folder or on your Desktop!
  2. Download the latest version of the software as a zip file using the link below.
  3. Unzip the the zip file into the folder that you created in step 1.
  4. Double click the file CrossSectionViewer.exe to launch the Cross Section Viewer software. Once the software has started, it's recommended that you right click on the application on the task bar and either pin it to the task bar or the start menu. Alternatively you can drag a short cut to the CrossSectionViewer.exe file to your desktop or some other helpful location. Either approach is intended to make it quicker to launch the software when you need it.

Cross Section Viewer Manual Install

Manual installation for USACE security restrictions. Download the zip and follow instructions.

Unblock Executable

If you still experience problems with Windows Defender blocking the software from running then right click on the exexcutable and check the "Unblock" checkbox then click OK.

This manual approach to installing the software means that you will not be able to check for - or automatically apply - updates when they become available. You are encouraged to check this site frequently for new releases.

If you have the software installed manually and discover a newer version is available, then simply close the Cross Section Viewer software, delete all the files in the folder where you unzipped them and repeat the process described above to download and unzip the latest version. You can have multiple versions installed using this method but it is strongly discouraged.