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Making BlackBerry Device Software or applications available to users
You can make BlackBerry® Device Software or applications available to users in the following ways:
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install BlackBerry Device Software on or add applications to a BlackBerry device that is connected to the server that
hosts the BlackBerry® Professional Software
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make the BlackBerry Device Software and applications available so that a user can install the software and add
applications using the application loader tool
You must make the BlackBerry Device Software and applications available in a shared network location.
You can create a software configuration to define how the BlackBerry Professional Software delivers the applications to
BlackBerry devices, and optionally, which applications can be added to certain BlackBerry devices.
Share the network folder
1.
On the server that hosts the BlackBerry® Professional Software, navigate to the following location: <drive>:\Program
Files\Common Files\Research In Motion.
2.
Right-click the Research In Motion folder.
3.
Click Sharing and Security.
4.
On the Sharing tab, select Share this folder.
5.
Click Permissions.
6.
Set the Read permission to Allow.
7.
Click OK.
8.
Create the following network path: <drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Shared
\Applications.
After you finish: Add the required applications to the shared network folder.
Install the BlackBerry Device Software files in the shared network folder
1.
Obtain the BlackBerry® Device Software installation file from your wireless service provider.
2.
Copy the BlackBerry Device Software installation file to the shared network folder.
3.
In the folder, double-click the .exe file.
4.
Complete the installation.
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