1. Double-click the appropriate MSI-file for 32-bit or 64-bit Windows.
2. Follow the instructions in the installer wizard.

If you are using Firefox, follow these steps to install Personal Desktop Client.

Prerequisites

Installed Firefox.

Step-by-step instruction

1. Install Personal Desktop Client as described above. This will install the Firefox add-on as well.
2. Allow the Add-on in Firefox:
   1. Click the yellow triangle in the upper right corner.
      
   2. Click on Details.
   3. Click Enable to allow the Add-on in Firefox.
3. Start Personal Desktop Client.
4. Insert a card with valid certificate in the reader and check that is is visible in the Personal Desktop Client.
   
5. In Firefox, go to Options > Privacy & Security > Security Device and check that the correct PKCS#11 Add-on library is set.
   
6. Go to your TLS authentication page or to the https://prod.idrix.eu/secure and test that TLS authentication can be correctly done:
   
   1. Select certificate.
      
   2. Enter PIN.
      
   3. Check that SSL Authentication is valid.
      
7. If this fails, make screenshots of the installation and send logs from %APPDATA%/Roaming/Personal/log to Nexus Support, see Support articles.

Reverse installation

If Personal Desktop Client is already installed (before Firefox is installed), follow these steps:

1. Install Firefox.
2. In Firefox, go to Options > Add-ons.
3. Select Install Add-on from file.
4. Select the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Personal\firefox\nexus_personal_pkcs11-1.0.0-and+fx.xpi and install it.

This is the file structure that is created when installing Personal Desktop Client.

Additional directories and files

• The cache directory is created in user profile directory when needed (that is, under %APPDATA%\Personal\).
  

• Firefox add-ons are installed into HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions and native manifest into HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\PKCS11Modules. This is required for using Personal Desktop Client PKCS#11 in Firefox. You must allow the add-ons in Firefox, see above under heading "Install Personal Desktop Client when using Firefox".
  The firefox directory is added in the file structure:

  | -- firefox

  Nexus Personal PKCS#11 add-on for Firefox.

Personal Desktop Client installs these shortcuts in the Programs menu:

• Personal
• Personal Help

A shortcut is also created under the Startup menu so that Personal Desktop Client will start when logging into the machine.

Config file shipped with the product

The configuration file that is shipped with the product is included in the config directory. It includes information about specific options and comments and is intended for an admin user.

Private user config file

When you start Personal Desktop Client, a private configuration file is created. The location for the private configuration file is normally %APPDATA%\Personal\config.

Priority of config files

For most configuration parameters, Personal Desktop Client first checks the user config file and then configuration file shipped with the product.

You can download a sample configuration file that includes all available options, see Sample configuration file for Personal Desktop Client.

1. To uninstall Personal Desktop Client, use the Add/Remove programs buttons.

You can upgrade from older versions of Personal Desktop Client to the current version.

1. Follow the instructions in Install Personal Desktop Client above.
2. All settings will remain untouched.

The installation program will not uninstall iD2 or SmartTrust versions of Personal Desktop Client. It is possible to migrate soft tokens from those versions to the current version of Personal Desktop Client.