Turbo Lister Installation Instructions

(by Six..Pack with help from Purpleangel)

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Step 1 - Downloading Turbo Lister

Download the UK Turbo Lister from eBay.
Use this link: http://download.ebay.com/turbo_lister2/setupUK.exe

or the USA Turbo Lister from here http://download.ebay.com/turbo_lister2/setupUS.exe

Note: If your country is not USA or UK please replace the letters US/UK in the link with your country letters.

After clicking the download link a "File Download" window comes up.

Here you will see a warning how dangerous Turbo Lister can be.

And I tell you the truth: It is!!

Click Save

After clicking the "Save As" window comes up.

Here you can choose the location to save the setupUK.exe. You shouldn't save this file in an existing Turbo Lister folder.

Click Save.

Now the download begins.
Depending on the transfer rate of your internet connection you will see this window a while.....

....with DSL 2 or 3 minutes, with ISDN or Modem it will be longer......

When the download is finished, you should have a file named setupUK.exe on your hard disk.
If you are installing Turbo Lister for the first time continue with Step 4.

Step 2 - Backup Database....

In order to save your listings go to the file menu and use the "Backup Database..." function. Turbo Lister will create a database backup in a folder named Turbo Lister Backup. Later you can copy back your listings with the function "Restore Database...". This only works, when your user database is in good order. Do it for each user.

If your database is damaged you have to use the following method:

Open the Turbo Lister folder on your computer
(the default location is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\eBay\... on Vista: C:\ProgramData\eBay\...)
and open the Data folder.
Here you will find your database, called User000.tdb.
If there are more users registered in your Turbo Lister you will find more databases with different numbers. User001.tdb User002.tdb etc.
If there are subfolders in Data folder named like your user databases, this means your pictures are stored externally. In this case you also have to backup these folders.

Copy these files to another location outside of the Turbo Lister folders. These files are very important; herein are all your listings.

If there are more users you have to verify which database belongs to which user. Later when you restore the databases you have to know which is which, so note down to which username each database (000, 001 etc) belongs.

Step 3 - Uninstalling Turbo Lister

Go to Start >> Control Panel >> Software click Turbo Lister2 to remove.

The InstallShield Wizard starts and will remove Turbo Lister.

Click Next and begin the procedure.

You have to answer two security requests............

Click OK.

Now you have the option to keep your data or delete completely.
Deleting is necessary when the App.tdb database is corrupted.

If you saved your data suggested in Step 2 you can click YES.

Now the InstallShield Wizard begins to remove the Turbo Lister.
The progress will be shown.

Click Finish.

Now Turbo Lister is uninstalled and the InstallShield Wizard is ready.

Convince yourself that the Turbo Lister folder does not exist (by deleting the whole folder)
or in case of you saving your Data ensure it contains your data in the Data folder only.

Step 4 - New installation of Turbo Lister

In order to work properly with Turbo Lister you have to be Administrator on your computer.

To make sure to get a good installation you have to shut down your virus program during installation.

Go to the download folder on your hard drive and doubleclick the setupUK.exe. Optional go to Start >> Execute >> Search >>Open and after selecting setupUK.exe click OK.
Depending on the configuration of your Windows Explorer the extension .exe may not be shown.

The setupUK.exe starts up.
The installation gets prepared...

The installation is prepared.

The InstallShield Wizard is ready to install your Turbo Lister.

Click Next.

Needless to say that you have to accept the License Agreements.
If you do not, the installation will terminate.

Should your User Name not come up by itself here, insert it manually.

Normally it is not your ebay User Name, but the name you have registered on your computer.

It is not particularly important.
Important is that both fields are filled with something.

With the button Change... you can choose the location you want Turbo Lister installed to.

The best option is to accept the default location.

When all settings are done, click Install.

The progress of installation will be shown.

Now click Finish without launching Turbo Lister.
Setup finishes.

Very important: Wait a minute so InstallShield Wizard has time to terminate all activities.

Step 5 - First setup of Turbo Lister

Now run Turbo Lister by clicking the Turbo Lister Icon.

Turbo Lister starts and creates all the settings for first use.
This procedure can take some time, because a database of app. 60 MB has to be created.
Note: The popup has to close by itself.

When ready Turbo Lister comes up with a welcome screen.

Don't click the "Open a sample Turbo Lister file" button.
Set up your personal database.

If there is already a user installed the "For current Turbo Lister users, open an existing file" is also active.

Now you must insert your ebay User ID.

Observe the correct notation !!!
The Turbo Lister servers work with international standards.
Special characters are not allowed in the User ID.
It is also case sensitive.
If so, you should go to your ebay account to change it.
If you sell on different ebay sites install them later.

Now it is time to connect to internet. This will be done manually or automatically depending on your connection.

Now you will get a note about new security enhancements.

Here you have to insert your ebay password.

You have to agree the Turbo Lister authorisation to work with it.

Here you don't have to insert anything.
If the internet access was successful, all fields will be filled with your data out of the ebay database.

Click Next.

Turbo Lister will come up with a "Getting Started" window. Here you can do different operations.

If you are already an ebay seller you can synchronise your data with ebay.
It you are new on ebay just click Finish.

Now you will get a Create New Item window.
This is not necessary at this point because you have to change some important settings.

Click Cancel and close Turbo Lister.

Now restart your virus programm !

Run Turbo Lister by clicking on Turbo Lister Icon.
Now Turbo Lister will open with an empty database.
It is possible to close popups and help text.

Before you start with your work, you should make some important settings. To do this, click on Tools>Options.

If you don't use Listing Designer Themes you should uncheck it.

To save disk space you are allowed to delete all files in the folder Images.
Only the subfolder 003 (in USA 000 and 100m) has to be held. If you delete it Turbo Lister want to update each time.

I would recommend never to use the Beta version.

When ready click on Apply and change to Turbo Lister Options.

And more....

Disable automatic fee calculation
But it is important to check the fees before uploading.

Save pictures within database maybe the better option.
This is your decision. If you store the pictures in a folder you can transfer single auctions via CSV file to a different user account. If you store the pictures in the database you can save your database directly because the option Save Database is very accident sensitive.

If you are working with multiple users on your PC you should enable the Password Protection.
So other people are not allowed to sell on your account.

Now click OK and close the window.

After saving your settings you have to update Turbo Lister.

In the Tool Bar click Tools and Check for Program Updates.

Turbo Lister now is searching for program updates.

Within a minute or so, you will be shown if there are any updates.

Click Install Now.
Turbo Lister will download the found updates.

You also have the option to cancel, but that makes no sense, because you need the data.

Turbo Lister shows the size of the update and starts the download.
The size of the update is the sum of all possible updates.
Depending on the relevance to the current situation of your Turbo Lister it will download much less.

Should the download not start or the transfer rate goes to 0 KB/sec
and this doesn't change within 3 to 5 minutes cancel it and try again.
Turbo Lister lost some responding links.

Turbo Lister stores all necessary data to Update folder
and from that location the data will transferred to Turbo Lister folder and updates the databases.
Afterwards the content of the folder will be deleted.

When download breaks you will find already downloaded files in that folder.
If the files have the same names like existing files in Turbo Lister folder, you easily can replace the files and delete the Update folder.

Now Turbo Lister reports the completion of the update.
Click Close to close the information window and close the internet connection.

When ready it is advisable to compact the database.
Go to Tools menu and select the option.
This procedure should be done after an update and after work.

In the Data folder you will find the following files:

The App.tdb is the main database of Turbo Lister.
The user000.tdb contains your listings.
The user000 folder (if it exists) is the external folder with your pictures when they are not stored in the database.
The other two files are your Listings Activity.

(Screenshot from unknown-shopper)

If you saved your database as suggested at beginning of these instructions, you can restore it to the Data folder.
Did you save it with "Database backup" so it works easily with "Database restore".

Did you copy the files to another place you have to copy it back.
The existing user000.tdb will be replaced.
The Turbo Lister must be closed during this procedure.
It is certainly useful to save the empty user000.tdb before. In case your old user000.tdb should be damaged, you can get back this empty user000.tdb without installing the Turbo Lister a second time.
If there is more then one user, you have to register all the others in the sequence you checked out before, in order to get a database for each user and copy back the correct data responding to that user.

In the status line right hand you ever will see your ebay user name.