• Changing your default name and email address
• Adding demographic information to My Profile
• Pando usually starts up automatically
• Setting the destination folder for each download
• Seeing the Info window before downloading a Package
• Tell Pando to use another anti-virus program

Changing your default name and email address

1. Start Pando. If it's already running, you can click on the Pando icon in your system tray to bring it to the front.
2. Click the options menu on the upper right portion of the window.
3. Select My Profile. Change the information shown.

Or, in the Send New Package window, click your name and email address in the "From:" field. Change the information. Pando will remember only the last identity you enter.

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Adding demographic information to My Profile

The first time you subscribe to a Channel, Pando will ask you for basic demographic information, like your gender, country, yadda yadda yadda. This info is passed on to Channel providers, but be assured that your personal information is kept anonymous. You can change it at any time:

1. Start Pando. If it's already running, you can click on the Pando icon in your system tray to bring it to the front.
2. Click the options menu on the upper right portion of the window.
3. Select My Profile. Change the information shown.

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Pando usually starts up automatically

By default, Pando will start up each time you start Windows. To change that setting:

1. Start Pando. If it's already running, you can click on the Pando icon in your system tray to bring it to the front.
2. Click the options menu on the upper right portion of the window.
3. Select My Profile. Uncheck "Start Pando when I start Windows" toward the bottom of the window.

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Setting the destination folder for each download

Seeing the Info window before downloading a Package

Pando will start Package downloads automatically when you open a ".pando" file. If you turn this feature off, you will see the Info screen for each Package before choosing to download it. You will also be able to pick the destination for each file you download.

1. Click the options menu on the upper right portion of the main Pando window. Select Transfers.

2. In the Receiving section, deselect "Start downloads automatically when I open '.pando' files."

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Tell Pando to use another anti-virus program

If you have anti-virus software installed, it will most likely scan any files that you download via Pando. If you want, you can tell Pando to use a different anti-virus program.

1. Click the options menu on the upper right portion of the main Pando window. Select Transfers.
2. In the Receiving section, select the "Scan files for viruses using:" option.
3. Click the ". . ." button at the end of that line. Navigate to an anti-virus program. The correct file will have an ".exe" extension.

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