I've just upgraded to an alpha version of screen-scraper, but it has bugs. How to I downgrade back to a more stable version?

We try our best to make even the alpha versions usable, but invariably bugs will slip by us once in a while. If you'd like to downgrade back to a previous version of screen-scraper, follow these steps:

  1. Determine the version to which you'd like to downgrade, then download the corresponding update file. The update file will be accessible via a URL like this: http://www.screen-scraper.com/screen-scraper/updates/5.0.19a/update.zip, where "5.0.19a" represents the version number.
  2. Once you've downloaded the "update.zip" file, unzip the contents of the file to a temporary location on your computer.
  3. At this point ensure that screen-scraper is not currently running. You're going to need to overwrite existing files, and screen-scraper can't be running when you do this.
  4. Now copy all of the files you unzipped in step 2 into the directory where screen-scraper is installed, overwriting any existing files. Note that you do not need to copy the "update.zip" file itself.
  5. Edit the "resource\conf\screen-scraper.properties" file in a text editor and find the "Version" property. Edit the property value so that it reflects the version you downloaded and installed.
  6. Start up screen-scraper.

That's it!