Installation Guides

The table below lists all the currently available installation guides and indicates which Operating System the documents are relevant to.

To view an installation guide, click on the document title.

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All installation guides are in PDF format and require a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat or similar before they can be viewed.

Please note that installation guides are listed as being relevant to families of devices:

Document Title Description Revision Release Date

D3XX Installation Guide
Driver installation under Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (for both 32 bit and 64 bit) 1.0 02-09-2015

Windows 10/11 Installation Guide
Driver installation under Windows 10/11 1.2 21-11-2023

Windows 8 Installation Guide
Driver installation under Windows 8 1.0 20-02-2013

Windows 7 Installation Guide
Driver installation under Windows 7 1.1 30-04-2015

Mac OS X Installation Guide
Driver installation under Mac OS X 1.3 14-06-2016

Linux Driver Installation Guide
FTDI Drivers Installation Guide for Linux 2.0 07-06-2017

Windows CE Installation Guide
Driver installation under Windows CE 1.0 06-2005

Windows Vista Installation Guide
Driver installation under Windows Vista 1.0 23-09-2008

Windows XP Installation Guide
Driver installation under Windows XP 1.0 23-09-2008

Windows 2000 Installation Guide
Driver installation under Windows 2000 2.0 06-2006
Windows 98 Installation Guide Driver installation under Windows 98. Also relevant to Windows ME 1.0 01-2005

D2XX WinRT Guide
User Guide for the WinRT Driver 1.0 01-07-2014

Windows CE Driver Catalog Item Usage
Driver Installation with CAT files under Windows CE 1.0 01-07-2014