Installing Marine Aquarium Pocket PC (MA-PPC)
Installing Visual Basic Runtime - from Microsoft
Installing Visual Basic Runtime - from SereneScreen
Uninstalling Marine Aquarium Pocket PC
Uninstalling Visual Basic Runtime

To properly install SereneScreen Marine Aquarium, follow the instructions below:

Marine Aquarium PPC requires Microsoft Visual Basic Runtime to operate. Pocket PCs prior to Pocket PC 2003 typically have this library in ROM. If you have a newer Pocket PC you can download this library for free directly from Microsoft.

Download Visual Basic Runtime - from Microsoft

For your convenience, we have mirrored this file from our server.

Download Visual Basic Runtime - from SereneScreen

It is recommended that you remove old installations of Marine Aquarium PPC.

1. Extract the Marine Aquarium Pocket PC ZIP file using your local extracting tool, eg. WinZip, WinRAR, etc...

2. From the folder where you extracted the Marine Aquarium Pocket PC files, double click on SETUP.EXE.

3. Setup will then ask you to install MA-PPC, you may change the destination folder but the default destination folder is recommended. Then click on OK.


4. Setup will ask to install MA-PPC in the default Applications directory on your Pocket PC. We strongly recommend installing MA-PPC into a storage card rather than the main memory, which is the default installation location. Click on NO to change the destination media or click on YES to proceed with the installation on the default location. If you selected YES, skip step number 5.


5. Select the destination media from the drop down menu, a storage card is recommended and then click on OK.


6. After installing, a window will pop up prompting you to check you mobile device screen. Click on OK and check your Pocket PC.


7. MA-PPC installation may ask/confirm you to replace several existing files, Clicking YES will replace the file, NO will not replace the file, YES TO ALL will replace several files and NO TO ALL will not replace any files. It is advised to compare the file dates and keep the more recent file. After Selecting, MA-PPC Setup will finish up with the installation.

8. To run Marine Aquarium Pocket PC, Click on START and from the menu, select Marine Aquarium PPC. If it is not on the menu then open the Programs folder and run MA-PPC.

9. Wait for a few seconds, an Instructions window will appear, read the instructions click on REGISTER button to enter your key code to get the full potential of the program. Click on the QUIT button to Exit program and the CONTINUE button to continue trying the program.

10. Congratulations, you are done and ready to play around with Marine Aquarium Pocket PC.

Note: In some models of the Pocket PC, Visual Basic Runtime is needed to properly run Marine Aquarium Pocket PC, see the instructions below on how to install Visual Basic Runtime.

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1. After downloading msvbppc.armv4.cab file from Microsoft, use ActiveSync "Explore" feature to download the CAB file to your Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC 2003 device.

2. Once you have downloaded the file to the device, you can use "File Explorer" to browse to the file and tap on it to install.

Click here to read more information about Visual Basic Runtime installation

1. Extract the Visual Basic Runtime ZIP file using your local extracting tool, eg. WinZip, WinRAR, etc...

2. From the folder where you extracted the Visual Basic Runtime files, double click on SETUP.EXE.

3. Setup will ask you install the files in the Marine Aquarium PPC folder, you may change the destination folder but the default destination folder is recommended. Then click on OK.


4. Setup will ask to install Visual Basic Runtime in the default Applications directory on your Pocket PC. We strongly recommend installing MA-PPC into a storage card rather than the main memory, which is the default installation location. Click on NO to change the destination media or click on YES to proceed with the installation on the default location. If you selected YES, skip step number 5.


5. Select the destination media from the drop down menu, a storage card is recommended and then click on OK.


6. Installer will then prompt you to check you mobile device screen. Click on OK and check your Pocket PC and finish installation from there.

1. Open REMOVE PROGRAMS located under the SYSTEM SETTINGS in your pocket PC.

2. Highlight Prolific Marine Aquarium PPC and then Click on the REMOVE button.

3. When a confirmation window appears, select YES.

1. Open REMOVE PROGRAMS located under the SYSTEM SETTINGS in your pocket PC.

2. Highlight Microsoft VB Runtimes for Pocket PC and then Click on the REMOVE button.

3. When a confirmation window appears, select YES.