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5.1. Create a New Check Writer Database

If you want or need to create a new or a separate database that the software will use, there is an option to do this from inside the application.  
To perform this task, follow these instructions.

Run the application.
Click on the Help menu, then About...
This will take you to the About.. screen. 

The link at the bottom of the screen will show you the current location of the database used with this application.

To create a new database, you can click on the link at the bottom of the screen, and a menu will pop up with the options to Open/Create or Move the Current database.

Click on the Open/Create Database.

This will prompt you for the location of where you want to place the New database.

You can select an already existing folder or click the Make New Folder to to create a new one in the highlighted location.

When this has been selected, you can click the OK button and you will be prompted if you would like to create the new database. Then the software will close.  When you run the application again, you will be walked though the initial setup routine with an all new database.