To install Pizzicato 2 on Vista, do the following:

• If you tried to install it in any other way and did not succeed, delete any Pizzicato installation folder (except your personal documents) from your computer.
• Download the following file and save it on the desktop:

http://www.arpegemusic.com/download/pizzicato.zip

• Click with the right mouse button on the compressed file present on your desktop and entitled "Pizzicato".
• Select "Extract all" and validate. A new folder appears that contains the working documents of Pizzicato.

Then proceed as follows:

• Open the "Pizzicato" folder created here above, by double-clicking it.
• With the right mouse button, click on the "Pizzicato" application that is in the above folder and select the "Properties..." item in the menu displayed.
• In the "Compatibility" tab, check the "Run this program in compatibility mode for" and select the "Windows XP" line in the menu.
• Check also the box entitled "Run this program as administrator" and validate the dialog.

In case Windows asks for confirmation in the above steps, you can confirm.

To run Pizzicato, double-click the "Pizzicato" application found in the "Pizzicato" folder. Do not use the compressed "Pizzicato" folder (the one that was downloaded). You may even delete it so as to avoid confusion.