Quick start

From download to a working room screen, step by step. The same text is on roomcaddie.com and under Settings > Help > Guide inside RoomCaddie.

1. Download RoomCaddie Setup from roomcaddie.com. Your browser may warn you that the file is not commonly downloaded. RoomCaddie is new, this is normal. That warning is about how many people have downloaded the file, not about what is inside it. It is signed by Exit 2 Software LLC, the company that makes it. Choose the option that keeps the file - in some browsers that button reads "Download suspicious file" - then double-click it. You do not need to be an administrator, and Windows will not ask you for permission. If Windows shows a blue "Windows protected your PC" screen, click More info. Make sure it says Exit 2 Software LLC, then click Run anyway. See Install and first start.
2. Open RoomCaddie from the Start Menu or the desktop shortcut. It fills the screen. From now on it starts by itself when you sign in to Windows (you can turn that off in Settings > RoomCaddie > Start with Windows). See Install and first start.
3. Enter your key. The first thing RoomCaddie shows is the key screen. Paste the key from your purchase email (under RoomCaddie key), check the name shown for this PC, and press Check key. This needs the internet once; after that the key stays on the PC and you are never asked again. You see only the key screen and its ? help until Lemon Squeezy, the store that sold your key, confirms it. See Your license key.
4. The setup wizard runs the first time. It asks for your room's name, then what you use the room for. It scans your PC for programs you already have, including your golf simulator, Steam games and streaming apps. It also offers popular sites to choose from. Tick what you want. Nothing is added that you did not tick. When you finish, you land in the editor with your screen already built. See The setup wizard.
5. Look at your screen. Press "Done editing" and the home screen is what the room shows: big tiles, one tap each. A tile with a folder icon opens more tiles. The power button at the top right shuts down, restarts or sleeps the PC. See The Home screen.
6. Tap a tile. The program starts full screen. RoomCaddie waits behind it. When GSPro closes, the home screen comes back on its own (on a tile where GSPro is the main program, which the setup wizard sets up); for everything else, press the shortcut in the next step. See Golf and the main program.
7. Come back early. Press Ctrl+Alt+S and RoomCaddie comes to the front with the program still running behind it. For GSPro on its main-program tile, a chip on the bar along the bottom takes you back to it; anything else shows there as an "Opened" reminder. A Store app comes back when you tap its tile again. See Coming back to RoomCaddie.
8. Change anything. Press the pencil (✎) in the corner of the home screen to open the editor: add a tile from the scan, from a website address, or by browsing to a program; rename; pick artwork or one of your own pictures; change the theme (there are dozens) or give the room its own logo. Every change is saved as you make it and a backup is taken before each one. See Tiles and the editor and Pictures and the room logo.
9. Settings live at the top of the editor, grouped by what they do: the idle screen (what shows when the room is idle), your screens, smart home, backups, your key and updates, help, and the way out (Restart or exit; the power button on the home screen has Exit to Windows too). See The idle screen, Screens, Smart home, Backups and moving PCs, Your license key and Updates.
10. Use your phone as a remote. In Settings > Phone remote, turn on the Phone remote switch. Then add a Phone remote tile in the editor (＋ Add tile, then Phone remote), tap it and scan its code once with your phone.
11. See your courses. In the editor, press Courses… to see every GSPro course on this PC. You can give each course stars, a note and tags, or delete courses you no longer play. See Courses.
12. Run a league (if you like). In the editor, League opens the League page: add up to 8 players as GSPro shows their names. After a round, press the League key (Ctrl+Alt+L, or the key the League page shows) on GSPro's final scorecard. Check what RoomCaddie read, then press Enter. The standings keep themselves. See Leagues.
13. Get help. Go to Settings > Help > Support info > Copy support info, then paste it into an email to [email protected] with what you saw. Your name, folder paths and key are removed before it leaves your PC. What support covers is on the support page. See Support and refunds.
14. Not for you? Fourteen days, no questions: reply to your purchase email and ask for the refund. See Support and refunds.