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If I were you, I would download the correct JRE and just get the two .jar files: TMaker.jar and WildWords.jar.
The .zip can become a pain with some security systems.

Watch how easy it is to work with the thumb drive (and you can give it or loan it to someone else)

The Downloads Overview (T/Maker and / or WildWords)    

I have two products available for download. These are T/Maker (the only spreadsheet based entirely on arithmetic) and WildWords (the only crossword game where every word, no matter how long, can be played). Both of these programs are written as java desktop applications. This allowed me to have just one version of each program that can run under Windows or on a Mac or a number of other environments. To run either or both, you will usually need Version 8 of something known as the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from Oracle. If you are specifically running on a Windows X64 machine and order the thumb drive or download the complete package (last option below) you can skip the download for the JRE. AI reports JREs are installed on over a billion machines. There is not a more practical and perfectly legal choice than downloading the JRE from Oracle on your own when necessary. Note: Documentation for T/Maker is in progrees.

DIY Downloads are all free and detailed further down this page. Alternative To Downloading From The Web In the case for Windows X64 machines, a download of the JRE is not needed when you get the thumb drive. For other machines you can often save struggling with security software. Such software does not always look kindly on small inventors like myself. While cases can be easy. Others can be frustrating. I can send copies of my programs and examples on a thumb drive. One advantage of running off the thumb drive is that you can switch from machine to machine across operating systems as long as they have the JRE installed or are Windows 64X. I also noticed that on a Mac, it organizes files in its own way when you work from programs on the machine itself. In particular T/Maker is started in a manner where there is a folder of examples and another called "Your Tables." On a Mac running the programs on a hard drive, you must search for these folders in your user area. Considering they were located in the same folder as T/Maker itself, this seems like an odd convention to me. Running from the thumb drive, they are where they were intended to be -- right with the program. Order at PayPal's Secure Site   No account needed. Pay as a guest with a credit card or other options. $4.90 includes the PayPal charge, thumb drive, the ridgid mailer, a sleeve, and the postage. A number of USPS restrictions are just squeaked by which keeps this charge very low. No matter what, you do end up with a thumb drive. Or wrap a $5 bill in a piece of paper and mail it to: Roizen, PO Box 7586, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96158. Be sure to put your email address and United States mailing address on the piece of paper. Checks will not be accepted but destroyed on arrival. It is not illegal to send money in the mail though I suppose you run a very small risk of it being stolen.

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) -- You gotta watch these two!

Below is a video of such an installation of the JRE. If you should pass a hard copy of T/Maker or WildWords on to anyone, they would need this download as well on their machine unless it is Windows X64. Please encourage them to read this page and the home pages for both programs: http://www.wildwords.us http://www.tmaker.site Click here to watch a video of the download but not to do it yet!

Your Turn

To do it, you must follow the plan in the video. Start by clicking the underlined link to go to Java's official website. On the page that appears, click Download Java For Desktops. Then take the link lower down the page to a variety of JRE versions for different machines. Choose your machine and operating system. Windows machines these days would tyically use the Offline 64-bit verison. If you have a question, searches for a well-worded one usually get an informative answer. There may be some delays here and there. Be patient. Eventually there should be a notification that the installation was successful as shown in the video above.

WildWords

If you are only interested in WildWords, it is just a single small file. It makes sense to attempt to just get that single file named WildWords.jar. Below is a link to do just that. Know where you put it and simply run it or move it once it has been downloaded. This is about a one half second download. You may get a message and some box to confirm that you do want to do this download and keep it. Also, when you first run the .jar file you may have to confirm that. On a Mac I had to click the Apple icon in the upper left corner, choose Privacy and Security, and then I got a box showing the previous message with a button to ignore that message. On one Windows machine I had to bring up a box called The Defender and exempt that .jar file from the typical controls. As mentioned, AI gives good answers for these issues when you explain them clearly. Free Download  WildWords.jar    Version 3.08

T/Maker

If you are only interested in T/Maker you can also just download a single small file. You will not get the examples and the directory structure but you will have the program to run. You can also update an older version with a new one by replacing just the TMaker.jar file. This is simpler then getting the .zip below and having to extract everything form it. The second paragrah in the WildWords box above applies here as well. Free Download  TMaker.jar  Version 5.21

T/Maker From Scratch Plus WildWords

Remember: This can be mailed on a thumb drive if you have trouble doing it on your own. A complete T/Maker including examples plus a WildWords.jar can all be downloaded into one root directory. There is also the folder to run on a Windows X64 without downloading or installing any JRE at all. It creates the equivalent structure found on the thumb drive. The download is a zip (.zip) type file which holds compressed versions of every element. The work to be done is to download the zip file and extract the files. Again you may face some confirmation boxes or other issues. If you order the thumb drive all files are uncompressed and where they should be. On my Mac machine, the extraction was done automatically. On Windows I had to right click and choose "Extract All Files". The second paragrah in the WildWords box above applies here as well. Free Download  WordsAndNumbers.zip    Version 21.08