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# How to Install ScreenCoach on Windows PC


**To quickly link a Windows device to the family, follow these two steps using either a QR Code or a Pairing Code.**

|| ✅ Step 1: Check Windows User Type

ScreenCoach works best when installed from a **standard (non-administrator)** Windows user account. Windows Administrator accounts will have elevated privileges which may enable the kid to bypass/uninstall ScreenCoach. 

*To know how to create a new standard Windows user account, scroll down to the bottom of this article.* 

|| ✅ Step 2: Downloading & Installing ScreenCoach on Windows (**For first time installation on a device**)

1. **Download ScreenCoach for Windows** from: 👉 [https://www.myscreencoach.com/download/](https://www.myscreencoach.com/download/)
2. **Double-click the downloaded `.exe`** file to begin installation.
3. If Windows displays any **warning messages** (e.g., “Windows protected your PC” or “Unknown publisher”), **click “More info” > “Run anyway”** or **allow access** — it is safe to proceed.
4. Once installed, **launch the ScreenCoach app**.


|| For reinstallation/updating ScreenCoach

* **I**f ScreenCoach is running, please quit that first by switching to the **parent user account** > Click on the menu on the top right > Quit 
* To quit from the **child user account**, you’ll need the **device QUIT PIN**, but this is **not usually recommended** unless absolutely necessary.
* **Download the latest version for Windows from** 👉 [https://www.myscreencoach.com/download/](https://www.myscreencoach.com/download/) 
* **Double-click the downloaded `.exe` file** 
* If Windows displays any **warning messages** (e.g., “Windows protected your PC” or “Unknown publisher”), **click “More info” > “Run anyway”** or **allow access** — it is safe to proceed.

|| ✅ Step 3: Logging in to ScreenCoach on Windows 

1. Open the **ScreenCoach app** you just installed. 
2. Click on **“Account – Sign in.”**
3. **For a quicker login, you can use the the QR Code option below the sign-in form and scan it using the Parent device.** 
4. **For detailed instructions on how to use QR code to login and link this device to your ScreenCoach family account, check this article : [👉How to link a device to your ScreenCoach account with QR Code](https://help.myscreencoach.com/en/article/how-to-link-a-device-to-your-screencoach-account-tr7w6g/)
5. Specify that the device will be a child device or a Shared device
*  This will make sure that an extra script will be created to launch Screencoach automatically for this Windows user  and to re-launch Screencoach if it should stop running for any reason

*Note: You can also login with your ScreenCoach credentials or you can use Google/Apple credentials (under the same email address you signed up for ScreenCoach with).*  


|| ✅ Step 4:   Enabling ScreenCoach for other windows users

**__Do not install ScreenCoach more than once__** when it is first installed, It should be installed in a common location all windows users can access.

1. Switch to a different Windows user
2. Open the **ScreenCoach app**  (previously installed.)
3. Sign is as per steps 3.3 - 3.5

*  This will make sure that an extra script will be created to launch Screencoach automatically for this Windows user  and to re-launch Screencoach if it should stop running for any reason

|| Screen Time Tracking & QUIT PIN

* Once linked/logged in to ScreenCoach on Windows, you will be prompted to **Add a Quit PIN (**if you are adding the device for the first time) **which will be used to QUIT ScreenCoach on this device.** 
* If you have already added a QUIT PIN before, you can use the same here. 

||| Device must be set to be a child or Shared device (if you want to manage it)
* Remember to enable Screen Time Tracking on this device. **Open ScreenCoach > Go to Settings COG > Enter Parent PIN > Set as a child device or **shared** device**
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* To change the QUIT PIN, **go to the settings on the device **or** via the devices list on a parent device,** and set the quit PIN (at the bottom of the screen)

Next Step, Choose the child user on ScreenCoach who is going to use the device.

✅ **The Windows device is now successfully linked to the family and the usage is being tracked by ScreenCoach.** 


|| Creating Standard Windows User Account

* To create a new standard windows user for the child, Go to Settings App on your Windows PC > Accounts. 
* If you already have a windows user created for your child, you can change it to "standard" in this same screen. 


You may want to check [How to block/allow Apps on Windows & Mac](https://help.myscreencoach.com/en/article/how-to-blockunblock-apps-on-mac-and-windows-pc-1xggwie/)