1 Turn off Windows Defender and other antiviruses during installation
2 Install 7ZIP (if not available)
4 Install all add-ons from the Windows folder
5. Run the "BMW ISTA+ Standalone.exe" file
(installation may take up to 3 hours, it's easier to leave it overnight Password: netmanbmw )
6 Add the "C:\Program Files\BMW" folder to Windows Defender exceptions
(at this stage, ISTA is ready to use in diagnostic mode, you don't need to download and paste "PSDZ lite")
7. Full version with programming - activate the "full-with-programming" registry file, download and unzip "PSdZData full" to the path "C:\Program Files\BMW\ISPI\TRIC\ISTA\PSdZ\data_swi"
OR create a symbolic link if you need the full "PSDZ" database to be located elsewhere. To do this, open "CMD" as administrator and enter the command (example):
mklink /D "C:\Program Files\BMW\ISPI\TRIC\ISTA\PSdZ\data_swi" "C:\EC-APPS\PSDZ\data" -
where the first quotation marks contain the desired path to "PSDZ" in "ISTA", and the second quotation marks contain the actual path to "PSDZ"
8. Russification: unpack the "RU SQLiteDBs" archive to the path "C:\Program Files\BMW\ISPI\TRIC\ISTA\SQLiteDBs" and change the language in the settings.