SHERPA will run (and has been tested) on Windows7 64 bit (x64). It is assumed that SHERPA will also run on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, but this has not been tested. A 32 bit version of SHERPA no longer is supported.

For convenience, a "SHERPA Starter.exe" is supplied, but "SHERPA.exe" can also 
be executed from its subdirectory.

In the folder "Templates" a library covering a wide range of diatom outline 
shapes is supplied. It can be loaded using the "Load Templates + Subfolders" 
function from SHERPA's main menu, pointing to the templates folder. 

INSTALL REQUIREMENTS:

"Microsoft .NET Framework 4.62" and the 
"Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64)" 
"Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 (x64)" (File "VSU_4\vcredist_x64.exe")
need to be installed prior to running SHERPA.

You will find the appropriate installers here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53344
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13523
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679  (File "VSU_4\vcredist_x64.exe")

Typical errors showing up if one of the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages are missing regard "The type initializer for 'Emgu.CV.CvInvoke' threw an exception.".