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Extract the appropriate BonusTools_65 archive to the user's Maya home directory:
Sample Windows path:
C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\My Documents\maya\6.5
The appropriate subdirectories should be maintained and the files within them.
2. Using a text editor, edit the BonusTools file from within the user's maya/6.5/modules directory. The bonusTools6.5 file has a sample line for each operating system and has this basic format:
+ bonusTools 6.5 "absolute path to BonusTools6.5 directory"
Uncomment the line that starts with + by removing the //. Replace the user_name from that line with the login name of the user. Save the file.
3. Go on to Step 1 of For All Platforms.

1. If you have a user Setup.mel file in your scripts path, open it in a text editor and append the lines from the user Setup.mel supplied with the Bonus Tools.
2. Restart Maya and set any of the Bonus Tools plug-ins that you wish to use to auto load.
Note that the contents of the BonusTools menu will

1. If you have a user Setup. Mel files in your scripts path, open it in a text editor and append the lines from the user Setup. Mel supplied with the Bonus Tools.
2. Restart Maya and set any of the Bonus Tools plug-ins that you wish to use to auto load.
Note that the contents of the BonusTools menu will vary according to which main menu set (Animation, Modeling, Dynamics, Rendering, Cloth) is active. You may change this behavior with the Bonus Tools->Toggle Menu Style command.
3. Enjoy. You may refer to the bonusTools601.html file (located in the docs directory where the Bonus Tools are located) for an overview of the tools.