Starting for the first time
When you have successfully installed NiceHash QuickMiner, start it by double clicking NiceHashQuickMiner.exe.
Following screen may appear asking you to allow NiceHash QuickMiner. This is called UAC and it is for your protection. NiceHash QuickMiner needs administrative privileges to function correctly. You should press Yes button.
When NiceHash QuickMiner is started for the first time, it will ask you for your NiceHash Mining Address. There is a link and a picture how to get this address. This is a very important step - this is how NiceHash QuickMiner gets linked with your NiceHash account, so it mines for you and not somebody else.
You can get your NiceHash Mining Address on your Mining page. If you do not have NiceHash account, you have to create one. The mining address will look like this:34HKWdzLxWBduUfJE9JxaFhoXnfC6gmePG. NiceHash QuickMiner will not let you enter wrong address, you just have to make sure that you are entering your address and not somebody else's.
After NiceHash QuickMiner is started, all the interaction with it is done through menu at notification icon in your tray taskbar. Access it by right clicking on NiceHash QuickMiner icon.
You can do following actions:
- start or stop mining,
- edit NiceHash QuickMiner config file (advanced),
- edit Excavator Command file (advanced),
- launch OCTune tool (explained here),
- enable or disable CPU mining,
- set NiceHash QuickMiner to start with Windows and
- exit.
If you would like NiceHash QuickMiner to startup with Windows, then you have to enable this option. There are two possibilities. You should enable only one. The recommended one is to start it with Task scheduler method. But if this method does not work for you somehow, try it by enabling Service method.
I suggest going through the list of tips and tricks and properly configure NiceHash QuickMiner for your video card(s), to maximize your mining reliability and your mining profits.