KC Automation Suite

Desktop automation tools for King & Cunningham.

Modules: Simplifile3 recording, PT-61 forms, document OCR, court records (CRG), SCRA lookup, PACER access.

Install

1. Download launcher.exe from latest release
2. Double-click it — works from any folder (Downloads, Desktop, wherever)
3. Done. Launcher handles everything:
   • Installs to %LOCALAPPDATA%\King_Cunningham\KC_App\
   • Creates Start Menu shortcut ("KC Automation Suite")
   • Downloads app files and launches

After first install: use Start Menu shortcut. Updates happen automatically on launch.

Requirements

• Windows 10+
• Internet on first run

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Uninstall

The app registers in Add/Remove Programs as "KC Automation Suite". Open Settings > Apps > Installed apps (or Control Panel > Programs), find it, and click Uninstall.

Manual removal

If it is not listed (installed before this feature shipped), remove manually:

1. End any running instance: open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc), find KC_app.exe or KC Automation Suite, click End Task
2. Delete app files: press Win+R, type %LOCALAPPDATA%, click OK, delete the King_Cunningham folder
3. Delete Start Menu shortcut: press Win+R, type %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs, click OK, delete KC Automation Suite.lnk
4. Delete the original launcher.exe you downloaded

Update stuck / corrupted install

If the launcher fails during an update, reset the app files:

1. End Task on any running KC_app.exe (Task Manager)
2. Press Win+R, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\King_Cunningham\KC_App, click OK
3. Delete these folders if present: KC_app_staging, KC_app_old, KC_app
4. Re-launch — it will re-download fresh

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Build from Source

Prerequisites

• Windows 10+
• Python 3.8+
• Git

Setup

git clone https://github.com/dunncw/king_cunningham_code.git
cd king_cunningham_code
python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

External binaries (first time)

Tesseract OCR not in repo. Download pinned version:

python scripts\setup_binaries.py

Safe to re-run — skips what's already there.

Build

Set version in version.txt, then:

python build.py

Build script handles:

• Syncs __version__ in src/main.py and launcher/launcher.py from version.txt
• Runs setup_binaries.py if Tesseract missing
• PyInstaller onedir build → dist\KC_app\
• Zips to dist\KC_app.zip + writes .sha256 checksum
• Builds dist\launcher.exe
• Writes dist\version.txt

Output

dist\
  KC_app\             KC_app.exe + DLLs
  KC_app.zip          release asset
  KC_app.zip.sha256   checksum
  launcher.exe        ~37 MB
  version.txt

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Dependencies

• Tesseract OCR
• PyMuPDF
• OpenCV
• PyQt6

See each project's license for terms.