After downloading the .ZIP of self-extracting .EXE file from SourceForge.net, it is higly recommended to uncompress the archive into a directory close to the root of your disk (e.g., C:\qp\). Some examples in the QP baseline code have been compiled with a DOS compiler and will not work if the DOS limit of 128 characters for the total path length is exceeded.

All members of the QP™ family of frameworks (QP/C, QP/C++, and QP-nano) can be easily adapted to various operating systems, microprocessor architectures, and compilers. Adapting the QP software is called porting and all QP components have been designed from ground up to make the porting easy.

A large, steadily growing number of QP Development Kits™ (QDKs) are available as well. A QDK™ contains the port of the specified QP™ version plus example application(s) illustrating the use of QP™ on the specific operating system or processor architecture.