Digital BW, The Print

I hope I'm not being too obtuse, but I've read through the directions on the 
QTR site for softproofing (double clicking on the 'install softproof' 
command does not appear to be valid in Win--I had never heard of it before, 
but I tried it anyhow) and read Carl Schofield's directions for 
softproofing.  AFAIK, in the Windows version of PS, I have always 
softproofed by choosing an ICC profile from proof setup and of course, the 
'proof' files in Carl's folder are not ICC profiles that can be used in 
Windows (I stand to be corrected, but I've never seen files like this).

I was hoping that I could also use Carl's blending action but this wouldn't 
be possible unless I have actual ICC profiles.

I have installed the ICC profiles from the QTR site and can convert to 
gray-lab and then to gray matte or gray photo for output, but---is there any 
way to softproof for QTR in Windows?

Thanks once again,
Diane