1.84 upgrade and a newbies request for help.

Wardad · #1 January 29th, 2003, 08:11 PM

Gravey101,

I only have Win98. But it sounds like you might have a registry issue. It could be confused by more than one entry for SE4.exe. So simplify the situation.

First back up your folder by copying it on the hard drive under a new name.

Change the SE4.exe names to remove them from the registry as SE4.exe.

Just to be sure, restart the system.

Return the SE4.exe file you want to use to SE4.exe name.

Launch it so it gets registered and close it down.

Now try patching it.

BTW, There is some type of copy protection signature (deliberate checksum errors) in some of the stock race picture bitmaps. It may have been SE3, b4gold, or only CD related. Apparantly no one is having problems with it recently.

geoschmo · #2 January 29th, 2003, 09:07 PM

I have the same problem every time a new patch comes out. But I only have the problem on my work PC. I have to install fresh from the CD. On my home PC and on the PBW server I have no problem. I never have figured out what it is either, but I'll try the registry trick you mentioned Wardad.

Geoschmo

gravey101 · #3 January 29th, 2003, 09:16 PM

I tried it, but it didn't make any difference. Thanks for the suggestion though.

capnq · #4 January 30th, 2003, 12:38 AM

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If you want to use the directory tree browser thing below you have to DOUBLE-CLICK the Last folder, rather than just single click to select.

AHA!!! THAT explains the problems I've alway had with the installer. I never would have thought of double-clicking the destination folder in the list.

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I am not clear on what you mean by

"I had to type in the correct folder; merely selecting the correct folder from the list did not work."

The autoinstaller was finding the "Space Empires IV" folder (i.e. classic), listing that in the text box. SINGLE-clicking the correct "Space Empires IV Gold" folder in the list didn't change the target folder in the text box.

[ January 29, 2003, 22:43: Message edited by: capnq ]

Krsqk · #5 January 30th, 2003, 04:07 AM

The registry problem would probably be caused by copying the directory over. The registry won't contain an entry for the executable in the new directory.

Wardad · #6 January 30th, 2003, 06:45 AM

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Originally posted by gravey101:
When I try to do the upgrade it tells me that the Version on my system is incorrect and had to be 1.67, or 1.78 etc. I know the Version is 1.78 so I dont know what it is that is messing it up. Am running XP. Anyone got any ideas ?

I had no trouble upgrading a fresh copy of GOLD. It is quite possible your copy is registered wrong. Make a backup copy and play with it. Try running the backup to create a new registry entry.

You may want to try a registry cleaning program or do a manual registry edit. But, without the CD I would be real carefull.

tbontob · #7 January 30th, 2003, 06:50 AM

Anotger newbie question.

I'd like to copy my SE4 files a la Greybeard.

But before he made his posting, I did a regular install of SE4 and patched it.

Now I would like to uninstall it.

Usually the uninstall instructions are given in the manual with the install instructions.

Not so with SE4.

And "uninstall" is not in the index.

Nor is it in the Table of Contents.

And not in the common questions section.

I could just trash the files, but I'm sure SE4 is no different from outher programs and installs other intems elsewhere on my hard drive.

So, is there an uninstall program?