installing earlier VW version impossible, help !

[pilgonico]

Hello

need some help

I had VW2008 and I wasn`t satisfied. I have decided to change back to VW12 BUT...now I can`t intall this version !

why? what do I need to delete? it seems it recognize " VW remnants" and doen`t let me move back to earlier version.

any solution besides formating windows?

thanx

Edited November 24, 2008 by pilgonico

[Ray Libby]

What version of Windows?

At what point will it not install?

What do you mean by "doesn't let me move back to earlier version"?

[pilgonico]

xp 32 bit

it install almost 79% and then caoming up with windows that says it has other VW component.

I asked someone VW expert and he told me he knows many problems involve with installing earlier version after installing later versions.

any solutions?

[Ray Libby]

I've never had this problem, but this will clean all parts of Vectorworks installations.

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE EDITING!

1) Click and drag your VectorWorks folders (Default location: C > Program Files > VectorWorks) to the recycle bin. Empty the recycle bin.

2) Click Start > Run and in the dialogue box that pops up, type ?RegEdit?

3) On the left hand side of the window that pops up, ?Registry Editor? you will see a few small icons that look like folders with + or ? signs next to them, click all the "?" signs except the one next to ?My Computer?, you should see one folder labeled: ?HKEY_CURRENT_USER?

4) Expand this folder by clicking the "+" sign to the left of it. Inside you will see a ?Software? folder, expand it as well.

5) Right click on the ?Nemetschek? folder and select Delete. Do the same with the ?VectorWorks? folder.

6) Repeat these steps for the folder ?HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE? as well.

Reinstall any Vectorworks version you want.

[pilgonico]

that`s what I have done before !!!

it didn`t help either .

I don`t why....but it didn`t work. what else? only formating windows?

[klinzey]

Try copy the DVD to your hard drive first then run the installer.

Did it quit, or did it just stop at 79%? From what I can remember there is a point where progress stall becaose it is moving a lot of samll files or a few very large files.

[pilgonico]

well....I will try to copy it onto hardrive. but am skeptical, as it is seems not reading from CD problem....it is just open a window thats says it recognize (User/Local....etc) VW remnants or so...

just don`t know why uninstall/install can be so frustrated in VW.

[Ray Libby]

Could you post the exact error message?