How do I repair my vs9 installation?

Svuppe · Post by **Svuppe** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:03 am

Hi.
A long time ago, I got the boxed version of vs7. I later upgraded it, first to vs8 and even later to vs9. And this has worked fine up until now.
A few days ago, I got the crazy idea, that I would uninstall vs7 and 8, as I only use vs9 anyway. And so I did. And now I have problems with a missing MPEG encoder (and possibly other, yet to be discovered, issues as well).

No problem, i thought. I just do a repair. I believe I've done that once before. But no. I only get the option to uninstall everything, and I rather don't want to do that. And if I do, I guess I still need the original retail vs7, right? I do have it...... somewhere...... packed away real good.

So, do you have any ideas? Is there another way to do a repair of my installation?

Best regards,
Mikael

tyamada · Post by **tyamada** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:13 am

If you downloaded VS9 from the internet there is no repair option in the installation, unlike the boxed version.

You have to uninstall VS9 and reinstall it and all the patches.

GuyL · Post by **GuyL** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:20 am

Dig for that original version.....

Remove and reinstall VS9 Upgrade. It will ask to locate a previous version during the install which you can supply and you will get a fresh install without having to worry if you will cause a problem by removing VS7 afterwards.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 1:42 am

Just to clarify Guy's comment a little: when it looks for the earlier version, all you need to do is put in the VS7 disc into one of your drives. You don't have to install it. Once the VS9 installation process 'sees' the disc, it is happy and goes on to install the full program which should not need any parts of previous versions.

GuyL · Post by **GuyL** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:02 am

Thank you, Ken. After reading my post I should have been more detailed in my explanation.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:22 am

De rien, mon ami! Et Bonne Année Nouvelle – ou est-ce que tu es Acadien, là-bas à Halifax, et il me faut dire ‘Happy New Year’ en place de ça??!!

Svuppe · Post by **Svuppe** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 12:23 pm

Thank you all. I found my old vs7 CD, and have just reinstalled vs9 without installing vs7 first. I am a happy man again.

Best regards,
Mikael

GuyL · Post by **GuyL** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 1:50 pm

Ken Berry wrote:De rien, mon ami! Et Bonne Année Nouvelle – ou est-ce que tu es Acadien, là-bas à Halifax, et il me faut dire ‘Happy New Year’ en place de ça??!!

Je ne suis pas Acadiens. J’étais né Franco Ontarien et j’ai déménage a Halifax en 1997. Bonne année a toi aussi, mon ami vidéo!

You are familar with Halifax and the Maritime Acadian history I take it? I have thought many times since moving here to trace my roots back to see if I have any connections. The name Lapierre is fairly common in this region.