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== Troubleshooting Installation Path == | |||
=== '''Cleaning computer registry''' === | |||
If you have an existing installation of Shareaza then when the installer is run again to upgrade or reinstall it will not allow you to change the installation location. If the path doesn't exist because you removed that hard drive or something similar then the installation will fail. Uninstalling will also fail. So what should you do? | If you have an existing installation of Shareaza then when the installer is run again to upgrade or reinstall it will not allow you to change the installation location. If the path doesn't exist because you removed that hard drive or something similar then the installation will fail. Uninstalling will also fail. So what should you do? | ||
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Please remember that the Registry is the socalled heart of Windows so we urge you to make a backup of it.}} | Please remember that the Registry is the socalled heart of Windows so we urge you to make a backup of it.}} | ||
Then you can run the installer and choose your new installation location. | Then you can run the installer and choose your new installation location. | ||
=== '''Installer command line option''' === | |||
Another solution is to run the Shareaza Installer with a special command line option: | Another solution is to run the Shareaza Installer with a special command line option: | ||
go to '''Start''' > '''Run''' > type '''<u><PathToInstaller></u>\Shareaza_2. | go to '''Start''' > '''Run''' > type '''<u><PathToInstaller></u>\Shareaza_2.x.x.x.exe /DIR="<u><DesiredShareazaDir></u>"''' and hit [Enter]<br /> | ||
(replace <u><PathToInstaller></u> with the folder your Shareaza Installer is located, e.g. C:\Downloads; replace <u><DesiredShareazaDir></u> with the folder you want Shareaza to be installed in, e.g. C:\Program Files\Shareaza) | (replace <u><PathToInstaller></u> with the folder your Shareaza Installer is located, e.g. C:\Downloads; replace <u>Shareaza_2.x.x.x.exe</u> with the correct name of the installer to be used; replace <u><DesiredShareazaDir></u> with the folder you want Shareaza to be installed in, e.g. C:\Program Files\Shareaza) | ||
Shareaza should now install to the specified folder. | Shareaza should now install to the specified folder. | ||
=== '''Using an earlier version''' === | |||
'''If you've never''' installed Shareaza on the computer before, and so can't apply the registry fix, then try installing an earlier version of Shareaza (hopefully successfully), and then over-installing the latest Shareaza version. Earlier versions of Shareaza | '''If you've never''' installed Shareaza on the computer before, and so can't apply the registry fix, then try installing an earlier version of Shareaza (hopefully successfully), and then over-installing the latest Shareaza version. Earlier versions of Shareaza are available at [http://sourceforge.net/projects/shareaza/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/shareaza/] | ||
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Troubleshooting Installation Path
Cleaning computer registry
If you have an existing installation of Shareaza then when the installer is run again to upgrade or reinstall it will not allow you to change the installation location. If the path doesn't exist because you removed that hard drive or something similar then the installation will fail. Uninstalling will also fail. So what should you do?
One solution is to delete both of the following registry keys if they exist:
- 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Shareaza_is1'
- 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Shareaza'
If you don't know how to get into the registry do the following: go to Start > Run > type "regedit" without quotes and press OK/Enter. Please remember that the Registry is the socalled heart of Windows so we urge you to make a backup of it.
Then you can run the installer and choose your new installation location.
Installer command line option
Another solution is to run the Shareaza Installer with a special command line option:
go to Start > Run > type <PathToInstaller>\Shareaza_2.x.x.x.exe /DIR="<DesiredShareazaDir>" and hit [Enter]
(replace <PathToInstaller> with the folder your Shareaza Installer is located, e.g. C:\Downloads; replace Shareaza_2.x.x.x.exe with the correct name of the installer to be used; replace <DesiredShareazaDir> with the folder you want Shareaza to be installed in, e.g. C:\Program Files\Shareaza)
Shareaza should now install to the specified folder.
Using an earlier version
If you've never installed Shareaza on the computer before, and so can't apply the registry fix, then try installing an earlier version of Shareaza (hopefully successfully), and then over-installing the latest Shareaza version. Earlier versions of Shareaza are available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/shareaza/
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