Can't install PBP v2.46 on Windows 10

[Demon]

That's what I don't get Henrik. My old gamer was Win 7 64-bit, I would assume Win 10 64-bit would be the same. I guess not.

Opened X86 DOS window, manually did same commands as the INSTALL.BAT that came along with PBP v2.46 CD and it doesn't decompress as expected.



Even set PBP246.EXE to run as ADMIN, tried both Win7 and Win XP sp2.

[Demon]

Recopied all my stuff back from CD into c:\PBP folder, editted INSTALL.BAT with new names, and same sort of error.



I really wanted to figure this out but I'm about to give up and just get PBP v3 Gold and be done with it.

[Demon]

The README kept mentionning "files being uncompressed", so I renamed the file to PBP246.ZIP,
and VOILA! It unzipped all files as expected. Just gotta test to make sure things are all ok, but everything looks fine.




EDIT: PBP v2.46 patched and updated to v2.60c without problems.

[Demon]

So now that I have it working, I bought the $50 upgrade to PBP v3 from MeLabs. :lol:

The part that sucks is that the next time I have to install, I'll have to go through:

- install v2.46,
- patch,
- upgrade to v2.60,
- patch,
- upgrade to v3.0,
- and most likely patch again (no idea where v3 is at)

I might figure a BAT file to do it all at once.

[HenrikOlsson]

Thumbs up for getting PBP3 Robert, you won't regret it.
As for installing it your aproach doesn't sound quite right.

My PBP3 is a payed upgrade from 2.6 and I've probably bought at least 5 upgrades prior to that over a period of atleast 15 years. My oldest is 2.31 which in turn is an upgrade from the non pro version (PBC).

In my experience there is no and has never been a need to install any prior version.

The only reason for doing it the way you describe is if you want multiple versions installed at the same time.

/Henrik.

[Demon]

So I install using PBP v3 cd and it will ask for v2.6 at some point?

I always thought it was a sequential process

Robert

[HenrikOlsson]

Wow, you're really trying your best to make it as complicated as possible aren't you? ;-)
If you don't ALSO want any of the older versions installed just forget about them now and install PBP3, done.

It's called an upgrade only because you've already payed for an older version - what's on the actual DISC is exactly what you'd get if you bought it "new". I know this isn't always the case with other software but with PBP3 it is, in my experience.

Once installed run the licence manager to activate your license. If I'm not mistaken you can have your licence active on two machines at once. If you need to change machine run the licence manager and de-activate the licence on the machine you're getting rid of in order to free it up.

/Henrik.