Can't install PBP v2.46 on Windows 10

[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.

[Demon]

Wow, you're really trying your best to make it as complicated as possible aren't you? ;-)

You know me.

If you don't ALSO want any of the older versions installed just forget about them now and install PBP3, done.

Ah, awesome! I don't think I'll care for the older version once I've finished migrating at least one working test program over. After that, I'll just copy that CONFIG.

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.

And this is why I was lost. "Upgrade" CDs for me always had partial data or required you entered the old CD as validation during install.

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.

Perfect. I'll probably have it on a desktop later at some point. But for now I just want to be up and running on this new laptop.

Thanks Henrik.

[Demon]

Holy crap! That was the most effortless installation of PBP3, MCS+X and MPLAB X.

And for the next dude that can't be bothered to read instructions 'cause he thinks he knows it all (like me).

Go in your PBP folder and run meLabsReg.exe to validate your CD key, and that's it.

Awesome installation (compared to the hoops I jumped through before LOL ).

Robert

[HenrikOlsson]

Right, it wasn't very hard was it ;-)

NOW that you have PBP3 installed, check which version it is and see if you need (or want) to update it. The latest released version is 3.0.8. Here's the version history and 3.0.8 can be downloaded from here Again, if what you got on the disc is something like 3.0.5 there's no need to go thru 3.0.6 and 3.0.7 in order to finally get to 3.0.8 Everything that's in the older versions are in the latest version (except for the bugs hopefully).

I just noticed that I was on 3.0.7 myself so I updated to 3.0.8. I was then given the option to install MCSPX (for which I have a license) so I did, hoping it was an updated version, which might fix it randomly crashing ever so often but unforunatley it was still the same old 5.0.0.5 :-(

/Henrik.

[Demon]

I just checked again and I have PBPX 3.0.8.4, and MCSP 5.0.0.5 and it says it's up to date.

Robert