BOINC 6.2.19 gives error 1714 under Win2KP SP4
5 Dec 2008 10:46:53 UTC
Topic 194070
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During updating form BOINC 5.10.45 to 6.2.19 under Win2KP SP4 I got the error 1714: Could not deinstall old version (or similar text). This happened also when I not only suspended all projects and tasks but also closed BOINC. After repairing the former version during reinstallation every things are running well.
I remember, that similar problems occured at advent of version 5.x.y . The next version where running fine.
BOINC 6.2.19 gives error 1714 under Win2KP SP4
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Some info on Error 1714
RE: RE: During updating
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RE: Some info on Error
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Unfortunately this didn´t help. After applying the msicleanup file the same error occured at installation of vers. 6.2.19. After that I had to reinstall the old version 5.10.45. A repair of this version was not possible. But the reinstallation was much quicker. Still many thanks for the reply.
Martin
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I think at this point since the repair installation was not available, you need to uninstall 5.10.45 through Add/Remove Programs and then install 6.2.19 if I'm reading the instructions right.
If you do decide to continue trying to intall the latest version, you may want to set Boinc Manager to No New Task and wait till the tasks in your cache have completed before continuing, in case you have to go to one of the further steps of deleting the Boinc folder.
I have adapted the FAQ, added
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I have adapted the FAQ, added the search for the BOINC.MSI files and deleting them. This can be done by hand, as the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility may not find all older BOINC.MSI files, or it may point to the wrong one (aka, not the corrupt one).