Windows 7 and Me!

[David Norton]

Yesterday I installed Windows 7 on my main P/C. I reinstalled ECabs, downloaded and installed the latest update for Ecabs.
For some reason though Ecabs will not open. It says " This version of Ecabinets has expired." I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the update to no avail.
Can anyone shed some light as to what I am doing wrong?

[DanEpps]

Did you save the update to the computer before installing it? Running the updates from the download process sometimes causes problems like this.

[David Norton]

The update was saved to my downloads folder and run from there. I even tried copying to Ecabs root directory . I just tried redownloading the update. Nothing seems to work.

[DanEpps]

If Windows 7 is anything like Vista, you have to run the installs (eCabinets and updates) as Administrator and set the exe to always run as Administrator.

[David Norton]

Ok Dan, you got me. I am only one that uses this P/C, so I (assume) that I am administrator. If not how do I make sure programs install that way?
Should I uninstall Ecabs and reinstall?

[David Norton]

Well I'll be dipped. I uninstalled the upgrade, then right-clicked and clicked on run as administrator. This time it took.
Thanks Dan

[DanEpps]

Starting with Vista, admin rights are removed from actual users so you have to explicitly tell programs to "run as administrator." Right-click on the installer file and choose "Run as Administrator." Do this for both the program and the update.

After installing, right-click on ecabinets.exe and set it to always run as administrator.

Here is a link to the post that describes the whole process: http://www.thermwood.com/forums/viewtop ... f=3&t=9294. Be sure to read the PDF from the link in that post.

Ah...I see you found it before I could finish my post.

[David Norton]

Everything is working fine now thanks again Dan!