CD3 hi-res bitmaps (CD3Bitmaps.exe) won't install

Tajoumaru

Hello all,

Just installed and started using CC3, CD3, and DD3 today. Also downloaded the hi-res bitmap file (CD3Bitmaps.exe) but it fails during install and displays the following error:

"Sorry, your previous CD3 installation could not be located.
Please install and run City Designer 3 first."

I did install CD3 (CD3Setup.exe) prior to this without problems. I've tried running/uninstalling/reinstalling/repairing CD3 but the CD3Bitmaps.exe issues the same error.

Any ideas on how to proceed? I'm running 32-bit Win7 SP1 with everything installed in the same directory (though not on C: drive, which is system only).

Thanks,
Taj

Monsen

Make sure you run both of the installers by right-clicking on them and selecting "run as admin". That usually takes care of such problems.

Tajoumaru

Okay, thanks. Because I'm an admin on this machine I think of running things as such as being superfluous.

Had to uninstall CD3 and reinstall as admin, then install the hi-res bitmaps .exe as an admin as well. All is good.

JimP

On some installs of Windows Vista and Wnidows 7 there seem to be issues with installs. I do computer support and have yet to find a reason, or list of reasons, why these operating systems do this.

Right click and select 'run as administrator' seems to fix these problems.

Hopefully you used the hidden admin account as Win 7 and Vista claism the first account you create is the admin account, but it isn't.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html

And the one for WIn 7.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html

Back in Win XP, the first name account you created was the admin account. No idea why it was changed.