Installing the 9.1 EMC9 Dlx update in Vista Home Premium I came up with what I believe is a lot of good info that should help others...
Installing the update using the custom option will fail in Vista if you check the box for DVD Info Pro. Installation using the typical option on-the-other-hand will not install quite a few of the included applications such as “Home”.
If you save the expanded update files from the temp folder to another location on your hard drive(s), and copy it back to the temp folder after the installation completes, you can use the change option in “programs and Features” under Control Panel. This will allow you to install some options missing under the “Typical” install, but you won’t get everything. Attempting to install any of the sub-applications (i.e. Soundsoap etc.) from the temporary install folders will not work – you need to start the set-up programs that you copied back to your temp folder.
As has been reported, if an installation fails it is not possible to run set-up again – part of the install routine un-installs your existing copy of EMC9 and set-up will then refuse to run. The cure is to save a registry key prior to the update [or retrieve from backup or whatever]. Probably the easiest way to find the key is to search in Regedit for the value: "Master installer for The Digital Media Suite". It’s located under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
Export the entire key, and merge with the registry IF/WHEN you need to re-run the update set-up routine. As far as I can tell whatever Roxio EMC9 files are on the hard drive all ready doesn’t matter.
If you want to halt the installation when it starts rolling back (after failure) have Task Mgr running... There should be 3 or 4 instances of msiexec running – select the bottom one and terminate that process. Whatever is uninstalled (rolled back) is lost but the rest should work.
The update leaves existing program folders for: Cineplayer decoder pack, Drag to Disc, Disc Gallery, Media Experience, XingTones, and DVD Info Pro... I don’t know about Sight Sound because I didn’t have that installed. DVD Info Pro appears to still work the same as before the update, though you might have to re-create the shortcut in your start menu. The update will include the Vista compatible version of Sound Soap – you will have to (re) register. If you already registered Sound Soap, you’ll need to enter the same email address as before.
It’s always good practice to back up your OS drive before making major program changes like this update. Vista restore (at least in Home Prem) saves a shadow copy of the files on your drive and works well, unless you boot into another OS like XP – in that case the shadow copies are erased. After a successful update it still might be a good idea to save the registry key mentioned in case you have to re-install EMC9 in the suture – I’m saving a copy with the update to disc.
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Installing the 9.1 EMC9 Dlx update in Vista Home Premium I came up with what I believe is a lot of good info that should help others...
Installing the update using the custom option will fail in Vista if you check the box for DVD Info Pro. Installation using the typical option on-the-other-hand will not install quite a few of the included applications such as “Home”.
If you save the expanded update files from the temp folder to another location on your hard drive(s), and copy it back to the temp folder after the installation completes, you can use the change option in “programs and Features” under Control Panel. This will allow you to install some options missing under the “Typical” install, but you won’t get everything. Attempting to install any of the sub-applications (i.e. Soundsoap etc.) from the temporary install folders will not work – you need to start the set-up programs that you copied back to your temp folder.
As has been reported, if an installation fails it is not possible to run set-up again – part of the install routine un-installs your existing copy of EMC9 and set-up will then refuse to run. The cure is to save a registry key prior to the update [or retrieve from backup or whatever]. Probably the easiest way to find the key is to search in Regedit for the value: "Master installer for The Digital Media Suite". It’s located under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
Export the entire key, and merge with the registry IF/WHEN you need to re-run the update set-up routine. As far as I can tell whatever Roxio EMC9 files are on the hard drive all ready doesn’t matter.
If you want to halt the installation when it starts rolling back (after failure) have Task Mgr running... There should be 3 or 4 instances of msiexec running – select the bottom one and terminate that process. Whatever is uninstalled (rolled back) is lost but the rest should work.
The update leaves existing program folders for: Cineplayer decoder pack, Drag to Disc, Disc Gallery, Media Experience, XingTones, and DVD Info Pro... I don’t know about Sight Sound because I didn’t have that installed. DVD Info Pro appears to still work the same as before the update, though you might have to re-create the shortcut in your start menu. The update will include the Vista compatible version of Sound Soap – you will have to (re) register. If you already registered Sound Soap, you’ll need to enter the same email address as before.
It’s always good practice to back up your OS drive before making major program changes like this update. Vista restore (at least in Home Prem) saves a shadow copy of the files on your drive and works well, unless you boot into another OS like XP – in that case the shadow copies are erased. After a successful update it still might be a good idea to save the registry key mentioned in case you have to re-install EMC9 in the suture – I’m saving a copy with the update to disc.
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