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Re: windows xp and cakewalk Posted by Brian Bartley (from: 63.21.224.33) on December 11, 2001 at 01:34:24: In Reply to: windows xp and cakewalk posted by Jon on October 31, 2001 at 21:23:07: To Jon (and whomever else it may concern!): I am currently running Cakewalk HS 9.01 on an XP platform and it seems to be working fine. However, I had XP and installed CWHS fresh afterwards. I gather from the way you mention the problem, that Cakewalk was installed (on your computer) in Win 98 and then you upgraded to WinXP and the problem emerged. I had this happen with my Cakewalk 6.0 installation when I upgraded from Win95 to Win98. All the files seemed to install correctly but the program would not execute. When I in turn upgraded Cakewalk to 9.0, everything worked. There are several possible underlying problems and the fix may not be at all simple. Two kinds of approaches suggest themselves. One involves deleting registry keys that refer to CWHS; the other involves shared file version conflicts. Before you read on, note well: MESSING WITH THE REGISTRY CAN BE DANGEROUS for the O.S. itself. I HAVE NOT TRIED ANY REGISTRY MODIFICATIONS IN XP... BUT ... A traditional approach to driver/install problems is to 1) Unistall the dysfunctional software; 2) run regedit and use the search to find all keys that reference the software and delete those references; then exit regedit and reboot; make sure OS is functioning otherwise well; try a clean reinstall of the software. BE ADVISED (I'm emphasizing, not shouting): MESSING WITH THE REGISTRY CAN BE DANGEROUS for the O.S. itself. I HAVE NOT TRIED ANY REGISTRY MODIFICATIONS IN XP and would ONLY TRY ON MY SYSTEM as a LAST RESORT The following explanation/remedy (from Cakewalk's TS FAQs) of what sounds like a serious program crash may also be helpful (this is the shared file conflict approach.You will need to compare what they say about the problem observed in the fix and see how closely it matches what you recall about the problem on your own machine): >"Cakewalk 7.0 or 8.0 gives me an Invalid Page >Fault error or a Divide By Zero error when I >access certain menus. >You may experience Divide by Zero or Invalid >Page Fault errors if your computer is using an >older version of a file named Comctrl32.dll >There is a fix. The Cakewalk 7.0 CD contains a >file called 40Comupd.exe. (The Setup routine >should have detected the older file and asked if >you want to update Comctrl32.dll. It's possible >that you clicked No or the Install routine >somehow missed the old file.) Updating the >required file on your computer is easy. > 1. Browse the Cakewalk 7.0 CD using Windows > Explorer. > 2. Open the Cakewalk directory > 3. Double-click the file called 40Comupd.exe. > This will update your Comctrl32.dll file and > restore Cakewalk to full operation." I checked and Cakewalk HS 9.0 also has this file on its install CD (in the Cakewalk folder, if you browse the CD). I might therefore assume that 8.0 would have it as well. Again, I don't KNOW whether this would fix your problem. But usually when a working program stops working following an upgrade, it's because some shared file got updated by the upgrade software, thus spelling doom for the application that needs the older version. Conventional wisdom is that if you can get the dysfunctioning software's own executable components to update files it shares with the OS/other programs, then that software will run properly again. The only catch involves files that are shared between the OS and several programs that each expect a certain version... Hope this answers more questions than it raises! (So much for hope...) Probably the wisest thing to do is to involve Cakewalk's people on this... Brian : I am now running windows xp, but this has somehow disabled cakewalk. I reinstalled Pro audio 9 but the .exe will just not work - nothing happens. Is this a cakewalk thing or XP? anybody help please? : Cheers, : Jon Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : To Jon (and whomever else it may concern!): : I am currently running Cakewalk HS 9.01 on an XP platform and it seems to be working fine. However, I had XP and installed CWHS fresh afterwards. I gather from the way you mention the problem, that Cakewalk was installed (on your computer) in Win 98 and then you upgraded to WinXP and the problem emerged. I had this happen with my Cakewalk 6.0 installation when I upgraded from Win95 to Win98. All the files seemed to install correctly but the program would not execute. When I in turn upgraded Cakewalk to 9.0, everything worked. There are several possible underlying problems and the fix may not be at all simple. Two kinds of approaches suggest themselves. One involves deleting registry keys that refer to CWHS; the other involves shared file version conflicts. : Before you read on, note well: MESSING WITH THE REGISTRY CAN BE DANGEROUS for the O.S. itself. I HAVE NOT TRIED ANY REGISTRY MODIFICATIONS IN XP... BUT ... : A traditional approach to driver/install problems is to 1) Unistall the dysfunctional software; 2) run regedit and use the search to find all keys that reference the software and delete those references; then exit regedit and reboot; make sure OS is functioning otherwise well; try a clean reinstall of the software. : BE ADVISED (I'm emphasizing, not shouting): MESSING WITH THE REGISTRY CAN BE DANGEROUS for the O.S. itself. I HAVE NOT TRIED ANY REGISTRY MODIFICATIONS IN XP and would ONLY TRY ON MY SYSTEM as a LAST RESORT : The following explanation/remedy (from Cakewalk's TS FAQs) of what sounds like a serious program crash may also be helpful (this is the shared file conflict approach.You will need to compare what they say about the problem observed in the fix and see how closely it matches what you recall about the problem on your own machine): : >"Cakewalk 7.0 or 8.0 gives me an Invalid Page >Fault error or a Divide By Zero error when I >access certain menus. : >You may experience Divide by Zero or Invalid >Page Fault errors if your computer is using an >older version of a file named Comctrl32.dll : >There is a fix. The Cakewalk 7.0 CD contains a >file called 40Comupd.exe. (The Setup routine >should have detected the older file and asked if >you want to update Comctrl32.dll. It's possible >that you clicked No or the Install routine >somehow missed the old file.) Updating the >required file on your computer is easy. : > 1. Browse the Cakewalk 7.0 CD using Windows : > Explorer. : > 2. Open the Cakewalk directory : > 3. Double-click the file called 40Comupd.exe. : > This will update your Comctrl32.dll file and : > restore Cakewalk to full operation." : : I checked and Cakewalk HS 9.0 also has this file on its install CD (in the Cakewalk folder, if you browse the CD). I might therefore assume that 8.0 would have it as well. Again, I don't KNOW whether this would fix your problem. But usually when a working program stops working following an upgrade, it's because some shared file got updated by the upgrade software, thus spelling doom for the application that needs the older version. Conventional wisdom is that if you can get the dysfunctioning software's own executable components to update files it shares with the OS/other programs, then that software will run properly again. The only catch involves files that are shared between the OS and several programs that each expect a certain version... : Hope this answers more questions than it raises! : (So much for hope...) Probably the wisest thing to do is to involve Cakewalk's people on this... : Brian : : : I am now running windows xp, but this has somehow disabled cakewalk. I reinstalled Pro audio 9 but the .exe will just not work - nothing happens. Is this a cakewalk thing or XP? anybody help please? : : Cheers, : : Jon Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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