The sure-fire way of getting round this problem is to have dual booting
with each of your conflicting applications on different boots. It is
possible that you may get round this simply by having two users, but
that depends on where the conflict is arising. Of course, in both cases,
files could be made accessible to both boots or both users.
Brian
Terry Kozlyk wrote:
> After trying a few things, I need to reach out to the best technical
> user base I know; TechNet;
>
> This is a first problem with these symptoms, so I can only ask around.
>
> I am running XP Pro on a Intel based 3 Ghz & 1.5 Gb Ram PC
>
> I have 2 ECAD tools no PCB fellow should be without. I know they run
> well together because I had them running together several
> Months ago. I don't know what changed. All I did was have Altium
> Designer 6 ( Protel ) installed ( actually my IS support person insisted
> on doing it ).
>
> I have a licensed gerber viewer from RSI called Vision ( Great tool BTW
> ) and the free 3D viewer eDrawings2006 ( another great FREE tool ).
>
>
>
> Problem;
>
> I can run CamCad Vision fine by itself. But when I try to run
> eDrawings2006 viewer, it instantly invokes the windows installer, which
> tries to install
> CamCad Vision. CamCad Vision is already installed & runs fine, so I
> don't know what tells it to do this. If I just let it go it keeps trying
> to install, then just eventually stops & nothing happens. It doesn't
> finish, so I have to end the process thru windows. eDrawings2006 never
> comes up either. If I uninstall CamCad Vision, then eDrawings2006 viewer
> runs fine. Then I re-install CamCad Vision & the same problem comes
> back.
>
> What I already tried;
>
> I uninstalled both programs & installed again. First I installed over
> top of itself, being told this may clean up the registry entries. But it
> didn't fix the problem. Then I uninstalled each separately, then
> verified each runs.
> I viewed the registry but did not make any changes there as I still find
> the registry very cryptic. So I choose to remain in the viewers gallery.
>
>
>
> Any leads, ideas or tips would be appreciated. Someone, somewhere at
> some time must have had this happen & found a method of repair. We (I)
> may not fully understand how & why it works, but as long as it results
> in a clean reliable fix, then I am happy.
>
> Regards
> TDK
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> Terry Kozlyk, CID, CET
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