RE: VFP9 SP1 Installation (Posted by Ammar Hadi) - www.foxite.com

> I upgraded VFP8 to VFP9, using the installation CD.
> VFP9 seems to work well.
> Attempts to install SP1 fail with this message:
>
> “The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch.”
>
> Yet, VFP9 is installed in the default directory.
> I also attempted SP1 installation with anti-virus software disabled.
> I have administration rights.
>
> Help please.

Hi ed,

I agree with Tushar.

When I upgraded from vfp 9.0 to sp1 (and to sp2 also), the update need to launch the original vfp9 setup.exe that I installed vfp9 from. And as I remember, similar message to yours appear that allow me to browse to the setup.exe (in the installation CD, or the hard if you saved the cd to the hard then installed), so that the update will use the same setup.exe that the original vfp9 used to create the updated version.

But in your case you have a vfp9 upgrade?? .. try the same scenario, browse to the vfp9 setup that you upgraded from (in your upgrade cd) and let it use it to upgrade.

Hope this works.

Ammar Hadi ................IRAQ

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