Cannot install FSUIPC6: Cannot find P3Dv4 or P3Dv5 installation and so cannot install

[Amw1234]

Good morning,

I'm trying to install FSUIPC6 v 6.0.11, and I just can't seem to get it started.

When I run the .exe (even as admin) it just errors and tells me:

"Cannot find P3Dv4 or P3Dv5 installation ans so cannot install"

I've tried running it from both the C and D Drive, and the error remains - can't see anything in the readme file or elsewhere in this forum. 

 

Any suggestions or help appreciated :)

[John Dowson]

44 minutes ago, Amw1234 said:

Any suggestions or help appreciated 🙂

First, you should always give your posts/support requests an appropriate title. Using your forum username isn't very helpful - I have changed it.

46 minutes ago, Amw1234 said:

"Cannot find P3Dv4 or P3Dv5 installation ans so cannot install"

This implies that no registry entries for P3Dv4 ot P3Dv5 have been found on your system. Do you have either version installed?
Have you ran the version you have installed? It needs to be ran at least once to generate the registry entries.
If that's not the issue, try uninstalling and re-installing the P3D client for the version you are using.

John

[Amw1234]

Apologies; must have missed that.

I have P3Dv5 installed for around 6 months, and have run it many times. 

I'll have a look and see what I can do with the client and come back.

Many thanks

[John Dowson]

7 minutes ago, Amw1234 said:

I have P3Dv5 installed for around 6 months, and have run it many times. 

This is very strange then! As I said, try re-installing the client, run P3Dv5 once, then try to install FSUIPC6. If you get the same issue, let me know.

John

[Jazzflyer]

Hello,
the same problem here. I made a brandnew install of WIN10 64bit (Version2004), I installed P3D V.5.1 and it works without any problem.
When I run the FSUIPC Installer (6.0.12) it tells me: ""Cannot find P3Dv4 or P3Dv5 installation and so cannot install".
- I reinstalled the client of P3D: No change
- I scanned the registry with regedit and it seems, there is no information about the location of P3D (programm files, standard location)
It's mysterious to me... Any idea what I can do?

Best grettings
Thomas

[John Dowson]

Hi Thomas,

1 hour ago, Jazzflyer said:

- I scanned the registry with regedit and it seems, there is no information about the location of P3D (programm files, standard location)
It's mysterious to me... Any idea what I can do?

And you ran P3D at least once after installing (or re-installing) the client?

If there are no P3D registry entries, it won't detect your P3D installation and won't install.
I'm not sure why you haven't got the registry entries. I will look into this...

In the mean-time, I can update the installer to maybe ignore this, and proceed to the selection of the P3D versions  to install into (rather than aborting).

 

 

[John Dowson]

Please download and try the following installer: http://www.fsuipc.com/download/Install_FSUIPC6a.zip

It will still display the message, but you can continue to select the P3D version you wish to install into.

Edited February 1, 2022 by John Dowson
link corrected

[Jazzflyer]

Hi John,

many thanks for this! Now it worked - and even without showing a message.
Don't know what was going on there, but it works! Thank you and a good Sunday!

Thomas

[John Dowson]

1 minute ago, Jazzflyer said:

many thanks for this! Now it worked - and even without showing a message.

Very strange...but glad its now installed and working.
Thanks, and enjoy the rest of the weekend as well,

John

[Jazzflyer]

Hi John
Sorry, same problem now! I installed frsh WIN10 prof and Prep3D 5.3. P§D works and made correct entries with right path in registry.
But no install of FSUIPC 6 possible, it shows: "Cannot find P3Dv4 or P3Dv5 installation and so cannot install".
The link for another installer you gave me above does work no more.
No idea, what could be the reason of this...
Any help for me?

Much greetings
Thomas

[John Dowson]

27 minutes ago, Jazzflyer said:

P§D works and made correct entries with right path in registry.

Can you tell me what registry entries you can see? The installer is looking under:
    HKCU Software\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5
for entries AppPath or SetupPath.

Thanks,

John

[John Dowson]

34 minutes ago, Jazzflyer said:

The link for another installer you gave me above does work no more.

Please also try that link again - I have updated the installer with the same change as I previously made - you will get the same message but the installation will/should continue.

John

[Jazzflyer]

Hi,
in HKCU Software\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5 i see:
(Standard)          REG_SZ
AppPath              REG_SZ            C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5\...

In the link above I find vJoyOffsets.zip with vJoyOffsets.exe in it. I think that's not the installer.

Thomas

[John Dowson]

1 minute ago, Jazzflyer said:

in HKCU Software\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5 i see:
(Standard)          REG_SZ
AppPath              REG_SZ            C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5\...

In the link above I find vJoyOffsets.zip with vJoyOffsets.exe in it. I think that's not the installer.

So AppPath exists under HKCU Software\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5. I have no idea why the installation is failing for you then. It doesn't matter what the value is, it just checks to see if that exists to make sure P3Dv5 is installed.

Very strange...

Did you try the updated installer I posted?

[Jazzflyer]

In the link above I find vJoyOffsets.zip with vJoyOffsets.exe in it. I think that's not the installer.

Thomas

[John Dowson]

4 minutes ago, Jazzflyer said:

In the link above I find vJoyOffsets.zip with vJoyOffsets.exe in it. I think that's not the installer.

Blimey, don't know how that happened....!

Corrected, please try again...

John

[Jazzflyer]

Yes! It works and installation incl. license is done! Thank you!
Would you like to tell me what's the difference to the original file?
It would be interessant what the reason is for this strange behavior.
It's the second time and in both cases it was a fresh win10-installation...

[John Dowson]

2 minutes ago, Jazzflyer said:

Would you like to tell me what's the difference to the original file?

I just disabled the abort when no P3Dv5 installation was found and set the flag that it was actually found (i.e. a hack!)

If you re-installed windows, did you also install the latest combined VC++ redistributable package? If not, please do that - that may be the issue.

John

[Jazzflyer]

OK, John, thank you for that hint! I'll do so!

Have a good week!

Thomas

[Jazzflyer]

You're right! After installing the VC++ package I tried your origin installer and it works!

Thank you for good help!

 

[John Dowson]

1 hour ago, Jazzflyer said:

You're right! After installing the VC++ package I tried your origin installer and it works!

Great! Glad that issue is sorted.

Cheers,

John

[mykonian]

(SOLVED)

Good morning.

I tried all the above but nothing...

The installer starts but then closes without any message. 

The folder at documents is empty, seems no installation is done!

just unchecked the add-on.xml from installation list

Edited February 24, 2022 by mykonian

[John Dowson]

2 hours ago, mykonian said:

just unchecked the add-on.xml from installation list

Strange...have the documentation been installed? I ask as this can occur if the unstaller cannot determine the location of your Documents folder from the registry.

John

[Issiah]

Hi John, I am experiencing the same issue as on this thread. I used the download link before for a resolve, but the link has died. Is there a newer link or other resolve for this problem? I am trying to install 6.1.9

[John Dowson]

Do you mean that no P3D installation is detected? I don't understand what can be causing this...Can you confirm that you ran P3D at least once and have the mention registry entries please.
Did you install the latest combined VC++ redistrbutables? if not, please also do that and try again - please also uninstall any of the original or combined VC++ redistribs that you already have installed for 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022 before installing the latest combined package..

If you still get issues after that, I will look into making the hacked installer available again, but would rather not if possible.

John