- Jan 26, 2012
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I swapped out the HDD on my wife's laptop with a new SSD, and did a fresh install of Windows 7.
My wife liked the live mail, and the photo viewer, and had the 2009 version on the old system, I think.
Anyway......you can only install the new Windows Essentials 2012, or it's individual components....or so I thought.
I tried doing that, and first it hung on the "install", until I got fed up and cancelled. A couple more attempts, and it said it couldn't install mail, movie maker and photo viewer. I tried the offline installer, tried finding an older version....with no luck.
It would keep installing OneDrive though, if I tried to install the entire suite.
One thing I found out is, that if there are any components/program files from previous versions, it won't install, or so I read. If I go to C:\Program files, and/or C:\Program files(x86), there are folders for Live essentials components. Obviously it came with the fresh Windows 7. I'm pretty sure that is the reason, but if I simply try to right click and delete those folders, it tells me I need permission from TrustedInstaller to make changes to the folders.
It's ridiculous.
Any help/feedback GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
My wife liked the live mail, and the photo viewer, and had the 2009 version on the old system, I think.
Anyway......you can only install the new Windows Essentials 2012, or it's individual components....or so I thought.
I tried doing that, and first it hung on the "install", until I got fed up and cancelled. A couple more attempts, and it said it couldn't install mail, movie maker and photo viewer. I tried the offline installer, tried finding an older version....with no luck.
It would keep installing OneDrive though, if I tried to install the entire suite.
One thing I found out is, that if there are any components/program files from previous versions, it won't install, or so I read. If I go to C:\Program files, and/or C:\Program files(x86), there are folders for Live essentials components. Obviously it came with the fresh Windows 7. I'm pretty sure that is the reason, but if I simply try to right click and delete those folders, it tells me I need permission from TrustedInstaller to make changes to the folders.
It's ridiculous.
Any help/feedback GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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