Can't install LR 4 from disk

Shooter9 · 16th of April 2012 (Mon)

I have LR 4.1 RC on my computer and it should be expired but appears to still be working. The registration command in the help tab is grayed out, which seems a little strange. I recently bought an academic copy and tried to install it. I get an error during the file copy process that says, "lightroom.exe is not marked for installation." Then the install program terminates. Any ideas on what to do? Maybe install it in a different folder? I hate to remove 4.1 RC since I spent a lot of time keywording, etc.

tzalman · 16th of April 2012 (Mon)

4.1 RC is good until June but you can't register it because it is an RC. You can either wait for 4.1 final release and then register it or uninstall the current installation, install 4.0 from the disc and update to 4.1 RC again. Uninstalling should not delete your catalog file (.lrcat), but to be sure make a copy of it and put it someplace safe, like your Desktop. You should be backing up your catalog regularly anyways, if you are doing so you have that protection. Once you get back to 4.1 RC you can import the catalog or the copy.

Shooter9 · 16th of April 2012 (Mon)

Thanks so much, tzalman. I was thinking I needed to back the catalog up somehow. Just copied lrcat to another drive and backed it up.

16th of April 2012 (Mon)	#1
Shooter9 Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 90 IMAGE EDITING OK	Can't install LR 4 from disk I have LR 4.1 RC on my computer and it should be expired but appears to still be working. The registration command in the help tab is grayed out, which seems a little strange. I recently bought an academic copy and tried to install it. I get an error during the file copy process that says, "lightroom.exe is not marked for installation." Then the install program terminates. Any ideas on what to do? Maybe install it in a different folder? I hate to remove 4.1 RC since I spent a lot of time keywording, etc.

16th of April 2012 (Mon)	#2
tzalman Fatal attraction. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gesher Haziv, Israel Posts: 10,809 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Can't install LR 4 from disk 4.1 RC is good until June but you can't register it because it is an RC. You can either wait for 4.1 final release and then register it or uninstall the current installation, install 4.0 from the disc and update to 4.1 RC again. Uninstalling should not delete your catalog file (.lrcat), but to be sure make a copy of it and put it someplace safe, like your Desktop. You should be backing up your catalog regularly anyways, if you are doing so you have that protection. Once you get back to 4.1 RC you can import the catalog or the copy. __________________ Elie / אלי "If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product." John Irving, 5/2012. "In theory there is no difference between practice and theory, but in practice there is." Yogi Berra Site

16th of April 2012 (Mon)	#3
Shooter9 Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 90 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Can't install LR 4 from disk Thanks so much, tzalman. I was thinking I needed to back the catalog up somehow. Just copied lrcat to another drive and backed it up.

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