EnglishNutter66
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"The setup has detected that no version of Sid Meier's Civilization 4 is installed.
This update requires that a previous version of the application be installed."
Hello there. Above is the error message I'm getting when attempting to update from version 1.61 to version 1.74. I have absolutely no idea why because despite the error message, the application IS installed on my computer.
I bought and downloaded Civilization 4 from Direct2Drive, so it's a virtual copy which I suspect could be the problem. Additionally when installing the game using the download version, the default path and the path I originally installed to was "C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization IV\". However since then I've come to suspect that this was also wrong and it was actually supposed to be written as a "4" instead of a "IV". Whether this really matters or not, I have no idea.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling using both path names as described above. I've tried updating directly from the game menu and by downloading the patch file from 2 different websites. I've tried moving and running the patch file from various locations on my hard drive from the desktop to the Civilization 4 folder and I've even tried running it from my Windows folder. I've also tried updating all my software including Windows, DirectX and drivers. No luck.
Also the reason why I'm trying so hard to update is because I bought and downloaded the Warlords and Beyond The Sword expansion packs from Diret2Drive yesterday, and it says I have to update before installing them.
Ideas anyone? Thanks a lot!!
P.S. Woot, my first post!
This update requires that a previous version of the application be installed."
Hello there. Above is the error message I'm getting when attempting to update from version 1.61 to version 1.74. I have absolutely no idea why because despite the error message, the application IS installed on my computer.
I bought and downloaded Civilization 4 from Direct2Drive, so it's a virtual copy which I suspect could be the problem. Additionally when installing the game using the download version, the default path and the path I originally installed to was "C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization IV\". However since then I've come to suspect that this was also wrong and it was actually supposed to be written as a "4" instead of a "IV". Whether this really matters or not, I have no idea.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling using both path names as described above. I've tried updating directly from the game menu and by downloading the patch file from 2 different websites. I've tried moving and running the patch file from various locations on my hard drive from the desktop to the Civilization 4 folder and I've even tried running it from my Windows folder. I've also tried updating all my software including Windows, DirectX and drivers. No luck.
Also the reason why I'm trying so hard to update is because I bought and downloaded the Warlords and Beyond The Sword expansion packs from Diret2Drive yesterday, and it says I have to update before installing them.
Ideas anyone? Thanks a lot!!
P.S. Woot, my first post!
