Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 00:56:13 04/01/01
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On April 01, 2001 at 03:41:03, Chris Taylor wrote: >On April 01, 2001 at 03:14:10, Chessfun wrote: > >>On March 31, 2001 at 22:49:46, Thomas Mayer wrote: >> >>>Hi Wayne, >>> >>>>Installed Fritz6 on new comp (win98se) >>>so far so good... >>> >>>> Downloaded fritz6e update and unziped it to Fritz6 engines did not work, >>>> unziped it to chessbase, did not work, updated it to fritz6 did not work. I >>>> have removed fritz6 on each of the above. I had a devil of a time getting the >>>> patch to work on my old comp but eventually >>>> did. Now samo samo >>> >>>that is not the way... Install FRITZ 6... download the update... unzip it e.g. >>>in \windows\temp\ - start the setup.exe ... follow everything, restart, delete >>>everything in \windows\temp ... and well, there you have the newest Fritz 6... >>> >>>Greets, Thomas >> >> >>That naturally works but IMO the critical thing is the path. >>C:\Program files\chessbase\Fritz6 and also choosing repair >>if you have installed a previous patch. >> >>Following is the actual text from Chessbase. >> >>"This is how you install a service pack: >> >>1. Download the file for the language you require (click and then "save as..."). >> >>2. Unzip the zip file on your hard disk. >> >>3. Run the file setup.exe, which you have extracted from the zip file. Fritz has >>to be in the original installation folder. The setup software will automatically >>locate the folder for the update. >> >>4. The last service pack supercedes all previous ones. So if you install Fritz >>from the original CD and then upgrade it with one of the service packs below you >>with then have the very latest version of the program. >> >>5. If you have already installed a previous service pack, chose the option >>"Repair" in the setup software. This will overwrite all newer files. >> >>6.To check if the upgrade was successful open Menu: Help - About Fritz. It >>should now show Jan 9 2001." >> >> >>Sarah. > >When I look in help, my version shows the date "Jan 23" > >Chris Taylor That is what it says here as well, so I guess neither of us have it installed correct. As proof if you look at the engines available in the fritz GUI You and I will not find Fritz6old option. I have tried boh of the above methods, using Winzip to unzip. I had a lot of difficulty when downloading the fritz6e patch on my older computer but I did get it eventually, But no luck on the new Comp, yet WAyne
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