Quickcad Millenium installing in Windows 10. IT IS POSSIBLE!

[Anonymous]

I managed to install Qiuckcad 7 Millenium Edition in Windows 10. It is the same procedure as installing it in Windows 7 which is described in the "old" Quickcad forum. For convenience I'll copy both relevant posts.

First one:

Re: Windows 7

01-31-2012 11:13 AM in reply to: laurie2

Hi, I'm posting briefly to this thread in case it might help anyone else.  I just was looking at this issue for a client who is still using QuickCad 7.0/Millennium edition, and is moving to Win7/64 bit workstations from WinXP32bit environment.

Quickcad refuses to install from the installer media.  However, to get the app working there were 2 workarounds which appear to be adequate:

(A) clean install of quick cad on a WinXP32bit VM "Windows XP Mode" virtual machine which is a feature freely available on Win7Pro.  (Note I believe running a Free VM platform for WinXP32bit based on "Oracle VirtualBox" would equally well work for those people who don't have free WinVM platform with their edition of Windows7, ie non-pro versions?  But note of course for a 3rd party VM solution you will need your own legitimate WinXP installer media ..)

OR

(B)  from a computer which has a working install of quickcad: Prepare a few ZIP files from the directories,

--- C:\program files\quickcad

--- C:\program files\common files\quickcad   (something approx like this - I may have it spelled slightly wrong)

transfer these zip files over to your new Win7-64bit system

unzip them on your desktop

move the quickcad folder into C:\program files

if prompted about "require admin rights to do this" - just do it.

then unzip the other zipfile which held the 'common files' data

copy the content of that folder and dump it directly into the C:\program files\quickcad folder.  This will be a grab bag of DLLs and other assorted stuff.  I tried putting in the 'proper place' but quickcad still complained of missing DLLs on startup -- so resorted to putting it all right in the quickcad dir - and .. 

quick cad will then launch .. the first launch, it complains, "app not installed correctly. Please type your name and click OK to proceed or click Cancel to quit".  I guess they really want you to read the error message before proceeding 🙂

Also, as part of this: I tweaked the 'compatability' mode for quickcad.exe -- but did that before the DLL fix up; so I'm not certain it actually made any difference.  If you can't get quickcad to run then:

- right click on the quickcad.exe exectuable itself, choose "Compatability" from the pop-up menu

- from the pop-up menu, change it to a more legacy version of windows (Win98 or ME for example)

- I also set "run as admin" because .. this seemed the kind of thing a legacy app would like.

- I also set these properties "For all users". in case someone other than the current logged in user might need the app to work.

I haven't finished exhaustive testing of quickcad yet - will get the client who is familiar with the app to do that -- but this appears to have been a decent workaround, so wanted to post this to the thread in case it might help someone else.

As a footnote, in case it isn't obvious 🙂

- I'm sure this is 100% unsuppored by anyone, quickcad and myself included 🙂

- your mileage may vary on this, and please don't post to ask me questions if this doesn't work for you - I have never tried this before today, and probably will never try it again in another environment.  It appears to have worked here for me; your mileage may vary.

Tim Chipman

Fortech I.T. Solutions

http://FortechITSolutions.ca 

Second one:

Re: Windows 7

07-24-2012 07:32 PM in reply to: JTAndrews.

Hi to All QuickCAD users.......

First off, I have QuickCAD 7 Millennium Edition. This will work for QuickCAD 6 Millennium Edition as well. I am running Microsoft Vista Ultimate, Service Pack 2 and all current updates, to-date as of this post.

After reading all of the questions and replys in reference to the error message that pops up saying "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", I noticed that nobody mentioned the fix that worked for me.

The reason the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", happens in Windows Vista and Windows 7 and NOT in Windows XP or earlier versions of Windows is because Microsoft changed the way Windows Vista and Windows 7 applies permissions to a softwares EXE files that make their own updates and changes to the registry.

Microsoft did this to help stop softwares that make errored and/or fatal registry entries that sometimes end up damaging the registry and/or causing fatal errors that the OS can't resolve on its own. This is because some software companies refuse to use Microsoft's registry administration protocol. Also, it helped to lower the amount of viruses, malware and etc., that make damaging and fatal entries to the registry, from being able to "CRASH" your computer with ease, sometimes making it impossible to recover your computer without the help of an expert to recover it for you.

Now for the fix that worked for me concerning the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", after you install and/or copy (as describe by other posts in this thread) your QuickCAD, go to the directory that you installed and/or copied your QuickCAD to and follow the steps below.

1.   Right Click on the "QuickCad.exe" file.

2.   Click "Properties".

3.   Click the "Compatibility" tab.

4.   Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows XP".

5.   Under "Privilege Level", check "Run this program as an administrator".

6.   Click "Apply", then click "OK".

Now, start up your QuickCAD program and the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", should not pop-up anymore.

I hope this helped to resolve the issue concerning the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT".

I would have tried to figure out the install issue for everyone, but that sometimes takes many hours or days of time to resolve and sometimes requires the creation of an installation package that also can take hours and days to create...

Hope this explained it to where people can better understand the real reason why this happens and that it isn't because of bad softwares and/or OS's.

DH

[Anonymous]

Hi, I'm posting briefly to this thread in case it might help anyone else.  I just was looking at this issue for a client who is still using QuickCad 7.0/Millennium edition, and is moving to Win7/64 bit workstations from WinXP32bit environment.

Quickcad refuses to install from the installer media.  However, to get the app working there were 2 workarounds which appear to be adequate:

(A) clean install of quick cad on a WinXP32bit VM "Windows XP Mode" virtual machine which is a feature freely available on Win7Pro.  (Note I believe running a Free VM platform for WinXP32bit based on "Oracle VirtualBox" would equally well work for those people who don't have free WinVM platform with their edition of Windows7, ie non-pro versions?  But note of course for a 3rd party VM solution you will need your own legitimate WinXP installer media ..)

OR

(B)  from a computer which has a working install of quickcad: Prepare a few ZIP files from the directories,

--- C:\program files\quickcad

--- C:\program files\common files\quickcad   (something approx like this - I may have it spelled slightly wrong)

transfer these zip files over to your new Win7-64bit system

unzip them on your desktop

move the quickcad folder into C:\program files

if prompted about "require admin rights to do this" - just do it.

then unzip the other zipfile which held the 'common files' data

copy the content of that folder and dump it directly into the C:\program files\quickcad folder.  This will be a grab bag of DLLs and other assorted stuff.  I tried putting in the 'proper place' but quickcad still complained of missing DLLs on startup -- so resorted to putting it all right in the quickcad dir - and .. 

quick cad will then launch .. the first launch, it complains, "app not installed correctly. Please type your name and click OK to proceed or click Cancel to quit".  I guess they really want you to read the error message before proceeding 🙂

Also, as part of this: I tweaked the 'compatability' mode for quickcad.exe -- but did that before the DLL fix up; so I'm not certain it actually made any difference.  If you can't get quickcad to run then:

- right click on the quickcad.exe exectuable itself, choose "Compatability" from the pop-up menu

- from the pop-up menu, change it to a more legacy version of windows (Win98 or ME for example)

- I also set "run as admin" because .. this seemed the kind of thing a legacy app would like.

- I also set these properties "For all users". in case someone other than the current logged in user might need the app to work.

I haven't finished exhaustive testing of quickcad yet - will get the client who is familiar with the app to do that -- but this appears to have been a decent workaround, so wanted to post this to the thread in case it might help someone else.

As a footnote, in case it isn't obvious 🙂

- I'm sure this is 100% unsuppored by anyone, quickcad and myself included 🙂

- your mileage may vary on this, and please don't post to ask me questions if this doesn't work for you - I have never tried this before today, and probably will never try it again in another environment.  It appears to have worked here for me; your mileage may vary.

Tim Chipman

Fortech I.T. Solutions

http://FortechITSolutions.ca 

Second one:

Re: Windows 7

07-24-2012 07:32 PM in reply to: JTAndrews.

Hi to All QuickCAD users.......

First off, I have QuickCAD 7 Millennium Edition. This will work for QuickCAD 6 Millennium Edition as well. I am running Microsoft Vista Ultimate, Service Pack 2 and all current updates, to-date as of this post.

After reading all of the questions and replys in reference to the error message that pops up saying "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", I noticed that nobody mentioned the fix that worked for me.

The reason the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", happens in Windows Vista and Windows 7 and NOT in Windows XP or earlier versions of Windows is because Microsoft changed the way Windows Vista and Windows 7 applies permissions to a softwares EXE files that make their own updates and changes to the registry.

Microsoft did this to help stop softwares that make errored and/or fatal registry entries that sometimes end up damaging the registry and/or causing fatal errors that the OS can't resolve on its own. This is because some software companies refuse to use Microsoft's registry administration protocol. Also, it helped to lower the amount of viruses, malware and etc., that make damaging and fatal entries to the registry, from being able to "CRASH" your computer with ease, sometimes making it impossible to recover your computer without the help of an expert to recover it for you.

Now for the fix that worked for me concerning the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", after you install and/or copy (as describe by other posts in this thread) your QuickCAD, go to the directory that you installed and/or copied your QuickCAD to and follow the steps below.

1.   Right Click on the "QuickCad.exe" file.

2.   Click "Properties".

3.   Click the "Compatibility" tab.

4.   Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows XP".

5.   Under "Privilege Level", check "Run this program as an administrator".

6.   Click "Apply", then click "OK".

Now, start up your QuickCAD program and the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", should not pop-up anymore.

I hope this helped to resolve the issue concerning the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT".

I would have tried to figure out the install issue for everyone, but that sometimes takes many hours or days of time to resolve and sometimes requires the creation of an installation package that also can take hours and days to create...

Hope this explained it to where people can better understand the real reason why this happens and that it isn't because of bad softwares and/or OS's.

DH

[Anonymous]

Hi to All QuickCAD users.......

First off, I have QuickCAD 7 Millennium Edition. This will work for QuickCAD 6 Millennium Edition as well. I am running Microsoft Vista Ultimate, Service Pack 2 and all current updates, to-date as of this post.

After reading all of the questions and replys in reference to the error message that pops up saying "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", I noticed that nobody mentioned the fix that worked for me.

The reason the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", happens in Windows Vista and Windows 7 and NOT in Windows XP or earlier versions of Windows is because Microsoft changed the way Windows Vista and Windows 7 applies permissions to a softwares EXE files that make their own updates and changes to the registry.

Microsoft did this to help stop softwares that make errored and/or fatal registry entries that sometimes end up damaging the registry and/or causing fatal errors that the OS can't resolve on its own. This is because some software companies refuse to use Microsoft's registry administration protocol. Also, it helped to lower the amount of viruses, malware and etc., that make damaging and fatal entries to the registry, from being able to "CRASH" your computer with ease, sometimes making it impossible to recover your computer without the help of an expert to recover it for you.

Now for the fix that worked for me concerning the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", after you install and/or copy (as describe by other posts in this thread) your QuickCAD, go to the directory that you installed and/or copied your QuickCAD to and follow the steps below.

1.   Right Click on the "QuickCad.exe" file.

2.   Click "Properties".

3.   Click the "Compatibility" tab.

4.   Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows XP".

5.   Under "Privilege Level", check "Run this program as an administrator".

6.   Click "Apply", then click "OK".

Now, start up your QuickCAD program and the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT", should not pop-up anymore.

I hope this helped to resolve the issue concerning the error message, "Failed to update registry. Please try using REGEDIT".

I would have tried to figure out the install issue for everyone, but that sometimes takes many hours or days of time to resolve and sometimes requires the creation of an installation package that also can take hours and days to create...

Hope this explained it to where people can better understand the real reason why this happens and that it isn't because of bad softwares and/or OS's.

DH

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[Anonymous]

I'm posting to confirm these instructions do work!

I just installed QuickCad Millennium Edition 7.0 (Build 54 October 15, 1999) onto my Win10 Surface Book and it actually runs flawlessly!

However, I did not need to copy the second group of files (C:\program files\common files\quickcad) as indicated.

When I was copying the files as stated in the post I couldn't find the "common files" folder anywhere on my Win7 machine. Sadly, I thought this was going to be yet another case where the instructions just wouldn't work. Out of curiosity, I did though, proceed with the instructions just to see what would happen.

Here is what I did:

• Copied the folder (C:\program files\quickcad) from my Windows 7 Professional system to a flash drive (without zipping)
• Ignored the instructions to copy the (C:\program files\common files\quickcad) since I couldn't find it anyway
• Dropped the copied folder into my program files (C:\Program Files (x86)) on the Win10 machine

At this point, I double-clicked on the "QuickCad" application file and the program ran on my Surface Book - I did receive the pop-up message that the application was not installed correctly. Obligingly, I typed my name and clicked OK to proceed. I then received the "Failed to update registry" error. To fix this I did as the original post directed:

• Set the compatibility to "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and selected "Windows XP SP2"
• Selected "Run this program as an administrator".

That was it. QuickCad7 now runs on my Win10 Surface Book exactly like all other programs!

[neilbuchan007]

I have just tried this and can also confirm that it works! 

I was running QuickCAD 7 Millennium edition in a virtual XP environment on Windows 7 on my current PC.  When I upgraded my current PC from W7 to W10 recently I lost the ability to run a virtual XP machine as the CPU and motherboard turned out to be too old to have all the required features for a VM under W10......

Saw this message thread and thought I'd nothing to lose by giving it a go.  I copied both folders of files from a working version of QuickCAD 7 Millenium on my original XP machine and successfully installed on my current PC.  I did have to copy the common file into the QuickCAD program folder (unlike the last post above) but am pleased to report that QuickCAD is up and running and seems to perform perfectly.

Only oddity is that when I launch the software I get a 'User Account Control' message asking me to confirm that I 'want to allow an App from an unknown publisher to make changes to your device'.  Click 'Yes' and away we go.

Many thanks for the really helpful post.