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DavidSalahi
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When I try to install the app I get a message:
"This app can't run on your PC" The download button says it's compatible with Win7, 8 & 10. What's up? David Salahi |
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deltavee
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When I try to install the app I get a message: "This app can't run on your PC" The download button says it's compatible with Win7, 8 & 10. What's up? David Salahi DavidSalahi, Has Boinc run on that PC previously, and now it won't run with a Windows 10 upgrade? |
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DavidSalahi
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Yes, it was running fine on Windows 7 before the upgrade. And Win 10 is working fine with all my other apps so far.
David |
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SekeRob
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Have a look in Programs and Features if BOINC/World Community Grid is still listed as installed. Possibly you have to run the old application version and uninstall before installing the new client.
That said, my W10-Pro did not loose BOINC [not the WCG version] on upgrading from W8. Postponed W7 upgrading because -I- don't think W10 is stable enough yet to be put on my work-machine from which I do everything. |
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DavidSalahi
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SekeRob,
Thanks for the suggestion but I did a clean install, not an upgrade. So, I had to reinstall all of my software. David |
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SekeRob
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'upgrade' as you called it is indeed quite different from a clean install... no remnants. I'd try the 7.6.9 version from Berkeley that was made W10 compatible. Get it at http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php
----------------------------------------Edit: Add link [Edit 1 times, last edit by SekeRob* at Oct 12, 2015 6:16:55 PM] |
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Albatros010
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Did you install the right version, 32 bit or 64 bit? Seems to me as if this could be the reason for your problem
Regards Uli |
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SekeRob
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The version he downloaded from WCG is 32 bit, which ensures it would always install under Windows. [The bit size, of the BOINC client, 32 or 64 bits, is not relevant as the science apps do the work, and usually come in 32 & 64 bit [with exceptions].
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vepaul
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On one of my PC's WCG under Boinc is working fine under Windows 10, coming from Windows 7. On the other PC (both are from HP) I don't want Windows 10 because it has not Chess Titan (I play a game of chess, every evening, on it). So that one is still under Windows 7.
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DavidSalahi
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Uli, I think this is the problem.
Thanks, David |
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