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CAN NOT get COH moved to new Win 7 machine!

Bill Z Bubba

By Bill Z Bubba,
Posted on: 2010-03-11 23:04 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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Originally Posted by Jasmine Strega View Post
Bill I got a new computer and followed your instructions as I had before successfully. I then forgot to install Test. Then came the closed beta for Dual Pistols and I decided to copy an install for Test. This is where I hit some issues. First off it was when test was having weird updater issues. I eventually managed to get through doing the installation on this Windows 7 machine but it never created a new shortcut to cohupdater.exe.

So I now have a desktop with the all the log files and the copy of the .exe and a shortcut that says CohUpdater - Shortcut. But when I remove everything but that shrotcut from the desktop I cannot tun it since it's in the trash. So I've left it all on my desktop and can connect to the test server that way. Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks
First thing is first:

The only shortcut that should be on the desktop for the live version is the shortcut to the cohupdater.exe that points to the live install directory.

Getting test up and running uses slightly different steps that above:

1: Ignore the Program Files directory completely.
2: Copy your LIVE install directory from backup drive or current LIVE install directory to d:\games\cohtest (c:\games\cohtest would work as well)
3: Copy cohupdater.exe from the test install directory to the desktop. Do NOT create a shortcut to it.
(Here's where it changes)
4: Create a shortcut on your desktop of the copy of the cohupdater.exe that you just copied out of the test install directory. (Odd, yes, but the reason this must occur is that the cohupdater often attempts to update the cohupdater file within the install directory and can't if it's in use.)
5: Right click that new shortcut and choose Properties.
6: Under the Shortcut tab, in the box that says "Target" at the end of that line of text add " -test" without the quotes. There must be a space between .exe and -test. Hit Apply and then hit Ok.
7: Run the shortcut you just modified.
8: Don't let it install to where it wants to. Change directory to <drive>:\games\cohtest
9: When the "Next" button appears (came up in seconds since everything was already updated) close the screen. Do not hit Next.
10: Now it's cleanup time. Go ahead and delete everything except your original LIVE shortcut to cohupdater.
11: Open up your cohtest install directory and create a new shortcut to the cohupdater.exe found there to your desktop. Now go back into the properties of that shortcut and add, once again, the " -test" without the quotes to the end of the target line.
12: Rename shortcut to CHVTest or whatever you like.

Now you should have One shortcut for CHV Live and One shortcut for CHV Test.

Lots of steps, yes, but as long as you keep a single updated copy of the live install directory somewhere else, you can quickly get back up and running with either live or test.

Be well, people of CoH.