Comments on: Songsmith doesn’t install on Windows 7, why and a workaround

By: santtuk

santtuk — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Can anybody help us with the 1001 problem? Can’t figure it out.

By: weegee

weegee — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

i keep on getting error 1001 too :(

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I cant install it, i got 1001 problem. i downloaded your kit and placed the files exact how you bescribed it. but allways when i try: 1001 error. please help

By: qmt49

qmt49 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

LOL, they didn’t even bother to give that error message a proper icon – they’ve just left the standard Visual Studio one. FAIL.

By: Elmer

Elmer — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Hel With MacDrive 7 on windows 7 beta
:S

please

By: Peter Frank

Peter Frank — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Downloaded and installed Songsmith on my computer and the hardware lives up to the standards met for Songsmith without problems. Thou, after installing Songsmith, the application wount start at all. Microsoft states in their faq it could take up to 15 seconds but, well, Songsmith doesn’t show up at all in Task Manager, not even as a process.

English Windows XP, SP3.

Anyone else having this problem (installs ok but will not react when trying to start the application).
Suggestions for solution or is this another “bug” in Songsmith with regards from Microsoft?

Sincerely,
Peter Frank

Ps: This kinda software is something that my daughter would highly appreciate if it would work.

By: Pizzaboy192 at OSBG.Co.uk

Pizzaboy192 at OSBG.Co.uk — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

think you could do a workaround like this for the latest VPC beta?

i could link you to where to get it

By: Stets

Stets — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

As KoolKiz said, the whole point of going with the major version as 6 was to let programs that only checked the major version number to treat it like Vista to reduce compatibility problems. But 7 doesn’t act *just* like Vista, as evidenced by this (somewhat peculiar) case.

By: Installing Microsoft Songsmith on Windows 7 beta

Installing Microsoft Songsmith on Windows 7 beta — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

[...] Songsmith, all you need to do is, just download the Microsoft Songsmith trial and the fix, then follow the steps [...]

By: Get Microsoft Songsmith installed on Windows 7 beta | The Ultimate Geek Blog

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

[...] the Songsmith trial, then grab Rafael’s fix (search for the word simply if you can’t find the link). Extract the files in it to a folder, [...]

By: Web Page Design For You » Blog Archive » Get Microsoft Songsmith installed on Windows 7 beta

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

[...] a batch file and .mst that allow you to get Songsmith installed.Download the Songsmith trial, then grab Rafael’s fix (search for the word simply if you can’t find the link). Extract the files in it to a folder, then [...]

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Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

By: Wulfy

Wulfy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

That’s great man! Thanks, now I can use this crappy piece of software for creating some more crappy tunes! hehe

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

No, because as the article points out, the check isn’t inside the MSI…

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Can’t Tom Warren download Orca and remove the requirement from the MSI?

By: KooKiz

KooKiz — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Kind of funny, when we know that the major version number of Seven is “6″ to avoid compatibility problems :)

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yes, the same nonsense occurs on Window XP SP2 as well, the same ‘You must install the following component…’ message appears and it is requested that I download and install _Update For XP SP2 x86 (KB937106)_ and tells me that this update fixes issues within Windows Presentation Foundation. However, this specific component isn’t even available on Microsoft site. No telling how old the requested version is.

A run of Microsoft Update states that everything is up-to-date as far as my XP goes. Seems that Songsmith is riddled with installation issues as this seems to be happening to XP users, Vista users as well as Windows 7 users.

Think there will be a fix added to the installer soon? Any suggestions?

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

CheckUpdateWPFPerfInstalled is a method inside SSCustomInstaller.dll that determines if hotfix 938660 needs to be installed.

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Sorry typing wrong above I mean
What exactly is CheckUpdateWPFPerfInstalled?

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I want exactly is CheckUpdateWPFPerfInstalled?
Why Windows 7 have a major version no 6?

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

@Rodrigo: I emailed you asking for a screenshot. I would like to resolve this offline.

By: Infi

Infi — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

This works great! Thank you, internet.

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Error 1001. It can not complete! Why?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

@Rafael

Now can you help me with WinDVD 9 on Windows 7 build 7000 beta 1 x64, it won’t run.

Error during install:
Error 1904 Module c:\program files\intervideo\common\bin\IVIVIDEO.AX failed to register Hresult – 2147220473. contact your support personal.

I tried: regsvr32 “C:\Program Files (x86)\InterVideo\Common\Bin\iviaudio.ax”, but still WinDVD 9 wouldn’t start.

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

@Ryan: The program is Reflector and can be freely downloaded at http://www.red-gate.com/products/reflector/