SU upgrade to 8.0.4811 (Maintenance 1)

Rich O Brien · 13 Jan 2011, 16:05

Your completely safe to install without uninstalling your current version. No plugins, components, materials etc. will be messed around.

Happy Sketching

Vicspa · 13 Jan 2011, 16:07

I just updated, luckily I saved a copy of the plugins folder because it replaced it with the basic one. So all is back to normal.

Rich O Brien · 13 Jan 2011, 16:14

@unknownuser said:

I just updated, luckily I saved a copy of the plugins folder because it replaced it with the basic one. So all is back to normal.

...that is kind of worrying, I didn't experience this but if you've doubts follow Vicspa's advice

Vicspa · 13 Jan 2011, 16:43

If in doubt,....always have a backup ready. It would take me quite some time to replace all the plugins.
Time I'd rather spend practicing SU.

thomthom · 13 Jan 2011, 17:14

@valerostudio said:

Do you need to uninstall and reinstall if you are using 64bit Windows? The older 8.0 is installed in the x86 Program Files. Will this prevent SU from using 64 bit?

SketchUp is not 64bit. It's LargeAddressWare, but it is still 32bit.

bmike · 13 Jan 2011, 18:09

@unknownuser said:

I just updated, luckily I saved a copy of the plugins folder because it replaced it with the basic one. So all is back to normal.

It shouldn't have...
Updated just fine here and my Plugins were intact...

thomthom · 13 Jan 2011, 18:35

I've never had it replace it.
Did you update from SU7? In which case I created a brand new folder, leaving the old SU7 alone.

Vicspa · 13 Jan 2011, 18:36

bmike, I'm always amazed how an installation like this can differ between people. I'm on a PC by the way.
But now that I'm thinking about it, I placed the plugins folder on the desktop, and copied it back after the new installation,
that's why it remade a new plugin folder. Sorry I wasn't so clear before. (senior Moment. )

juju · 13 Jan 2011, 20:18

TBH, I didn't have much hope for SU with the original version 8 introduction. I have to say that attitude has changed with the release of maintenance 1. I will gladly give my $95 for the upgrade from SU7 to SU8 now. Thanks to the team at Google that made this work.

boofredlay · 13 Jan 2011, 20:51

Holy crap, is that you Julian... really?

rabbit · 13 Jan 2011, 21:55

When I try to upgrade i get this message:

"The update service has been disabled. Please contact your administrator."

...which sounds like its english, but there is no administrator to contact - this is a standalone laptop.

Never seen this message before - anyone know how to fix this?

Windows 7 x64

Thanks
rabbit

thomthom · 13 Jan 2011, 21:58

Firewall blocking?

rabbit · 13 Jan 2011, 22:32

Thanks thomthom - it turns out that you get this message if auto-check for updates is turned off....

"This error message can appear if SketchUp isn't checking for updates automatically. To fix it, click Window > Preferences > General and click Automatically check for updates."

so I did that, and all is good..

cheers
rabbit

Jean Lemire · 14 Jan 2011, 17:40

Hi folks.

There is a 1 missing in the title of this thread.

The PC version is 8.0.4811.

Just ideas.

boofredlay · 14 Jan 2011, 18:08

Not anymore although you could have updated it as well Jean.

Dan Rathbun · 15 Jan 2011, 17:31

@unknownuser said:

@unknownuser said:

I just updated, luckily I saved a copy of the plugins folder because it replaced it with the basic one. So all is back to normal.

...that is kind of worrying, I didn't experience this but if you've doubts follow Vicspa's advice

WARNING - INSTALLER BUG

I wanted to do a fresh clean install of the release...

(1) I made a copy of the ENTIRE SU8 folder heirarchy, named "Beta of Google Sketchup 8" in the %ProgramFiles%/Google/ folder ...

(2) I uninstalled (thru Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs,) Sketchup 8.0M1beta6 (all went well, the app folder was removed, also the entire Sketchup8 key in the User Registry.)

(3) I ran the 8.0M1 installer

It created a new "%ProgramFiles%/Google/Google Sketchup 8" folder, as expected... BUT
it copied everything from my Backup folder heirarchy, ...

THEN ... overwrote ALL the Google supplied files (rb, rbs, skm, skp, etc...) in BOTH folder heirarchys !!!

It destroyed my backup copies !!!

And.. (4) It installed that BLEEPIN' Google IE Toolbar without asking if I wanted it.. causing me to uninstall it. (Hate this!) I am installing an application .. and your installer is messin' with another unrelated application!!
~
EDIT: And the installer turned OFF my "Links" bar !! WTF! (I am a wee bit ticked off.)

jason_maranto · 15 Jan 2011, 19:01

I had no such issues on either system I installed on... very odd.

Best,
Jason.

Dan Rathbun · 15 Jan 2011, 20:23

@jason_maranto said:

I had no such issues on either system I installed on... very odd.

But did you make a backup?
Seems if there is a subfolder under the Google folder, and it has "Google Sketchup 8" as part of the folder name (instead of an exact match,) the Installer gets confused.

LESSON: when you make backups, change the foldername to something that does not have the substrings "Google" or "Sketchup" in it !!

jason_maranto · 15 Jan 2011, 23:13

I always move my backups to DVD, a server, or a thumb drive in case the drive goes -- but I was talking more about not having the additional software installed or settings changed.

Best,
Jason.

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