Windows 7 Issues

Khai

hold on
you are changing the option and not just looking at it and seeing it says Sketchup?
you can change the location it's looking at and therefore which Sketchup EXE....

if you choose "Browse" in the 2nd pic you can change which Sketchup you want it to use....

to clarify

hit browse to get to the folders.
you'll find Su 7 for example in \Google\Sketchup 7 - you'd select the EXE there for 7.
for 8, you'd find it in \Google\Sketchup 8 - you select the EXE there for 8.

both report as you've seen as "Sketchup Application"

boofredlay

I did that about 5 times last night and a couple more times this afternoon. No go.

Khai

@unknownuser said:

I did that about 5 times last night and a couple more times this afternoon. No go.

then I'm not sure what's wrong with your setup. you are logged in as Admin or have Admin Rights? you could try shutting UAC off or installing Sketchup outside of Program Files (Program Files is protected by UAC and since UAC is designed to stop on the fly writing to files/folders .....)

boofredlay

Well that is what I am trying to find out, what is wrong with the setup. Granted I just received this computer about 2 weeks ago and plugged it in this past weekend. I am logged in as Administrator. Our home is not yet networked (which I fear will screw things up worse).

Khai

User Account Control
it's designed to restrict access to important files to cut down on possible system damage.
the flip side is, the permissions can get very very annoying. personally I don't install anything to program files I know I'll be tinkering with a lot - poser, modeling apps like Sketchup, etc.

I'm thinking that could be your issue here.

boofredlay

Shutting off UAC (setting to Never Notify) did not work either.

boofredlay

@khai said:

User Account Control
it's designed to restrict access to important files to cut down on possible system damage.
the flip side is, the permissions can get very very annoying. personally I don't install anything to program files I know I'll be tinkering with a lot - poser, modeling apps like Sketchup, etc.

I'm thinking that could be your issue here.

Sounds like it.
What happens to any other linked folders etc. to SketchUp if I install outside Program Files? I really suck at this