Install Problem

[E Programmer]

I just purchased Zeus. When I went to install the most recent verison, I lost all the setup information I had done over the weeks I was testing it. Is there any way to get my system back to where it was with the trial version?

[jussij]

You should never ever install Zeus over the top of itself

Like most installers the Zeus installer does nothing more than copy files to the installation directory. By installing over an existing installation, all that happens is the current configuration files are replaced by the ones from the installer.

If you have a backup copy of the original zConfig directory all you need to do is replace the current zConfig with this backup copy and that will restore you configuration details.

In general to upgrade the Zeus software to a newer version this is the installation procedure that must be used:

1) Assume the current Zeus is installed in this directory:

\program files\zeus

2) Rename your current Zeus installation directory as follows:

\program files\zeus => \program files\zeus_old

3) Run the installalation program and install Zeus in new version
in the same directory as found in (1):

\program files\zeus

4) Backup the new zConfig and zScript directories as follows:

\program files\zeus\zconfig => \program files\zeus\zconfig_bak
\program files\zeus\zscript => \program files\zeus\zscript_bak

5) Finally copy over the following directories from your original
Zeus installation:

\program files\zeus_old\zconfig => \program files\zeus\zconfig
\program files\zeus_old\zscript => \program files\zeus\zscript

and just run the Zeus from the desktop icon and everything should
be as you remembered it, but you will be running the latest version.

If you find any problems just send in a bug report and I at any time
it is easy to recover your original installation by renaming these
directories:

\program files\zeus => \program files\zeus_new
\program files\zeus_old => \program files\zeus

Jussi