If you are having trouble installing Parametric Technology Corporation’s Mathcad 2000 Pro with “This app cannot run on your PC” then read on…
Installing your PTC Mathcad 2000 Pro on Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 32bit or 64bit can be very easily defined in these short steps…
A quick word of advice: best to follow the instructions below precisely and to the letter, including folder names and paths, that way you will reduce the risk of having any problems…
- Obtain your copy of the Longbow Reviver tool here – you need V3.51 or newer
- Using Windows Explorer, copy your entire Mathcad 2000 Pro install CD media to your hard drive, to a folder path c:\InstallCDs\Mathcad 2000 Pro
- Start the Longbow Reviver tool, select the 1st tab “Old Installer Reviver“, using the “…’ button, select the c:\InstallCDs\Mathcad 2000 Pro. At this point, the Reviver tool should display a message telling you that setup.exe was found, if so…
- Click the Fix and Run Old Installer button
- Read and understand all the prompts that appear, then continue by clicking OK.
- You will now see the Mathcad 2000 main setup dialog appear, simply click the Install Mathcad 2000 Professional button as normal…
- Now, I know it’s unheard of these days, but at this point expect to wait up to 45 minutes for your full Mathcad 2000 Professional setup.exe program to appear….
- Be patient, grab lunch maybe… 🙂
- Once the Mathcad 2000 Professional setup application finally displays all in Blue, stop and read the next step…
- Now, I know it’s unheard of these days, but at this point expect to wait up to 45 minutes for your full Mathcad 2000 Professional setup.exe program to appear….
- In the setup program, navigate through each setup dialog as normal, except when you get to the installation folder, make sure you update the entry from c:\…\Mathcad 2000 Professional to c:\Mathcad2000
- Now carry on with the install (do not reboot once the install is complete).
- For this install, we did not register
- Do not reboot if prompted to do so
- Once Mathcad 2000 Professional is installed, quit the setup, go back to the Reviver tool, select the 2nd tab “Old Program Reviver“, pick the newly installed c:\Mathcad2000 folder and click Fix Old Program
- Say “Yes” if the Reviver tool asks if you want to re-register…
- Now you can happily run your Mathcad 2000 Professional on Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 32bit or 64bit!
- If you are getting a WinHelp() error when pressing F1 to try and access the Help system then simply install the WinHelp (WinHlp32.exe) module from Microsoft