Installing InstaForm Invoices & Estimates Pro 2.0 on Windows 10

You may be running into various errors when you install your InstaForm on Windows 10, example…

Application Terminated: Error: Null object reference at line ….

It is possible to install Nova’s InstaForm Invoices & Estimates Pro 2.0 on Windows 10 and make it work just fine, just follow these instructions…

How to install Invoices & Estimates Pro 2.0

  1. You will need to obtain the Longbow Reviver App from here
  2. Using Windows Explorer, copy your entire InstaForm Invoices & Estimates Pro 2.0 CD to your hard drive, copy to a folder path c:\CDs\InstaForm
  3. Start the Longbow Reviver App…
    1. Select the 1st tab named “Old Installer Reviver” and using the ‘…’ button pick the C:\CDs\InstaForm\NXW folder
    2. Next, click the ‘Fix and Run Old Installer’ button
    3. Read and understand all the prompts that appear, then continue by clicking OK.
  4. Install as normal, except:
    1. Be sure to install to precisely to this folder – c:\InstaForm\Invoices and Estimates Pro – not the folder prompted in setup which installs to Program Files…
    2. Close setup – Do not reboot if prompted to do so
You must not install to Program Files
  1. Now InstaForm Invoices & Estimates Pro 2.0 is installed, but we need to fix the program files…
    1. Go back to the Longbow Reviver app…
    2. Select the 2nd tab “Old Program Reviver” and using the ‘…’ button pick the newly installed  folder c:\InstaForm\Invoices and Estimates Pro
    3. Set the “Run As” dropdown to Windows XP sp2
    4. Next, click ‘Fix Old Program’ then click ‘YES’ if the Reviver tool asks if you want to re-register…
  2. Now you can happily run your InstaForm Invoices & Estimates Pro 2.0 on Windows 10!

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