Installing Rhino 3 (Rhinoceros 3) on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10

Installing your Rhino 3 on Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 32bit or 64bit can be very easily defined in these short steps…

1. Obtain your copy of the Longbow Reviver tool here – you need version 4.13 or newer
2. Copy your entire Rhino 3 CD to c:\CDs\Rhino3
3. Start the Reviver tool
   1. Select the 1st tab named “Old Installer Reviver”
   2. Pick the path to the copy of your Rhino CD on your hard drive e.g c:\CDs\Rhino3
   3. Click the “Fix and Run Old Installer” button
      1. Don’t select the “Disable Windows 64bit Device Driver Signing Verification” check box
      2. Read and understand all messages that appear and click OK
      3. d. Now the Rhino 3 setup should start as normal, read the next step before continuing
4. Once in the Rhino setup, install as normal, except
   1. When prompted for the installation path c:\Program Files (x86)\Rhinoceros 3.0, change it to c:\Rhino3
   2. NOTE: You may have to create the folder by hand using Windows Explorer
   3. Now finish the install
   4. Completely close the setup application
5. Next, before running Rhino 3
   1. Go back to the Reviver tool
   2. Pick the 2nd tab named “Old Program Reviver”
   3. Using the “…” button, select the newly installed c:\Rhino3 path
   4. Click the “Fix Old Program” button
      1. When prompted “Do you want me to re-register your Program’s components?”, say no
6. Now you can happily run your Rhino 3 on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10!

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