If you are having trouble installing Parametric Technology Corporation’s Mathcad 2000 Pro with errors like this…

Windows 16bit setup error – “This app can’t run on your PC“

then read on…

How to install Mathcad 2000

1. Purchase a copy of the Longbow Reviver tool here
2. Using Windows Explorer
   1. Copy your Mathcad 2000 CD to your hard drive, to a folder path c:\InstallCDs\Mathcad2000
3. Start the Longbow Reviver tool
   1. select the 1st tab named “Old Installer Reviver” 
   2. using the ‘…’ button, select folder c:\InstallCDs\Mathcad2000\Mathcad. At this point, the Reviver tool should display a message telling you that setup.exe was found, if so…
   3. Click the “Fix and Run Old Installer” button
   4. Read and understand all the prompts that appear, then continue by clicking OK.
4. 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 setup.exe program to appear….
   1. 1. Be patient, grab lunch maybe… 🙂
      2. Once the Mathcad 2000 Professional setup application finally displays all in Blue stop and read the next step…
5. In the setup program click through setup as normal, except when you get to the path for the installation – make sure you update the entry from c:\…\Mathcad 2000 Professional to c:\Mathcad2000 
6. Now carry on with the install
   1. Do not reboot if prompted to do so
   2. Note, we did not Register when testing this install
7. Once Mathcad 2000 Professional is installed
   1. Be sure to fully quit the setup
   2. go back to the Reviver tool
      1. select the 2nd tab named “Old Program Reviver” 
      2. Using the ‘…’ button, pick the newly installed c:\Mathcad2000 folder
      3. click “Fix Old Program”
      4. Say “Yes” if the Reviver tool asks if you want to re-register…
8. Now you can happily run your Mathcad 2000 Professional on Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10

MathCAD 2000 Pro Update

There is an update for MathCAD Pro 2000, here’s how to install it

1. Download the MathCAD 2000 Pro Update from here
2. Unzip to folder c:\InstallCDs\MathCAD2000sp
3. Start the Longbow Reviver tool
   1. select the 1st tab named “Old Installer Reviver” 
   2. using the ‘…’ button, select folder c:\InstallCDs\MathCAD2000sp. At this point, the Reviver tool should display a message telling you that setup.exe was found, if so…
   3. Click the “Fix and Run Old Installer” button
   4. Read and understand all the prompts that appear, then continue by clicking OK.
4. Wait up to 45 minutes for your full Mathcad 2000 setup.exe program to appear, then install as normal

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