locked Re: Update issues - NVDA 2021.1 & 2 along with Add-Ons in those two Versions #adminnotice
Gene
I’m not sure if or when this may have been discussed here. If someone
doesn’t want to have to manually set all settings again and install all add-ons
and set up all profiles again, it would seem to me that the following should be
done.
If there are faster or easier ways to do what I am describing, I hope they
will be discussed:
Before uninstalling the version you are using and installing the current
version, create a portable version of NVDA and tell it to keep everything.
I don’t know what the wording is when you create the portable version.
Then uninstall the installed version and install the current version.
Since you have now fixed the update issue, uninstall the current version and
create an installed version from the portable version. Then use the updater to
update to the current verssion again.
As I understand how this works, you have now updated to the current version
and haven’t lost anything from the older version.
Gene.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Vogel
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2022 4:41 PM
Subject: [nvda] Update issues - NVDA 2021.1 & 2 along with
Add-Ons in those two Versions #adminnotice We
seem to keep having cycles of "the update issue" which is well known, and
already solved, popping up again and again. I am hoping this Admin Notice
will help those who might encounter the issue to fix it just from having read
this message. Please file this if you are using NVDA 2021.1 or 2021.2 (or
even some earlier version of NVDA) as you will almost assuredly need this
information. The update problem is cause by a certificate issue and a Windows-based certificate. It is not a problem with NVDA, per se, but something that NVDA is seeking from Windows when trying to update. This issue is fixed, permanently, with NVDA Version 2023.1. The current version of NVDA as of this writing is 2021.3.1. You cannot fix this problem by trying to update/upgrade from within NVDA, as that's the part that's broken. You MUST download the latest version of NVDA from NVAccess and use that installer. For NVDA 2021.3.1, the direct download link for the NVDA installer is: https://www.nvaccess.org/files/nvda/releases/2021.3.1/nvda_2021.3.1.exe [As an aside, if you're ever looking for an older version of NVDA, just change the "2021.3.1" in both places in the URL with the version number you want.] After you have the installer in hand, you can either uninstall the current version and then run the new installer (preferable), or do an install-over install by just running the new installer. Both have worked in my experience, but the former is the one that ensures you are "clean as a whistle" before going forward. If, by chance, you really need to be on a version of NVDA that is prior to 2021.3.1, then you can reinstall it afterward, and the issue that was causing the update to stall previously will still be fixed, as it is fixed by the certificate tweaking that the installer for 2021.3.1 does in folders not belonging to NVDA. You can use the download link given above with the release number changed to the release you want to get. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 The instinctive need to be the member of a closely-knit group fighting for common ideals may grow so strong that it becomes inessential what these ideals are. ~ Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989)
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