Tane after Tane after Tane
- Thread starter davesnow
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To jog your memory, you actually started another thread on this very question back in August 2018 - I also forget threads that I have started and was surprised to see that I had made a few posts in that thread.
See https://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?147808
Opinions included installing TANE patches and other causes. In my case I found two complete installations of TANE and decided to delete the one that had not seen any system accesses for some time. It had no effect on my current (at that time) TANE installation and cleared a considerable quantity of disk space at the same time.
See https://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?147808
Opinions included installing TANE patches and other causes. In my case I found two complete installations of TANE and decided to delete the one that had not seen any system accesses for some time. It had no effect on my current (at that time) TANE installation and cleared a considerable quantity of disk space at the same time.
As per HPL's post above. Launch each one. You will likely find they are either TRS19 or TRS22 installs. This is one good reason to rename installs to something meaningful like "Tane SP4" - "TRS19+ Beta" or "TRS19 Standard SP3". If you have more than one install and have the apps pinned on task bar then when you hover over the app that meaningful name appears and you know for sure what you are running. I also always check the build number upon launch (I have six TRS19 and TRS22 installs plus Tane SP4) - If you don't name them in such a way it just gets too confusing. Final note: I've never experienced the registry issue. All my installs show the TRS19 yellow "cheese" icon so I'm not sure what cause that issue for some and not others.
I also have 5 or so "TANE" versions, even though I don't play TANE. I have a feeling they're different service packs, as one corresponds to 2/25/22 and another to 4/16/21. I've only installed Trainz once and applied [three?] service packages to my system (I got it in October 2021). Take a look:
The simplest way is to use a registry editor, search "Display Name" value for each key, then "Uninstall String": you will find there what version is concerned. Each time TRS19/TRS22 is patched a new key is created (under the name of "TANE") and will show "Patch Installer.exe" in that place. All keys can be safely deleted (but in that case if you want to delete the game you'll have to do it manually).
Trainmaster189
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I had that problem before when I had my PC problem in September (more to do with difficulty starting up) and after I reset my PC (& reinstalled Windows 10), I decided to reinstall TANE (through download instead of CD) and now I don't have that problem.
I had two one from beta and one from sp4. The beta was installed on a drive I did not want it on so I got rid of it. I created a custom icon shortcut to send me to my sp4. By right clicking my icons I see their paths. Why they are all there should be explainable by the manufacturer. I think determining the path that each takes will help determine which you can delete. If they all take the same path I would remove the oldest dated ones. Sorry that it seems tedious. Trainz gets tedious at times. Hope this is a helpful IDEA.
My other thought is, would I really want to uninstall any of them? I still only have ONE build folder, despite having 9 supposed installs, so how would I uninstall anything? I think they really just amount to placeholders, and if you uninstalled anything, it would really have nothing to uninstall unless you had separate build folders for each one. EDIT: Technically, I have 2 build folders, one for TANE and one for TRS19. But my point remains. I don't want to uninstall either
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There is only a single install or two installs if you have TRS19 as well. You can find out who's who by checking the application path. You'll notice that they all lead to a single source, and it's a waste of time and effort besides you'll end up wrecking the install anyway.
If you want to clean up the install, uninstall everything and download the latest full release from My Trainz.
Which is exactly what I have just done! I initially found 8 TANE entries in the Installed Apps list so I decided to uninstall them all. The first 3 uninstalled as expected but the remainder generated a Windows message that the application could not be found - you can interpret that any way you like.
I then deleted all the install folders in the C:\Program Files\N3V Games folder and the userdata files in the C:\Users\.... folder (after making backups first - I learned that lesson years ago). So all traces of Trainz (all versions) were removed from my system.
I had previously downloaded the offline install files from MyTrainz.
I ran the TRS19 SP4 install, then ran the patch to the latest SP5 version when it popped up. I also ran my "Updates Available" CM filter and 6 asset updates which I installed.
The launcher screen shows Trainz+ on the graphic image, as I expected, but "Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022" on the top window bar. It shows build 116492.
I then installed my current project files from backup .cdps. Then I downloaded and installed all missing dependencies - I only ever use built-in and DLS assets so no hunting for assets from third party web sites was required.
This exercise has resolved many problems I was having with my previous Trainz+ install.
The TANE entries in the Installed Apps list - 4 of them are still there, but so is TRS22.
The leftovers in the installed apps are stubs. This is caused by one of the many references removing the application and leaving the other ones still listed. The list is kept in the Windows Registry and the entries can be manually removed. If you don't want to play around in the Registry, you can run one of those clean up utilities to fix the broken entries.
Here's the manual method direct from Microsoft:
How to Manually Remove Programs from the Add/Remove Programs List (microsoft.com)
The information is for Windows 2000, but is still pertinent today just the same.
FootplatePhil
Trainz Tragic since 2002
Also known for her other classic.. "Girls Just Want to Play Trainz".
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