Evernote 4.x Tips

Fix: "evernote was already installed by another user"

If you allow the program to update, you will occasionally get an error stating " evernote was already installed by another user". If you get this, there is no way to install evernote without going into the registry. 

I found a blog post (http://www.mintywind.com/evernote-on-wine-evernote-was-already-installed-by-another-user/) which explains how to fix the issue. It's for standard WINE but works for crossover as well. 

FULL Instructions: 

Evernote autoupdate had been working just fine on Wine environment. But for some reason, it did not work with an error saying “evernote was already installed by another user”. I gave up autoupdate and decided to reinstall latest Evernote from scratch.

Steps to solve the error:

  1. Download latest Evernote windows installer into ~/.wine/drive_c/temp
  2. $ wine uninstaller
  3. From the uninstaller GUI, delete Evernote.
  4. $ wine c:/temp/Evernote_4.6.1.7860.exe
    The installation process failed with the same error “evernote was already installed by another user.
  5. Manually remove registry entries.
    I went by http://discussion.evernote.com/topic/27220-cant-install-en-4577146/
    • $ grep “with upgrade” ~/.wine/drive_c/users/[your_user_name]/Temp/EvernoteSetup.log
      Located product {EF7E46B8-1FB7-11E2-B6B3-984BE15F174E} with upgrade code {AE2C091E-CF5F-4e30-8659-D640E23A8B99}
    • Reverse the first 8 digits of the upgrade code ID. E.g. E190C2EA
    • $ wine regedit
    • Find entries with E190C2EA.
    • Export the entries.
    • Delete the entries.
      I deleted “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Installer>UpgradeCodes E190C2EAF5FC03E468956D042EA3B899″ for example.
  6. $ wine c:/temp/Evernote_4.6.1.7860.exe
This entry was posted in IT on January 19, 2013 .


by rimez on 2013-03-20 06:34:51
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