An old version of our products has been detected
After a unintentional reboot while a RAD Studio (11.3) session was using FR Designer to edit a report, the bds.exe application now locks up when I try to edit any report that requires FR Designer. I deleted the FR folder and ran the Fast Report uninstall (or maybe I ran the uninstall first, I can't remember) and then tried to reinstall. When I tried to reinstall Fast Report for RAD Studio 11, the line was greyed out but I could still click on the version. When I tried to select the latest version, I got a popup message:
"An old version of our products has been detected. Please uninstall it first using the appropriate uninstaller."
The VCL Setup application cannot find anything to uninstall, so how can I do that?
I looked for answers in other discussions on this forum site for ways to fix this problem. I ensured that there were no frx.dcu and fs.dcu files left in other folders. My VirtualStore folder was empty. The only reference to Fast Report in the registry was to a copy of the setup application that I made elsewhere so that I could reinstall.
What can I try next? Is there a better setup application? If so, can you provide me with a link?
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I found my answer in How to upgrade an old version to a new FastReport VCL | Fast Reports (fast-report.com):
"Also, after the uninstall, you need to check for the presence of "frx*.bpl" in the folders C:\Windows\System32 and C:\Windows\SysWOW64. After successful uninstall, these files should be missing."
I found 3 "frx.bpl" and 2 "fs.bpl" files in those folders that I missed because the other websites that I consulted did not mention them by name. Once I removed them, the reinstallation was successful.