Installing Pro with Non-Pro

**Xybris** · 10-07-2003, 09:51 PM

I just got 2002 Pro today. I have 2002(non-pro) installed on my computer. When I put the Pro disk in, it automaticly starts non-pro. Whats going on. Thanks in advance.

**drobson** · 10-07-2003, 11:02 PM

Not sure, but I don't think you can have both versions installed. If I were you, I would un-install the Standard version and just use the Pro.

Darrell

**MadDog2003** · 10-08-2003, 12:23 AM

Hello.

I have had the same porblem and thats what i have done to fix it, install fs2002 stdrd first, if you have not already done that, which i assume you did :-) then rename the folder which is your fs2002 folder(e.g. fs2002 rename it to fs2002tmp, or fs8 rename to fs8tmp) and for security put it into a different directory. then incert the fs202 pro disk 1 and it should come up like such : Fs2002 blah blah, install, web connection or something like that, then just install it like you normally would, but YOU HAVE TO choose a different installation folder (e.g. dont have it the same as the strd was, so instead of having it....let's say..... c:/program files/microsoft games/fs2002, make it c:/program files/microsoft games/fs2002pro) you have to do that because your regestry still keeps the fs2002 strd as c:/program files/microsoft gmaes/fs2002 (yours might be different)
Then all you have to do is create another shortcut with the target set to the fs2002.exe which is of the standart version.

There is a but, but.......
If you have editvoicepack, or something like that that reads the regestry to see the location of fs2002, you have to create another regestry line in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/MICROSOFT GAMES/FS8.0 you have to create EXACTLY the same line, using regedit(start->run type in regedit and hit enter)but the location of the fs8.0's "exe path" will have to be pointed to the location of the "old" fs2002, but i WOULD NOT recomend doing that, because it can crash the program and the computer.

Hope this helps.

Regards.

Serge