[onoff]

we must copy paste 3 things not 2
in post 136 it is only 2 it don't work...
do this...

2. Kopieren Sie den Inhalt des Ordners "C: \ ETKA \ PROG \ IX \ PROG \" nach "C: \ ETKA \ PROG1 \" und uberschreiben Sie die vorhandenen Dateien.

3. Kopieren Sie den Inhalt des Ordners "C: \ ETKA \ PROG \ IX \ DATA" nach "C: \ ETKA \ DATA" und uberschreiben Sie die vorhandenen Dateien.

4. Kopieren Sie den Inhalt des Ordners "C: \ ETKA \ PROG \ IX \ PROG \" nach "C: \ ETKA \ PROG2 \" und uberschreiben Sie die vorhandenen Dateien.

[Zamperl]

It works for my ETKA in a VM. But sometimes the VM crashes and reboots. I have to Overwrite it with a clean copy of VM.
I guess that these tips above are not the real proper way of using 8.1. Maybe somebody has another idea?

[clemo2006]

Hello,

Have followed post # 136, unfortunately, the upgrade to 8.1 still does not work.

Please help.

[doublehex]

hi all
kees b solution worked for me
windows 7 professional 32 bit
and planet fireball login solution
great work guys

cheers tony

[leeoprototype]

Not working, i dont know how you guys bypass the update i made an update with copy and pasting but still ETKA crashes i cant run it anymore and still with updates from 7.5 another problem i installed ETKA about 13 Times now still the same shitty problem

[bodaudi1977]

EtStart -> 'Path not found' error solution

I found this solution from little john's  post (post#37), so feel free to thank his post and give +rep to the guy.

Steps:

1) Once you're done installing Etka 8.0, restart your computer
2) When your system boots up again, DO NOT OPEN THE ETKA SHORTCUT ON YOUR DESKTOP
3) Delete the 'ETKA' shortcut from your Desktop
4) Then navigate to  C:/ETKA/PROG and make a shortcut of the EtStartn.exe and copy the new shortcut to your Desktop
5) After that download the attachment 'ETK8_2018-V1_CORRECTION-INT.rar', extract 'ETK8_2018-V1_CORRECTION-INT.exe' on your Desktop, and double click the file (Credit to isdochegal  for sharing this file. Don't forget to hit the thanks button on his post and +rep him)
Finally, open ETKA from the newly created shortcut on your Desktop.

Note: You have to disable your Antivirus when extracting 'ETK8_2018-V1_CORRECTION-INT.exe', cause some Antivirus software recognize it as a trojan (but it's not).


How to Update ETKA's Data

Check this post by KrAzYtHeBoY's. 

Don't forget to thank KrAzYtHeBoY post and +rep him.

If you get stuck when the setup will request you to install ETKA 8.1:

1. Prerequisite:  The folder "C:\ETKA\PROG\IX\" is available in your ETKA Folder.

2. Copy the contents of the folder "C:\ETKA\PROG\IX\PROG\"   to   "C:\ETKA\PROG1\" and overwrite the existing files.

3. Copy the contents of the folder "C:\ETKA\PROG\IX\DATA\"   to   "C:\ETKA\DATA\" and overwrite the existing files.

Found this information on planet-fireball's post#121

4. Copy the contents of the folder "C:\ETKA\PROG\IX\PROG\"   to   "C:\ETKA\PROG2\" and overwrite the existing files.

(Thank you spec80 for mentioning this on your post)

Then once you are done copying the files, try to run the installer C:\ETKA\PROG\IX\ETKA_81_Install.exe. It will fail again with an error message 'No etka8 instalation was found'. Close all the open windows and start ETKA again, it should have the 8.1 version. From there let the system continue with the updates.


Edit1: Added credits to isdochegal for sharing the etka patch file

Edit2: Added credit to planet-fireball

Edit3: Added credit to spec8

Last updated: Wed 17 Oct 21:07:30 UTC 2018

[isdochegal]

(I've found this file from another user in this forum, but I can't find the post right now. If the user that originally posted this .rar read this, please leave a comment and I will credit you on my post)

Was me. On post #110

Regards.

[bodaudi1977]

(I've found this file from another user in this forum, but I can't find the post right now. If the user that originally posted this .rar read this, please leave a comment and I will credit you on my post)

Was me. On post #110

Regards.

Done. Thanks for sharing.

[spec80]

For me it was also necessary to make the following:
   Copy the contents of the "C: \ ETKA \ PROG \ IX \ PROG \" folder into C: \ ETKA \ PROG2 \ "and overwrite the existing files.

The update is done correctly until 1246, but no action 3D function, see screenshot:

[n4s]

Thank you all for the shared info.

It wasn't easy to install because of errors and issues, but all the needed info is in the thread.

In my case I needed the ETK8_2018-V1_CORRECTION-INT.EXE and copying the folders to get 8.1 (including the POI changes in the ini filles)

I also had some errors during the updates, after 8.1, and program would not start anymore.
I could solve it by doing a copy from "C:\ETKA\PROG\IX\PROG\" to "C:\ETKA\PROG1\" and "C:\ETKA\PROG2\"