If you have been suffering with Template Builder not installing correctly, or like me, you have installed and uninstalled so many different versions you might want to clean house. Once you have cleaned up things should go more smoothly.
Thanks to Junichi, who is the Template Builder lead developer, for these clean up steps.
1. Uninstall BIP desktop from control->Add or remove programs.
2. Open explorer and go to "C:\WINDOWS\assembly".
3. Check if there are assemblies which start with "TB" If present, remove them all.
4. Open the MS Word startup directory and check there are no files there. The directory is normally the following.
C:\Documents and Settings\<user name><Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP
5. Open MS Word and check that you don't see the BIP tool bar.
-> If you see it, please move Normal.dot to another directory and try again.
6. Please check that the OS user you use has an administrator privilege on the PC, this is really important.
7. Please go to Control Panel -> Add or Remove programs and check if the followings have been installed.
Shared Add-in Extensibility Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB908002)
Shared Add-in Support Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB908002)
8. Install BIP Desktop again
Step 5 did it for me!
After following the 8 step plan, Im now clean and sober, sorry that's the other plan Im following. Should have said, your PC/laptop will be clean and fresh with a new working BIP install.
Comments (6)
Thanks Tim!
Step 4 was the one for me!
Regards
John
Posted by John Minkjan | May 5, 2009 12:23 PM
Posted on May 5, 2009 12:23
I went into that ...
Another important step is to check that you have a compatible JDK version installed, and that your machine PATH (environement variable) is correctly set to it (that JDK must be the first JDK/JRE in your "PATH" !
And don't forget that a change in your PATH requires a machine restart to be effective !
(the JDK must be correctly installed before BIP desk installation !)
I've also seen that the directory C:\Documents and Settings\
Cheers
Posted by Nicolas De Brabanter | May 6, 2009 12:49 AM
Posted on May 6, 2009 00:49
The installer has issues with network drives it cannot write to. If your work has an automated script that changes your save location to a network drive change all the values to local machine for install.
Tools-> options -> File locations
change all to c:\ if network drives.
That is what stopped my install from working until the consultant came by.
Posted by Muz | August 25, 2009 3:27 AM
Posted on August 25, 2009 03:27
The above comment refers to your MS Word settings.
Posted by muz | August 25, 2009 3:45 AM
Posted on August 25, 2009 03:45
Great information thanks for sharing this with us.In fact in all posts of this blog their is something to learn .....
Posted by Builders directory | September 1, 2009 8:16 PM
Posted on September 1, 2009 20:16
The template builder simply will NOT install! I click Template Builder for word language and it starts off, but then terminated with "UI language changed successfully". No template builder in word! I have uninstalled and done the steps above, but this does not help.
Posted by Cairus | September 29, 2009 6:43 AM
Posted on September 29, 2009 06:43