WD Smartware was not istalled or found (Error launching onboarding ex: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): etc.....)

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I have several WD My Passport drives, and have been relying on WD Smartware to manage my backups. I am attempting to upgrade from SmartWare 1.2.0.8 to the newest version (2.4.16.16), but the install doesn’t complete. I get the “Error launching…” message box names in the title of this topic:

Help???
PS: Windows 10

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That is a huge jump, with a few major revisions in between. I’d recommend completely removing and uninstalling the current version from your system, rebooting, running a system clean-up if possible to delete any leftover registry key, and then installing the latest version directly from scratch instead of upgrading.

You can download the WD SmartWare installer from the following link.

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I think maybe your web server is down?–
Mark Reed
Trondheim, Norway

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Hello Trancer,

I have done this already, actually a couple of times, including manual removal of all references to SmartWare in the register after uninstalling everything and manually deleting any residual files in C: Programs and C: Programs (x86).

Do you have another suggestion?

Thank you,

Mark

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By the way, I have Ultra, not Ultra Metal, so I have downloaded the Ultra software.