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Saturday, 25 September 2021

Revit 2022.1 So Good it Trashed the Installer

 Excited by all the hype about Revit 2022.1, I just downloaded and installed it.

All went well apart from a couple of minor glitches:

1 - Parallel Installs

It decided that it could not install more than 33%, and sat there for ages before announcing that it had failed due to some other install going on.  I have no idea what it was - some kind of system update, which required a reboot?

After rebooting the computer the install worked smoothly and quickly

2 - Trash the Installer

After completion, I decided to make a backup of the installer software and remove it from the hard-disk to save space - all 851 Mb of it.

Where the heck was it?  I searched high and low - in the Download folder?  In the Software folder that I had previously moved it to?  No.  

Eventually I found it in the 'Recycle Bin'.  How did it get there?


I may be getting a bit forgetful, but I surely would know if I had somehow deleted the installer?

Could it be that Autodesk have built this "Self-Destruct" capability into the installer?

Or could it be some new trick that Windows 10 performs?

Conclusion

If you want to save time, reboot your computer, and then make a backup of before installing this update.

Now I look forward to testing the new features

5 comments:

  1. Having in mind your warning about the update, I took my chances and run the program as an Administrator, just as you said at 33% seems to freeze, but after a long period successfully installed the product.
    Thank you for the tip, and by the way, the improvements are great, so many time savers.
    Thank you very much.

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  2. Yes I am still sitting here at 33% seems like forever... Glad I found this sit and learned other having same issue.. I will keep waiting.

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  3. It finished.. I really didn't think it would that was a crazy long install..

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  4. Mine Did the same thing, but finally finished installing. However, when I went to open it, it pops up with an error that it cannot find a file for Dynamo Player. After picking ok it proceeds to open Revit. I tested Dynamo player and it appears to work none-the-less. But it also will hang-up at random times; no spinning wheel just locks for I guess a lunch break. I typically move on to another project I am working on and it eventually releases. Weird stuff I know, but I am liking the new features. =)

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