Help installing SCBSolver on Vista?

Hi - I recently got a new desktop and the Vista operating system seems to be giving me some trouble as I try to install some of the old programs I had. I became quite addicted to a cryptography tool I found at secretcodebreaker.com called SCBSolver

(download link here: http://www.secretcodebreaker.com/download.html)

When I unzip and try to run the SETUP.EXE file, I get the familiar screen that tells me:

"This program will install the Secret Code Breaker
Monoalphabetic Solver Program files on your computer
in a directory labeled SCBSolvr.

Press Y to continue. Any other key cancels installation."

When I press Y, I get:

"Creating Directory SCBSolvr
Error Encountered. Setup Canceled."

I don't know if this is a Vista incompatibility or not, but I suspect that it may be as I've had no problems installing it on an XP machine at my office. Does anyone have any suggestions for a workaround? Is there a way I can install the necessary files without running the installer?

Thanks much.

 

Hi there addisonbr and welcome to MG

Just a suggestion addison but have you checked with microsoft to see if SCBSolver is compatible as Microsoft has now published a list of programs compatible with Windows Vista in their knowledge base, KB933305 check with either of these links :

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/
http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_Software_Compatibility_List

if not one of the MG's may know a workaround.

Good luck !

 

Thanks for the reply! SCBSolver wasn't listed on MS's site, which in many ways was unsurprising - it's not a commercial product but rather something that the guy who runs secretcodebreaker.com gives away for free. There are very few hits on SCBSolver on google.

But after that I did wind up slogging through a solution... When I try to open the program without running the installer, it balks at not being able to find MSVCP50.dll, so I found that .dll at dll-files.com and installed it manually - and now SCBSolver seems to load okay.

Thank you very much for the advice! It prodded me to take another look.

 

That's who pointed me here actually! He said: "They are an excellent source of technical support. Very knowledgeable, experienced and quick in replying."

I don't believe any Vista updates are on the way - he is not running Vista himself, running XP, and so far this is the only reported incident. (That may indicate that it's not a Vista issue at all - maybe it was just a unique quirk with my machine's setup.)

 

Glad to here you got sorted thanks for the appreciation

 

Hi addisonbr,

I'm the author of SCBSolvr (glad you like it!) and I just saw this.

I'm not in the least surprised you had problems installing on Vista, since the download from secretcodebreaker.com was created before even XP was released, and was built with MS VS 5 I think, hence the dependency on the msvc 5 runtime. Anyway, I'm glad you managed to sort it out.

Chris