Qt Creator reinstall?
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wrote on 13 Oct 2022, 21:58 last edited by
I had an old version of Qt Creator 4.x, recently use Qt Maintenance Tool to upgrade to 8.0.1. When I launched Qt Creator, it would display warnings about Plugin versions.
Read online that I need to uninstall Qt Creator using maintenance tool and re-install standalone version. Tried that, no plugin warning anymore but now it wouldn't detect installed Qt versions.
So I uninstalled standalone version using Windows Add/Remove programs and then used Qt Maintenance tool to install Qt Creator again. This time, setup kept complaining about missing script files related to Qt creator. So I rebooted my computer and uninstalled Creator again using Maintenance tool - again got a bunch of missing script files errors.
Rebooted computer and open Qt Maintenance Tool. This is what I'm seeing now:
Is this yellow Qt Creator line implying that Qt Creator is installed? because I've checked the folder and its empty. There is no check-box next to Qt Creator either, so how do I install it?
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@sierdzio said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
he maintenance tool does not allow to uninstall Qt Creator, you have to uninstall everything (all Qt versions, tools and creator).
You're technically correct, which is the best kind of correct! But I don't like to be forced in to boxes, so let me reshare how to circumvent this issue:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/80086/qt-creator-4-3-0-stability/13
wrote on 14 Oct 2022, 09:36 last edited by@J-Hilk said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
@sierdzio said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
he maintenance tool does not allow to uninstall Qt Creator, you have to uninstall everything (all Qt versions, tools and creator).
You're technically correct, which is the best kind of correct! But I don't like to be forced in to boxes, so let me reshare how to circumvent this issue:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/80086/qt-creator-4-3-0-stability/13
It worked! Sharing your solution here:
Open commandprompt -> cd to Qt Installation folder MaintenanceTool.exe --no-force-installationsI first unselected it, and went ahead with uninstall. Again got a bunch of errors about missing scripts/files. Exited the installer.
Ran Qt Maintenance Tool again (using same method), this time selected Qt Creator and the Qt sources I wanted. Everything installed fine, No errors at Qt Creator startup, all Kits are showing up properly in Qt Creator as well.
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@Taytoo said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
uninstalled Creator again using Maintenance tool
The maintenance tool does not allow to uninstall Qt Creator, you have to uninstall everything (all Qt versions, tools and creator). Do that, install fresh, it should work.
You may want to also clean up Creator files from temp and
C:/Users/yourUserNamefolders, maybe there are some leftovers from 4.x there. -
@Taytoo said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
uninstalled Creator again using Maintenance tool
The maintenance tool does not allow to uninstall Qt Creator, you have to uninstall everything (all Qt versions, tools and creator). Do that, install fresh, it should work.
You may want to also clean up Creator files from temp and
C:/Users/yourUserNamefolders, maybe there are some leftovers from 4.x there.@sierdzio said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
he maintenance tool does not allow to uninstall Qt Creator, you have to uninstall everything (all Qt versions, tools and creator).
You're technically correct, which is the best kind of correct! But I don't like to be forced in to boxes, so let me reshare how to circumvent this issue:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/80086/qt-creator-4-3-0-stability/13
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@Taytoo said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
uninstalled Creator again using Maintenance tool
The maintenance tool does not allow to uninstall Qt Creator, you have to uninstall everything (all Qt versions, tools and creator). Do that, install fresh, it should work.
You may want to also clean up Creator files from temp and
C:/Users/yourUserNamefolders, maybe there are some leftovers from 4.x there.wrote on 14 Oct 2022, 07:23 last edited by@sierdzio said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
@Taytoo said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
uninstalled Creator again using Maintenance tool
The maintenance tool does not allow to uninstall Qt Creator, you have to uninstall everything (all Qt versions, tools and creator). Do that, install fresh, it should work.
You may want to also clean up Creator files from temp and
C:/Users/yourUserNamefolders, maybe there are some leftovers from 4.x there.Seems like a huge issue with Qt Maintenance Tool.
- It didn't update the necessary plugins when I updated Qt Creator, leading to plugin errors
- Standalone installation doesn't detect installed Qt properly, even after I tried to specify paths - no clear documentation or instructions provided either.
- Uninstalling Standalone Qt Creator, messed up the whole Qt installation.
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@sierdzio said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
he maintenance tool does not allow to uninstall Qt Creator, you have to uninstall everything (all Qt versions, tools and creator).
You're technically correct, which is the best kind of correct! But I don't like to be forced in to boxes, so let me reshare how to circumvent this issue:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/80086/qt-creator-4-3-0-stability/13
wrote on 14 Oct 2022, 09:36 last edited by@J-Hilk said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
@sierdzio said in Qt Creator reinstall?:
he maintenance tool does not allow to uninstall Qt Creator, you have to uninstall everything (all Qt versions, tools and creator).
You're technically correct, which is the best kind of correct! But I don't like to be forced in to boxes, so let me reshare how to circumvent this issue:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/80086/qt-creator-4-3-0-stability/13
It worked! Sharing your solution here:
Open commandprompt -> cd to Qt Installation folder MaintenanceTool.exe --no-force-installationsI first unselected it, and went ahead with uninstall. Again got a bunch of errors about missing scripts/files. Exited the installer.
Ran Qt Maintenance Tool again (using same method), this time selected Qt Creator and the Qt sources I wanted. Everything installed fine, No errors at Qt Creator startup, all Kits are showing up properly in Qt Creator as well.
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