Reinstall Fusion without re-downloading

[Game_Master]

For some reason F2.5 crashes on startup and I can't install any patches to try and fix it, as the update installer says that it can't find F2.5 on my system.

Sadly I'm in a place where the internet is incredibly slow and expensive, so I can't re-download F2.5.

I tried looking on the Windows Uninstaller in the Control Panel, but there isn't an option to reinstall or repair.

Is there a way to reinstall Fusion without having to re-download the installer from scratch?

[happygreenfrog]

When updating it, did you select the standard or developer version? I quite often make the mistake of selecting the Standard version, so I think there is the possibility that you are selecting the standard version when trying to update the developer version.

[Game_Master]

I'm definitely trying to update the developer version - that's the update file I downloaded.

This is the problem signature that Windows gives when F2.5 crashes:

Problem Event Name: BEX Application Name: mmf2u.exe
Application Version: 3.0.281.2
Application Timestamp: 52e24154
Fault Module Name: mmf2u.exe
Fault Module Version: 3.0.281.2
Fault Module Timestamp: 52e24154
Exception Offset: 003a2550
Exception Code: c0000409
Exception Data: 00000000
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 60c9
Additional Information 2: 60c9e7bc0af4fa44d138ad6ec0a99ae2
Additional Information 3: 57e8
Additional Information 4: 57e8a2c7775d33e7f5406e4827c34b51

Does Fusion have a 'safe mode' in case that could let it run?

[happygreenfrog]

I don't believe it does. I think re-downloading it is literally the only way to re-install it, unless you have the installer already on your hard drive, or unless you got a CD version.

[Game_Master]

Ah that's a shame - that's what I figured. The annoying thing is I actually had it on my hard drive from the original installation, but I cleared out my downloads folder a few weeks ago without realising that Fusion was crashing on startup.

On another note, I opened MMF2, and it too crashed on startup. I had the installer from the CD for that, and when I installed it, it didn't even ask if I wanted to overwrite the current MMF2 files. Not sure why this is, but it's as though my system doesn't recognise that it was installed already.

Strange that both MMF2 and F2.5 both started crashing on startup, though.