SOLVED Unable to install 64 bit versions of X2 or X3a in Windows 8.1

I posted this in the other thread also:
 
With a Regsvr error I would suspect that it (Regsvr) is trying to write to the Registry and failing. Quite often that is a result of anti-virus software preventing the write to occur. If you have AV and it is running make sure it gets turned off when you do the install.

Regards,

One of the fixes coming in X3c will be Windows 8.1 compatability.. maybe the update will solve the issues people are having with Sonar & Win 8.1  ; )

I have a similar problem. I had to roll back to 8.0 to get X2 and X3 to run. However the official 8.1 release will not let me start X3 / X2.  My roadblock dialog box: Missing MSVCR110.dll  ??
 
I did install X3 with virus protection turned off.
 
I filed a problem report last week. Nothing back from Cake yet.

Fireberd - I tried several times to get X3 running on 8.1. Interesting to me was that X3 ran perfectly on 8.1 preview. But I have to roll back to 8.0 via a good working backup to get the official 8.1 dl'd and installed. I thought since X3/X2 worked so well on 8.1 preview that I would not have any problems. I was wrong. 
 
So far everything I tested on the official 8.1 ran except Sonar.

Did you install with administrative privileges?
That is right click installer file and select Install as Administrator. Even though you user account may have administrator privilege it's not the same. Seems a lot of computers require this of Sonar.

fireberd
X3c update may fix it, but the problem, with mine, is that X3a and the X3b patch can't be installed as 64 bit version, what I want.   If X3c fixes it, I would need a complete new version with the "c" incorporated to install. Just having the "c" update won't really help me.  

Sonar update patches are accumulative. That is. The disc release of Sonar X3 didn't include the x3a patch like the download release did. Nonetheless, the X3b update could be applied to the disc version of X3 because it included the a +b patches rolled up into one. When X3c is released it's most likely to be an update including
a + b + c.

As for the regsrv error with ocx dll means that one or some of the DX plugins weren't registered properly and won't work.

Have you contacted technical support? No one here seems to be able to advise so it may be an issue CW needs to be aware of.
 
Regards,

I have a report in to Tech Support that I submitted early yesterday.  No response yet.  However, I originally opened a program bug report, CWBRN-20980 and it was closed, fast without obviously really looking into it, saying it was an individual user problem and to open a tech support request.  As its more than me from posted reports, it would appear to be a software issue and not just an isolated user problem. 
 
 

I just read, on another site, that X3c update was supposed to make X3 Windows 8.1 compatible and to be released "late October".  It is now (very) late October and it hasn't been released.
 
Possibly that is the answer, although X3a and b, 32 bit version IS Windows 8.1 compatible.

I'm going to let this hang for a while and hopefully Sonar will get their act together.  I've got recording sessions scheduled through the next week - two new 10 song CD projects and a remix on one I just finished.

I have been installing or trying to install as Administrator, as mentioned in other posts on this thread. The 32 bit version installs and works without problems.   Being a computer tech, I have went beyond in trying to install or fix the original problem and it won't work. 
 
I have two different PC's with Sonar 64 installed, one with X3b and another with X2 and they both have the same identical problems. They were working with Windows 8 and after the 8.1 upgrade Sonar now will not start with the "MSVC100.DLL error.  That was what started the attempt to reinstall as the notice from Windows was to reinstall the program to fix the problem.  The MSVC100.DLL file is in the two required locations and it is not a problem with the file, the problem is Sonar not being able to find/access the file.  I am not alone with this problem, it was reported by another person to Sonar support over a week ago.  I reported it to Sonar support on Monday, but they have not responded to either report.  I've seen other reports of this problem doing a google search, every one of them, that I looked at, says to reinstall the program.
 
I also work the Windows 8 forum and there are a couple reports of audio not working after Windows 8.1 upgrade and users not being able to reinstall the audio drivers.  I'm not sure what else. 
 
Roland had to issue updated drivers for Windows 8.1 for their products to work. 
 
As has been mentioned by someone else and what I found on another web site, X3c program update is supposed to address Windows 8.1 compatibility.  I'm going to have to wait for that and see what happens.

I've addressed the MSVC100.DLL versions and that is not the problem.  The versions I have in Win 8.1 are identical to the versions I had in Windows 8 when Sonar X2 and X3 worked (and are identical to the versions I have in Windows 7 that X3b 64 bit works OK in)  Actually, I've been through every scenario that I can think of (many not mentioned here) and nothing makes a difference. The error message about that DLL is to "reinstall Sonar".   I can go back to Windows 8 with a Macrium drive backup and it will work, but that is not the answer, as that was something I tried - rebuild the drive from a pre-8.1 backup and Sonar X3b working then reinstall the 8.1 upgrade. 
 
My only answer (and possibly for others with the same problem) for a fix for the 64 bit version is to wait for the overdue "c" update which is supposed to address 8.1 and see if that fixes it.
 
I originally started this thread in case others had the same problem (and there are others from posts).
 
 
 
 
 

Well X3c was a bust.  It has the exact same problems as X3a and b.  I'm still getting the same error when I try to run X3 64 bit in Windows 8.1.  X3c installed ok on my Windows 7 installation (but I wasn't having any problem in Windows 7).

I submitted an e-mail support request Monday morning.  I've heard nothing yet.  That was after I opened CWBRN-10980 that was immediately closed and directed me to contact support.  Another user, that has posted on this thread, sent a tech support request over a week ago for the exact same problem and has not heard from support. 
 
Some with 8.1 are working OK and some are not.  I don't know how many of those that are working OK have the 64 bit version installed.  As I've previously noted the 32 bit version installs and works OK.  I have two Windows 8.1 systems (totally different hardware) that have the exact same problem - one with X3b and the other with X2.
 
 
EDIT:  I looked at the list of fixes/enhancements in X3c and there is NOTHING mentioned about Windows 8.1, as has been suggested on here and other web sites.