Win10 upgrade notes

I've recently upgraded several Win7 Pro machines to Win10 Pro and though
the free upgrade deadline is supposedly passed, all the machines were
permanently activated once the upgrade was completed.

I had used the upgrade tool one some machines and others were upgraded
from a burned 1703 ISO.



The upgrade tool (Win10upgrade24074.exe) had one minor glitch if there
was incompatible software such as Google Earth.

The upgrade simply failed with the message "incompatible software."

Upgrading from the DVD was better as it actually listed the specific
problem.




As it turns out in the case of Google Earth, there is no stand-alone
application in Win10, one simple accesses it through the Chrome browser.

philo wrote:
I've recently upgraded several Win7 Pro machines to Win10 Pro and though the
free upgrade deadline is supposedly passed, all the machines were permanently
activated once the upgrade was completed.

I had used the upgrade tool one some machines and others were upgraded from a
burned 1703 ISO.



The upgrade tool (Win10upgrade24074.exe) had one minor glitch if there was
incompatible software such as Google Earth.

The upgrade simply failed with the message "incompatible software."

Upgrading from the DVD was better as it actually listed the specific problem.




As it turns out in the case of Google Earth, there is no stand-alone application
in Win10, one simple accesses it through the Chrome browser.

I have Google Earth running in Win10 1703. It was originally installed in Win7
and has kept on working after upgrading to Win10 and all subsequent updates to
1703. Clicking on Properties shows the following Target:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe"

WFM

On 04/23/2017 08:36 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote:

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As it turns out in the case of Google Earth, there is no stand-alone application
in Win10, one simple accesses it through the Chrome browser.

I have Google Earth running in Win10 1703. It was originally installed in Win7
and has kept on working after upgrading to Win10 and all subsequent updates to
1703. Clicking on Properties shows the following Target:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe"

WFM




Weird, the upgrade would not take place with Google Earth installed.

If one goes to the Google Earth download page the latest version listed
is for Win7

On 24/4/2017 9:48 AM, philo wrote:

Weird, the upgrade would not take place with Google Earth installed.
If one goes to the Google Earth download page the latest version listed
is for Win7

Did you move your /user/your_account folder? Doing so would also affect
the upgrade process.

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On 04/24/2017 04:38 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 24/4/2017 9:48 AM, philo wrote:

Weird, the upgrade would not take place with Google Earth installed.
If one goes to the Google Earth download page the latest version
listed is for Win7

Did you move your /user/your_account folder? Doing so would also affect
the upgrade process.



No. I did nothing to prep the Win7 installations other than to remove
Google Earth in that one case.


In addition to several machines that I upgraded from Win7 to Win10

I tried an experiment with an spare XP machine.

I upgraded it to Vista , then Win7 and finally Win10

Though there were small problems with the upgrade to Vista and Win7 by
the time Win10 was installed, everything was fine.

In article , says...

On 04/23/2017 08:36 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote:
As it turns out in the case of Google Earth, there is no stand-
alone application
in Win10, one simple accesses it through the Chrome browser.

I have Google Earth running in Win10 1703. It was originally installed in Win7
and has kept on working after upgrading to Win10 and all subsequent updates to
1703. Clicking on Properties shows the following Target:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe"

Weird, the upgrade would not take place with Google Earth installed.

If one goes to the Google Earth download page the latest version listed
is for Win7

I bought a new computer with Win10 several months ago. I installed
Google Earth desktop, which works fine.

Google has made some changes and appears to no longer support the
desktop version, at least for non-Pro users. For all new features, you
MUST use it through Chrome.

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Andrew Rossmann wrote:

Google has made some changes and appears to no longer support the
desktop version, at least for non-Pro users.

I thought the pro version became free some time ago?

yes ...

https://maps.googleblog.com/2015/01/google-earth-pro-is-now-free.html

On 04/24/2017 08:14 AM, Andrew Rossmann wrote:
In article , says...

On 04/23/2017 08:36 PM, Arnie Goetchius wrote:
As it turns out in the case of Google Earth, there is no stand-
alone application
in Win10, one simple accesses it through the Chrome browser.

I have Google Earth running in Win10 1703. It was originally installed in Win7
and has kept on working after upgrading to Win10 and all subsequent updates to
1703. Clicking on Properties shows the following Target:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe"

Weird, the upgrade would not take place with Google Earth installed.

If one goes to the Google Earth download page the latest version listed
is for Win7

I bought a new computer with Win10 several months ago. I installed
Google Earth desktop, which works fine.

Google has made some changes and appears to no longer support the
desktop version, at least for non-Pro users. For all new features, you
MUST use it through Chrome.



I am using Win10 Pro and it seems to work just fine through Chrome so I
am not going to bother to even try to install the stand-alone version.

On 04/24/2017 08:18 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew Rossmann wrote:

Google has made some changes and appears to no longer support the
desktop version, at least for non-Pro users.

I thought the pro version became free some time ago?

yes ...

https://maps.googleblog.com/2015/01/google-earth-pro-is-now-free.html


Well, Win7 Pro upgraded just fine to Win10 Pro

after the upgrade it was activated and there was nothing I had to do, so
it's still free I guess.

On 4/24/2017 10:22 AM, philo wrote:
On 04/24/2017 08:14 AM, Andrew Rossmann wrote:
In article , says...


I bought a new computer with Win10 several months ago. I installed
Google Earth desktop, which works fine.

Google has made some changes and appears to no longer support the
desktop version, at least for non-Pro users. For all new features, you
MUST use it through Chrome.



I am using Win10 Pro and it seems to work just fine through Chrome so I
am not going to bother to even try to install the stand-alone version.

Thanks for the warning on the fact Google Earth standalone version is
being dropped and made a plug in for Chrome.

Since my system does not run Chrome and I depend heavily on the
Standalone Google Earth, I downloaded the last version and has stored it
with my other valuable software.

I have dozens of pins, and lines on my Google Earth. The lines outline
properties of ancestors, and the pins locate family members and
ancestors. I also would hate to give up the historic aspects of Google
earth, the Sky, and similar items.


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philo wrote:

Win7 Pro upgraded just fine to Win10 Pro
after the upgrade it was activated and there was nothing I had to do, so
it's still free I guess.

Just to be clear, I was talking about Google Earth Pro, not Windows Pro

On 24/4/2017 8:23 PM, philo wrote:

I tried an experiment with an spare XP machine.
I upgraded it to Vista , then Win7 and finally Win10
Though there were small problems with the upgrade to Vista and Win7 by
the time Win10 was installed, everything was fine.

I have never trusted the upgrade process. Always did a clean install
using ISO/DVD when there was a major Window$ upgrade.

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On 04/24/2017 09:55 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
philo wrote:

Win7 Pro upgraded just fine to Win10 Pro
after the upgrade it was activated and there was nothing I had to do, so
it's still free I guess.

Just to be clear, I was talking about Google Earth Pro, not Windows Pro


OK got it

On 04/24/2017 09:52 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 4/24/2017 10:22 AM, philo wrote:
On 04/24/2017 08:14 AM, Andrew Rossmann wrote:
In article , says...


I bought a new computer with Win10 several months ago. I installed
Google Earth desktop, which works fine.

Google has made some changes and appears to no longer support the
desktop version, at least for non-Pro users. For all new features, you
MUST use it through Chrome.



I am using Win10 Pro and it seems to work just fine through Chrome so
I am not going to bother to even try to install the stand-alone version.

Thanks for the warning on the fact Google Earth standalone version is
being dropped and made a plug in for Chrome.

Since my system does not run Chrome and I depend heavily on the
Standalone Google Earth, I downloaded the last version and has stored it
with my other valuable software.

I have dozens of pins, and lines on my Google Earth. The lines outline
properties of ancestors, and the pins locate family members and
ancestors. I also would hate to give up the historic aspects of Google
earth, the Sky, and similar items.


Found this

https://support.google.com/earth/answer/166438?hl=en

I'd test it though before possibly upgrading your Win7 machine to Win10

If you have another Win10 machine you could test it on

On 4/24/2017 3:11 PM, philo wrote:
On 04/24/2017 09:52 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 4/24/2017 10:22 AM, philo wrote:
On 04/24/2017 08:14 AM, Andrew Rossmann wrote:
In article , says...


I bought a new computer with Win10 several months ago. I installed
Google Earth desktop, which works fine.

Google has made some changes and appears to no longer support the
desktop version, at least for non-Pro users. For all new features, you
MUST use it through Chrome.



I am using Win10 Pro and it seems to work just fine through Chrome so
I am not going to bother to even try to install the stand-alone version.

Thanks for the warning on the fact Google Earth standalone version is
being dropped and made a plug in for Chrome.

Since my system does not run Chrome and I depend heavily on the
Standalone Google Earth, I downloaded the last version and has stored it
with my other valuable software.

I have dozens of pins, and lines on my Google Earth. The lines outline
properties of ancestors, and the pins locate family members and
ancestors. I also would hate to give up the historic aspects of Google
earth, the Sky, and similar items.


Found this

https://support.google.com/earth/answer/166438?hl=en

I'd test it though before possibly upgrading your Win7 machine to Win10

If you have another Win10 machine you could test it on
Thank you for researching and finding this. However I have moved those
two files several times becaused of new installs and new computers.



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