Impulse problems installing SoaSE/Entrenchment

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As a beta tester I had the game early, and had to uninstall it in order to get the final version.  When you uninstall Entrenchment, the whole game goes with it for some reason (I think they've fixed that now).

In any case, problem is this: I try to install Sins, and it says "Decompression error" or else "file larger than expected".

I have rebooted Impulse, my computer, as well as deleting the Sins folder, none have any effect.  I have also tried on different occasions, like every 4 hours or so since I got home yesterday, as well as this morning.

Any ideas?  If not I'll have to figure out where I left my Sins discs... that could get messy.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

You will need to manually remove the game folder, and delete 2 Registry Keys before you'll be able to re-install.

Go to C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Sins of a Solar Empire (or where ever you installed the game) and delete the main folder.

Then launch the System Registry (Start-> run, and type regedit)
Look for and delete the following Keys;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Drengin.net\sins
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Drengin.net\sinsentrench

For Vista 64 bit;
HKLM>SOFTWARE>Wow6432Node>Stardock>Drengin.net>sins
HKLM>SOFTWARE>Wow6432Node>Stardock>Drengin.net>sinsentrench

Then, reboot your PC and go back to Impulse and try installing the base game. Make sure it installs to 1.13 version, test it out before then installing entrenchment.