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Error: "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed." when installing Rational Change for DOORS Interface

Troubleshooting


Problem

Error: "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed." occurs when trying to install Rational Change for DOORS Interface v5.7.

Symptom

When attempting to run 'ratlChange_DOORS_5-7-0.exe' to install Rational Change for DOORS Interface v5.7; immediately prompted with following error message:

"This action is only valid for products that are currently installed."


Resolving The Problem

To resolve the issue:

1. Ensure you have compatible version of DOORS installed on the machine.

2. Ensure you do not have previous version of DOORS-Change integration installed on the machine.
    If yes, uninstall the previous version of integration prior upgrading to Rational Change for DOORS interface 5.7

3. If previous version of integration was uninstalled and still receiving the error:
    Ensure there are no remaining .dll files (cslib.dll and csapi.dll) left by uninstaller under $WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder. If so, rename or remove 'cslib.dll' and 'csapi.dll' files.

4. Now, try installing 'Rational Change for DOORS interface 5.7'


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Document Information

Modified date:
01 May 2020

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