Installation guide

Installing the Software

To clean up folders:

1. Before installing Media Composer 4.0, you need to uninstall your old version and any

version of FilmScribe, EDL Manager, MediaLog, and Avid Log Exchange.

2. Remove the following Registry keys on your system if they still exist after the

uninstallation process.

HKLM/Software/Avid Technology/<productname>

HKLM/Software/Avid Technology/AVX Plug-ins

3. From the following folders, remove any folders that do not have custom data in them

that you want to keep. If you do have custom data, copy the data to the new locations

after step 4.

C:/Documents and Settings/AllUsers/ApplicationData/Avid/<productname>

C:/Program Files/Avid/<ProductName>

(Windows Vista) C:/ProgramData/Avid/<Productname>

4. Install the new Avid editing application.

Installing the Software

Prior to installing the editing application, you should uninstall Digi Drivers using

Add/Remove from the Control Panel. Reboot the system and then install the new editing

application. If you do not remove the Digi Drivers, the Audiosuite plug-ins do not load and

you might receive either the error message “This software requires installation of device

driver TPkd and a reboot before running” or a “DAE Interface NOT Available” error

message. If you see these errors on a clean installation on a brand new system, install Hot fix

KB926255 from Windows Update to fix the problem.

(Macintosh Only) If you are upgrading from a previous version of the Macintosh editing

application, remove the Stereo Mixer.dpm and Surround Mixer.dpm plug-ins from the

following location: Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plug-Ins. If you

do not remove these files, you might experience problems with the AudioSuite Tool.

For all Avid editing applications, you must first log in as the Administrator (not just a user

with administrator privileges), install the application, and initially launch the application as

the Administrator. If you are working in a shared storage environment, mount your

workspaces. You may then subsequently run the Avid editing application as a regular User.

If you are updating from a previous release, you should first uninstall the existing editing

application.