(OED Oxford English Dictionary 2nd v3 EZ-Install FINAL) [fuzz]
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- Applications > Windows
- Files:
- 3
- Size:
- 381.82 MB
- Tag(s):
- OED Oxford English Dictionary
- Quality:
- +1 / -0 (+1)
- Uploaded:
- Apr 9, 2009
- By:
- kds2012
This is the [fuzz] FINAL RELEASE of the digital/CD Oxford English Dictionary 2nd ed. v3. All updates, fixes, crks, & upgrades as of April 8th, 2009 are fully integrated. No CD drive is necessary to install or run. For 32-bit PCs -- x64 probably not. Compared to my prior release, this version .. > Eliminates several Registry entries > Excludes some unnecessary files and is smaller > Fixes a problem with some special fonts ____________________________________________________ INSTALL: (1.7 GB Disk space min) ---------------------------------------------------- (1) Extract (OED).rar to ROOT of any drive partition. (2) Edit 2 lines in the OED.ini file -- Replace 'X' with the letter of the above partition. (3) Move OED.ini to the C:|WINDOWS directory. (4) Run ..|(OED)|bin|oedcd_v3.exe -- Wait for 'LMS' window to close & 'OED' window to open. (5) Click 'Cancel | Yes' to close the OED window. (6) Re-run oedcd_v3.exe -- This time click the 'Finish' button. (7) The OED program appears - it is now installed.
Whaow! Magnificent release. Works perfectly, but read below for important information.
VISTA-64, Windows-7 users etc: Instructions at the bottom.
First of all, a million thanks to the uploader. I hadn't been able to run OED for a while. This is the best release of OED ever. The install is amazingly easy.
BUT... If you want to install this, please SLOW DOWN. If you follow the exact instructions of the uploader, it will work. If you take a wrong turn because you are trying to go fast, you may end up wasting hours. Why? Because of a nasty security feature in the software, a feature that the install is designed to bypass. If you don't know the meaning of the word "scrupulous", look it up now, don't wait for OED to install :) ...
From the instructions, let me reinforce that 1) the "(OED)" folder must sit at the ROOT of a hard drive, e.g. c:\(OED). 2) When you run the EXE the first time, pretty fast the program will offer to either Finish or Cancel. You MUST cancel at this stage. 3) You will then run that same EXE file, and this time choose Finish. The install will be complete in a flash. You will be able to run OED from the EXE file or a shortcut that you can create anywhere you like.
This software is a treasure. Do yourself a favor and take the time to install it properly.
NOW FOR VISTA-64, WINDOWS-7 and other 64-BIT users.
The marvellous news is that you can run OED on your machine. Since going 64-bit, I had been very unhappy that I couldn't use OED. Did I say you can install OED on a 64-bit system? No. You can run it, but you can't install it. But don't worry, it's perhaps even better. At the end of this you'll have an OED system you can take anywhere.
Here are the quick instructions. If you go smoothly, it will take an hour. If at any stage you have doubts about any step, Google for the answer.
Basically you need to create a Virtual Machine ("VM") running a 32-bit operating system such as Windows 2000. Why? OED doesn't run on 64-bit machines.
AT SOME STAGE SOMEONE MAY WANT TO RELEASE A VM PRE-LOADED WITH OED. I have just zipped my virtual hard drive with OED and Windows 2000, it is 1.34 GB. I am not able to upload, otherwise THIS IS THE ULTIMATE NO-BRAINER INSTALL. If you know how to seed, this would be of immense service.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD SOME SOFTWARE:
A. VirtualPC from Microsoft.
B. 7-zip for 32-bit
C. TweakUI for win2000 (from annoyances.org)
D. The torrent for Windows 2000 SP4 (the one where the main file is WIN2KPRO_SP4.iso)
2. Install Virtual PC
When you install, it will say that Vista-64 Home is not supported. Ignore that. It installs.
3. Create a new Virtual Machine. Choose Windows 2000. Give it at least 500MB of RAM.
4. Start the VM. You now need to install the OS (Win2K) on the VM (NOT ON YOUR HOST SYSTEM!!!). Click Action, mount ISO, browse to the WIN2KPRO_SP4.iso file you downloaded. Close the VM, restart the VM: the Win 2000 CD will appear. Install it! Cool, no? To move your mouse outside of the VM window, hold the RIGHT ALT key while you move your mouse.
5. When the install is complete, in the VM, go Action / Install VM additions. Follow instructions. You can now drag and drop between Host and VM.
6. Drag these to the VM: 7-zip, TweakUI, OED.
7. Install 7-zip. Run it. In options, associate 7-zip with all files.
8. Double-click Tweak UI, extract, install by right-clicking the INF file. Open TweakUI in control panel. In Logon, choose Automatic.
9. Double-click the OED RAR file, extract to the ROOT ( C:\(OED) ). Follow install instructions TO THE T.
10. OED IS NOW INSTALLED! PARTY!!!
11. Close the VM, not through the VM's Start Menu but throuh the red Close icon at the top right of the VM window. Choose "Save State" when you close the VM so that it will start up fast, perhaps with OED already opened!
10. Find your virtual machine on the hard drive. Make a shortcut to your desktop. That's how you start OED!
Thanks again to everyone who have refined this marvel of a release over the years.
VISTA-64, Windows-7 users etc: Instructions at the bottom.
First of all, a million thanks to the uploader. I hadn't been able to run OED for a while. This is the best release of OED ever. The install is amazingly easy.
BUT... If you want to install this, please SLOW DOWN. If you follow the exact instructions of the uploader, it will work. If you take a wrong turn because you are trying to go fast, you may end up wasting hours. Why? Because of a nasty security feature in the software, a feature that the install is designed to bypass. If you don't know the meaning of the word "scrupulous", look it up now, don't wait for OED to install :) ...
From the instructions, let me reinforce that 1) the "(OED)" folder must sit at the ROOT of a hard drive, e.g. c:\(OED). 2) When you run the EXE the first time, pretty fast the program will offer to either Finish or Cancel. You MUST cancel at this stage. 3) You will then run that same EXE file, and this time choose Finish. The install will be complete in a flash. You will be able to run OED from the EXE file or a shortcut that you can create anywhere you like.
This software is a treasure. Do yourself a favor and take the time to install it properly.
NOW FOR VISTA-64, WINDOWS-7 and other 64-BIT users.
The marvellous news is that you can run OED on your machine. Since going 64-bit, I had been very unhappy that I couldn't use OED. Did I say you can install OED on a 64-bit system? No. You can run it, but you can't install it. But don't worry, it's perhaps even better. At the end of this you'll have an OED system you can take anywhere.
Here are the quick instructions. If you go smoothly, it will take an hour. If at any stage you have doubts about any step, Google for the answer.
Basically you need to create a Virtual Machine ("VM") running a 32-bit operating system such as Windows 2000. Why? OED doesn't run on 64-bit machines.
AT SOME STAGE SOMEONE MAY WANT TO RELEASE A VM PRE-LOADED WITH OED. I have just zipped my virtual hard drive with OED and Windows 2000, it is 1.34 GB. I am not able to upload, otherwise THIS IS THE ULTIMATE NO-BRAINER INSTALL. If you know how to seed, this would be of immense service.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD SOME SOFTWARE:
A. VirtualPC from Microsoft.
B. 7-zip for 32-bit
C. TweakUI for win2000 (from annoyances.org)
D. The torrent for Windows 2000 SP4 (the one where the main file is WIN2KPRO_SP4.iso)
2. Install Virtual PC
When you install, it will say that Vista-64 Home is not supported. Ignore that. It installs.
3. Create a new Virtual Machine. Choose Windows 2000. Give it at least 500MB of RAM.
4. Start the VM. You now need to install the OS (Win2K) on the VM (NOT ON YOUR HOST SYSTEM!!!). Click Action, mount ISO, browse to the WIN2KPRO_SP4.iso file you downloaded. Close the VM, restart the VM: the Win 2000 CD will appear. Install it! Cool, no? To move your mouse outside of the VM window, hold the RIGHT ALT key while you move your mouse.
5. When the install is complete, in the VM, go Action / Install VM additions. Follow instructions. You can now drag and drop between Host and VM.
6. Drag these to the VM: 7-zip, TweakUI, OED.
7. Install 7-zip. Run it. In options, associate 7-zip with all files.
8. Double-click Tweak UI, extract, install by right-clicking the INF file. Open TweakUI in control panel. In Logon, choose Automatic.
9. Double-click the OED RAR file, extract to the ROOT ( C:\(OED) ). Follow install instructions TO THE T.
10. OED IS NOW INSTALLED! PARTY!!!
11. Close the VM, not through the VM's Start Menu but throuh the red Close icon at the top right of the VM window. Choose "Save State" when you close the VM so that it will start up fast, perhaps with OED already opened!
10. Find your virtual machine on the hard drive. Make a shortcut to your desktop. That's how you start OED!
Thanks again to everyone who have refined this marvel of a release over the years.
I seem to have cleaned registries well with regedit.exe as recommended but a repeated installation still won't work. Although, the part 'earch for OED and delete any MUIs, BAGs, and MRUs' is not very clear, there were no 'oed' or 'c-dil' entries detected.
Is there any other way to verify if the system is clean before new installation?
Is there any other way to verify if the system is clean before new installation?
Hey playabit2 - Thanks for the glowing review haha! I DID put a lot of time into this, and I'm glad to see it appreciated. I too thought of VM - I have XP 64 on my main machine, but run to my 32b for the OED lol - but I've done my part, and don't expect to do any more. Maybe someone will take the ball from here. Thanks again, and thanks for emphasizing the importance of FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS !!
deruin - If you have no 'c-dil' regedit search results, maybe you're having 'permissions' problems, or some such thing. Try getting & using Registry Workshop instead.
I operate windows7 32bit and the install didn't work. This program has known compatibility issues problems.
Any ideas? \
Any ideas? \
Hi drift - Could you describe when the error happened? At what point - following my install instructions - did this message generate?
Unfortunately on the second .exe try I get a "File not found or file read error". I followed the instructions to the letter, and am running XP SP3. I re-extracted, and tried again: no go.
P.S. Then it says: "Search engine did not initialize. Close OED and try again. If the problem recurs, reinstall the OED."
heinrich - The error you got is usually related to one or more of the following:
> Failing to download the OED.ini file
> Improper placement of the OED.ini file (supposed to be in C:\windows)
> Improper editing of the OED.ini file
> Failing to unRAR OED to a root directory
The main issue is that OED is using OED.ini to find the install directory. Re-examine these two lines:
CD_PATH=X:\(OED)\
INSTALL_PATH=X:\(OED)\
They both must point to your install location. If they do not, you can try to move the (OED) dir to match the .ini path, or edit the paths to find the current (OED) dir location.
However, if you've run oedcd_v3.exe, you could have great difficulty correcting an improper installation, due to the registry changes made at that time.
Can you explain further what you mean by "on the second .exe try?" Do you mean, you ran oedcd_v3.exe, then Cancelled, then ran it again, and at that point got the Not Found error?
In any case, what I said above stands.
Look into ini path & OED directory matching and tell me what you find. (t would help if you could copy and paste your entire OED.ini file into your comment.)
> Failing to download the OED.ini file
> Improper placement of the OED.ini file (supposed to be in C:\windows)
> Improper editing of the OED.ini file
> Failing to unRAR OED to a root directory
The main issue is that OED is using OED.ini to find the install directory. Re-examine these two lines:
CD_PATH=X:\(OED)\
INSTALL_PATH=X:\(OED)\
They both must point to your install location. If they do not, you can try to move the (OED) dir to match the .ini path, or edit the paths to find the current (OED) dir location.
However, if you've run oedcd_v3.exe, you could have great difficulty correcting an improper installation, due to the registry changes made at that time.
Can you explain further what you mean by "on the second .exe try?" Do you mean, you ran oedcd_v3.exe, then Cancelled, then ran it again, and at that point got the Not Found error?
In any case, what I said above stands.
Look into ini path & OED directory matching and tell me what you find. (t would help if you could copy and paste your entire OED.ini file into your comment.)
Thanks for your feedback. Here is my OED.ini file:
[FILE_PATHS]
CD_PATH=C:\(OED)\
INSTALL_PATH=C:\(OED)\
[OPTIONS]
WOTD=ON
AUTO_SEARCH=OFF
LAYOUT=OFF
ENTRY_HISTORY=10
SEARCH_HISTORY=10
TIPS=ON
I extracted the (OED) folder to my C: drive. So when I run the executable, I'm running it from:
C:\(OED)\(OED)\Bin
This is the way it extracted, and I hope the embedded (OED) folders isn't a problem.
What I mean by running it the second time is exactly what's called for by the instructions: run it the first time, cancel, re-run oedcd_v3.exe. It was at that stage that the error appeared.
The only thing that was different about my installation is that the first time I tried this, Spybot came up with a warning about cDilla. I told it to go ahead and let it install, but it may have blocked or deleted something. C_DILLA shows up as a faded folder on C: with a setup folder and a DAT file, also both faded out.
Thanks for any help you can give.
[FILE_PATHS]
CD_PATH=C:\(OED)\
INSTALL_PATH=C:\(OED)\
[OPTIONS]
WOTD=ON
AUTO_SEARCH=OFF
LAYOUT=OFF
ENTRY_HISTORY=10
SEARCH_HISTORY=10
TIPS=ON
I extracted the (OED) folder to my C: drive. So when I run the executable, I'm running it from:
C:\(OED)\(OED)\Bin
This is the way it extracted, and I hope the embedded (OED) folders isn't a problem.
What I mean by running it the second time is exactly what's called for by the instructions: run it the first time, cancel, re-run oedcd_v3.exe. It was at that stage that the error appeared.
The only thing that was different about my installation is that the first time I tried this, Spybot came up with a warning about cDilla. I told it to go ahead and let it install, but it may have blocked or deleted something. C_DILLA shows up as a faded folder on C: with a setup folder and a DAT file, also both faded out.
Thanks for any help you can give.
There's your main problem heinrich: PATH does not equal install directory.
You should be running from:
C:\(OED)\bin
NOT:
C:\(OED)\(OED)\bin
SO -- Either grab the lower (OED) dir and drag it up onto C:\ and accept overwrites, or else try channging: CD_PATH=C:\(OED)\ &
INSTALL_PATH=C:\(OED)\
To:
CD_PATH=C:\(OED)\(OED)\
INSTALL_PATH=C:\(OED)\(OED)\
PS - sorry for the delay ..
You should be running from:
C:\(OED)\bin
NOT:
C:\(OED)\(OED)\bin
SO -- Either grab the lower (OED) dir and drag it up onto C:\ and accept overwrites, or else try channging: CD_PATH=C:\(OED)\ &
INSTALL_PATH=C:\(OED)\
To:
CD_PATH=C:\(OED)\(OED)\
INSTALL_PATH=C:\(OED)\(OED)\
PS - sorry for the delay ..
And it's as easy as that.
Thanks for all you've done.
Thanks for all you've done.
plz, is this install perffectlly on windows vista 32-bit... is some one install it on this mentioned os.
I cannot say for certain, about Vista-32, but it's very, very likely to run OK -- Vista &/or XP 64 probably not.
Many thanks @ kds2012 , I appreciate you support.... I will give it a try :)
i'm using vista 32bit and it didn't work even when i try to run in compatibility mode :|
nhatuan - I would need more information about the sort of error you get/got, before I can say whether the problem is in the OS or the installation.
Can you describe the steps you took during install, and where/when/what type of errors occured?
Can you describe the steps you took during install, and where/when/what type of errors occured?
I can't get this to install on Vista32. Followed all instructions, but when I run oedcd_v3.exe all that happens is I get a "LMS Install Wait Screen" and then an error "The product will not run on this operating system".
I did uninstall and follow all the registry cleanup instructions, but no dice. Any tips? Thanks!
I did uninstall and follow all the registry cleanup instructions, but no dice. Any tips? Thanks!
All I can say is that I never tried it on a Vista system. After installing, did you try spedifying the "compatibility" setting?
> Right click on the main OED .exe file
> Select 'Properties'
> Check 'Set Compatibility'
> Choose 'Win XP'
Sorry if it doesn't help
> Right click on the main OED .exe file
> Select 'Properties'
> Check 'Set Compatibility'
> Choose 'Win XP'
Sorry if it doesn't help
seed please..?
hello kds2012. i installed oed exactly as you described, but it does not run. the problem starts at stage 4: (4) Run ..|(OED)|bin|oedcd_v3.exe -- Wait for 'LMS'
window to close & 'OED' window to open.
I do not get 'LMS' window, but the OED window at once. and there's no option to click cancel. and it does not run. Can the problem be connected with my having had an official version of the cd-rom, which just stopped running at some time? when I asked them to fix the problem, they said that I will have to upgrade to v.4.0 and pay more money, because they no longer support v.3.0. do you think it is possible to fix the problem? thanks
window to close & 'OED' window to open.
I do not get 'LMS' window, but the OED window at once. and there's no option to click cancel. and it does not run. Can the problem be connected with my having had an official version of the cd-rom, which just stopped running at some time? when I asked them to fix the problem, they said that I will have to upgrade to v.4.0 and pay more money, because they no longer support v.3.0. do you think it is possible to fix the problem? thanks
Works great. Thanks.
hi kds2012
I have followed all the uninstall steps, but I cannot delete HKLM\System\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\Legacy_c-dilla in the registry. After following the install steps, I cannot run OED. I get the OED screen, but when I click "search" nothing happens.
I have followed all the uninstall steps, but I cannot delete HKLM\System\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\Legacy_c-dilla in the registry. After following the install steps, I cannot run OED. I get the OED screen, but when I click "search" nothing happens.
I followed the instructions perfectly.
I clicked "cancel" after the first install as instructed. When I ran oedcd_v3.exe the second time and clicked finish I got an error that said "C:\(OED)\bin\scrfrsh.exe" could not be found.
I checked and the file was indeed not there. So I re-extracted and still not there. I deleted the (OED) directory and my torrent and redownloaded and extracted. Same result. the Scrfrsh.exe file was not there.
Oh, after the error message an OED message pops up saying the CD could not be found.
What do I do?
I clicked "cancel" after the first install as instructed. When I ran oedcd_v3.exe the second time and clicked finish I got an error that said "C:\(OED)\bin\scrfrsh.exe" could not be found.
I checked and the file was indeed not there. So I re-extracted and still not there. I deleted the (OED) directory and my torrent and redownloaded and extracted. Same result. the Scrfrsh.exe file was not there.
Oh, after the error message an OED message pops up saying the CD could not be found.
What do I do?
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