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raghavkh
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10 years ago
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Power Bi Desktop Update

Hello, I am trying to update Power BI desktop from the Power bi desktop and when I click the link to update it downloads the POwer Bi desktop installation file. I don't want to install it again but I...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Hello raghavkh

     

    To update your Power BI desktop installation, you have to download the latest version, just as it proposed you.

     

    when you execute the downloaded file, it should detect your previous installation and update it.

     

    Sébastien

maxui's avatar
maxui
Frequent Visitor
9 years ago

I have exactly the same issue .. did you find a solution?

 

vanessa's avatar
vanessa
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9 years ago

raulbarton maxui

 

I am facing the same issue. Have you found a solution to this?

 

  • maxui's avatar
    maxui
    Frequent Visitor
    9 years ago

    Hi.

     Nope

    if i do i'll post it here.

    Matt

     

     

  • raulbarton's avatar
    raulbarton
    Frequent Visitor
    9 years ago

    @vanessa @maxui

    Someone told me:

    yes, I know. When I click the next, there is a choice to remove the previous installation. You install the program by Control Panel->Programs->Uninstall a program. Please find the directory for the application and delete all the files in the directory. The software is  located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Power BI Desktop\bin defaultly. Then

    Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE, HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder. How to completely uninstall program, please review this article.

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    but really, after that, I repaired it, when I opened regedit and looked for every entry with "power Bi Desktop" and I deleted everything and finally I reinstall the program again.

     

    Regards

    • vanessa's avatar
      vanessa
      Post Patron
      9 years ago

      raulbarton I was getting an option "Next" and I wasn't able to uninstall from control panel as well.

       

      maxui I installed Windows Installer CleanUp Utility available on the microsoft website and it removed all the directories related to Power BI. And then I was able to install the latest version of PowerBI.

       

      • maxui's avatar
        maxui
        Frequent Visitor
        9 years ago

        Thanks

         could you provide a link?

         I've found some suspect sites proporting to host it.

         

        Matt

         

  • MyProjectExpert's avatar
    MyProjectExpert
    New Member
    8 years ago

    Power BI link says update - yet process is full install..  So confusing.    Got to be better way to tell users that an update is actually full install.   Even after full install, it still says updates available.    Really sucks.