Guitar Studio 2.0 Installation

In very rare cases, users are having difficulty installing Guitar Studio 2.0 on Windows 9x and NT 4.0. If you are seeing messages indicating that Direct Show has not been installed, and/or that various DLL files did not self-register properly, you will not be able to use audio and MIDI effects in Guitar Studio 2.0. In order to properly install Guitar Studio 2.0 on your system, please follow the procedure outlined below:

Windows 9x and NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 Users:

  1. Insert the Guitar Studio 2.0 CD into the CDROM drive.
  2. Choose Install Cakewalk Guitar Studio from the autorun menu.
  3. When prompted to update the ComCtrl32.dll and install DirectShow, click OK.
  4. Click OK at the next prompt indicating the components have been installed.
  5. DO NOT CONTINUE THE INSTALL. Instead, select 'No, I'll Restart Later'.
  6. At the next prompt, click Cancel and then Exit Setup.
  7. Select Exit from the autorun menu.
  8. From the Start Menu, select Run.
  9. Type D:\Cakewalk\Dxmedia.exe -id:cakewalk (where D:\ is your CD-ROM's drive letter)
  10. Click OK and wait approximately 30 seconds or until disk activity stops.
  11. Restart your system.

Cakewalk should now continue the installation process and prompt you for your CD-Key.

Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 & Service Pack 5 Users

  1. Insert the Guitar Studio 2.0 CD into the CDROM drive.
  2. Choose Install Cakewalk Guitar Studio from the autorun menu.
  3. When prompted to install DirectShow, click OK.
  4. Click OK at the next prompt indicating that the components have been installed.
  5. DO NOT CONTINUE THE INSTALL. Instead, select 'No, I'll Restart Later'.
  6. At the next prompt, click Cancel and then Exit Setup.
  7. Select Exit from the autorun menu.
  8. From the Start Menu, select Run
  9. Type D:\Cakewalk\Dxmedia.exe -id:cakewalk (where D:\ is your CD-ROM's drive letter)
  10. Click OK and wait approximately 30 seconds or until disk activity stops.
  11. Restart your system.

Cakewalk should continue the installation process and prompt you for your CD-Key.


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