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bleach · July 28th, 2008, 07:39 AM

I am having a problem in installing SIMATIC MANAGER v. 5.3. Before, in my PC I had v. 5.4 and I uninstall it. Now when I try to install v. 5.3 it brings me an error message which is (string variable is not large enough for for string. Check the string declaration, Error 401), and it never continue installation. How I can solve this problem.

Mike Dyble · July 29th, 2008, 04:16 AM

I had the same problem last year. Siemens offical answer was to reformat the HD and reinstall everything, however I found that if I searched every s7... registry entry and deleted it and made sure all s7 related files were deleted I was able to roll back to V5.3 from V5.4. Be warned it took me several hours to complete this task, but it was easier than reinstalling everything from scratch. Transfer the licence key back to the original FD or a USB key before you start just in case.

Note this comes with a health/wealth warning:

Altering the registry and deleting system files can have unexpected effects so make sure anything important is backed up in case you end up having to reinstall from scratch

JesperMP · July 29th, 2008, 04:37 AM

I aggree. It should be enough to "simply" remove all things Siemens from the PC.
Siemens has made a list of all the things that have to be removed:
http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/189025

bleach · July 30th, 2008, 02:54 AM

sounds good, thank you guys, i tried that and what i understode from the website, i even must remove Win CC and Protool and all the software that related to siemens. i mean its a pain that i reinstall every things again. if there an easy way.
BEST REGARD

bara_hence · July 30th, 2008, 03:00 AM

If I were in your position I would uninstall the simatic manager then I would use CCleaner to clean up the registry.. For some other re-installations this have worked for me..

July 28th, 2008, 07:39 AM	#1
bleach Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jeddah Posts: 61	Simatic Manager I am having a problem in installing SIMATIC MANAGER v. 5.3. Before, in my PC I had v. 5.4 and I uninstall it. Now when I try to install v. 5.3 it brings me an error message which is (string variable is not large enough for for string. Check the string declaration, Error 401), and it never continue installation. How I can solve this problem. __________________ *There is no point in give-up, Just keep trying*

July 29th, 2008, 04:16 AM	#2
Mike Dyble Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: East Riding of Yorkshire Posts: 80	I had the same problem last year. Siemens offical answer was to reformat the HD and reinstall everything, however I found that if I searched every s7... registry entry and deleted it and made sure all s7 related files were deleted I was able to roll back to V5.3 from V5.4. Be warned it took me several hours to complete this task, but it was easier than reinstalling everything from scratch. Transfer the licence key back to the original FD or a USB key before you start just in case. Note this comes with a health/wealth warning: Altering the registry and deleting system files can have unexpected effects so make sure anything important is backed up in case you end up having to reinstall from scratch __________________ The only person who has never made a mistake is the person who has never done anything!

July 29th, 2008, 04:37 AM	#3
JesperMP Lifetime Supporting Member + Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Copenhagen. Posts: 10,791	I aggree. It should be enough to "simply" remove all things Siemens from the PC. Siemens has made a list of all the things that have to be removed: http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/189025 __________________ Jesper

July 30th, 2008, 02:54 AM	#4
bleach Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jeddah Posts: 61	coooooooooool sounds good, thank you guys, i tried that and what i understode from the website, i even must remove Win CC and Protool and all the software that related to siemens. i mean its a pain that i reinstall every things again. if there an easy way. BEST REGARD __________________ *There is no point in give-up, Just keep trying*

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July 30th, 2008, 03:00 AM	#5
bara_hence Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ockelbo Posts: 214	If I were in your position I would uninstall the simatic manager then I would use CCleaner to clean up the registry.. For some other re-installations this have worked for me..

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