Hi everyone, I’m having trouble installing the latest version of Anki on Windows. Whenever I run the installer, I get the following error message: “A previous Anki version needs to be uninstalled first. After uninstallation completes, please run this installer again.” However, I have already un…

I installed it on another computer and copied it to mine :slight_smile: I have different folders. But still, you didn’t say what computer you have or what version of the program you installed?

Can you check if you have these registry values? [image] Problem installing 26.05 Help Save it as a .reg file and run: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Anki] "Install_Dir64"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Anki] "I…

Unable to install Anki: "A previous Anki version needs to be uninstalled first" (Already uninstalled)

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abdo July 29, 2026, 2:13pm 3

Can you check if you have these registry values?

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Unable to install Anki: "A previous Anki version needs to be uninstalled first" (Already uninstalled)

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