I am having the most difficult time getting Sketchup 2026 Pro to install on my Windows laptop. I’d like to think that I know my way around the windows platform and can handle a small install problem, but this one has become the most maddening experience of my life! Please help…I’m losing hours/days here!!!
I have completely uninstalled and removed any evidence of the previous Sketchup version. I install the downloaded .exe file as an administrator every time. I am consistently receiving the error message (about 30 seconds into the install) that the “wizard was interrupted before Sketchup 2026 install could be completed.”. I have tried everything that I can think of. I have more than a sufficient amount of cpu and gpu memory and have confirmed that I am meeting the min. C ++ requirements. I have ran the disk cleanup, rebooted the laptop, turned off firewalls/vpn/etc, and removed & re-installed it a dozen times. No luck. What in the world am I missing? I’m running Lumion, D5, Unreal Engine…but it’s only Sketchup that does not want to seem to cooperate (I’ve even tried to install my previous version with no luck).
I have read about many people having bizarre install issues, but they all seem to have been addressed except for one individual who had to completely restore his computer (I’d like to avoid that). Please let me know if anyone here has any advice or experience in what might be the problem.
I have 450gb free. I’ve tried the offline installer and it seems to do the same thing. I’ve been running it as an administrator from the start…still no luck.
No offense meant, but are you running the installer while logged on as an administrator, or right-clicking the installer and choosing “run as administrator” from the popup menu? Strange as it may seem, these are not equivalent. Many people manage without it, but some must do it the second way or strange errors occur.
I saw a thread where a user managed to finally install by deep uninstalling any previous version with revo uninstaller or equivalent..it may be worth to give it a try
Thanks for the advice! Do you know the most reliable website to d/l that is?
Oddly enough, I also cannot install the NVIDIA app (was triple checking that my drivers were updated and figured I’d just go ahead and d/l NVIDIAs primary interface app while I was there). Similar to SketchUp, I’m able to download it but it fails to install.