Across Patches and Service Packs

Patches and Service Packs are designed to subsequently install the latest changes to the program within a defined updated version of Across.

Basic Points before Starting

  • Please read this page completely before updating.
  • Further information can be found in our current documentation and our FAQs. If you have any queries, please contact our support team before updating.
  • You require administration rights for each computer.
  • We recommend backing up all Across data (or that of the complete computer) before starting each update.
  • The latest patch includes all patches available for this defined updated version of Across and the installation of any possibly existing older patches is not necessary.
  • Please note that you should arrange with your customer about updating before you start.

Across Personal Edition v5.0

The latest patch for Across v5 is Across_v5.00_k.

First download the latest patch on your computer and unzip the files:

Across_v5.00_kas of May 12, 2010 - multilingual (330 MB)

After you have downloaded and unzipped the patch (see above):

  1. Make sure you have administrator rights for the PC in question.
  2. Close Across.
  3. Run the file setup.exe (e.g. via the Windows start menu 'Run', select the file setup.exe and conclude by clicking 'OK').
  4. Restart Across.

Please note:

1. During auto-patching, online and offline users may receive the following warning: "The following Across applications and services are running: across.exe. Please close/stop them before patching." Please inform your translators that in this case they should select "Ignore". The "across.exe" process can also be terminated via the Task Manager.
2. After installing the patch, it may take up to half an hour to start the crossTank Server with large databases.

Across Personal Edition v4.0 SP 3

The latest version of the Across Personal Edition is version v5.

If you have not migrated to Across v5 yet you can still download the latest patch for Across v4 here. Information on the improvements in the latest patch can be found in our Release notes.

First download the latest patch onto your computer and unzip the files: 

Across_v4.00_SP3d as of May 4, 2009 - multilingual (241 MB)

 

After you have downloaded and unzipped the patch (see above):

  1. Make sure you have administrator rights for the PC in question.
  2. Close Across.
  3. Run the file setup.exe (e.g. via the Windows start menu 'Run', select the file setup.exe and conclude by clicking 'OK').
  4. Restart Across.