How to resolve "The upgrade installer should be run from the Workstation installer subfolder of the Statistica program file share" error?

How to resolve "The upgrade installer should be run from the Workstation installer subfolder of the Statistica program file share" error?

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Article ID: KB0077746

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Products Versions
Spotfire Statistica V13.3.1 and higher

Description

During an upgrade to Statistica on a client/workstation, the following error occurs:

The upgrade installer should be run from the Workstation Installer subfolder of the Statistica program file share.


Note:  This error will not appear during a clean install but only during an workstation/client upgrade.


Related knowledge base article:
https://support.tibco.com/s/article/Alternative-method-of-upgrading-Statistica-on-workstations-clients

Issue/Introduction

This article discusses how to resolve this workstation upgrade error.

Environment

Windows operating systems only.

Resolution

The statist.exe file is missing from the parent folder of the Workstation Installer folder. For example, for Statistica 13.5, the following Statistica executable directory/application folder will contain these folders and file (plus many others):

Some files in the Statistica application folder



To resolve this issue, add the statist.exe application file to the Statistica executable/application folder. The application file maybe on another server or workstation installation.  If unable to find the statist.exe application file, create a TIBCO Support case at https://support.tibco.com.