# Getting Rapidweaver to update

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/getting-rapidweaver-to-update/16253>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [September 17, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/getting-rapidweaver-to-update/16253 "2017-09-17T21:44:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![blue4miles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@blue4miles](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/blue4miles)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/getting-rapidweaver-to-update/16253/1 "2017-09-17T21:44:51Z")

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I’ve been using RW since version 4. Since version 5.4 I’ve never managed to get Rapidweaver to update…

I’ve got RW version 7, opened it today and it told me that a new version (7.5) was available, and asked if I wanted to install it.

I said yes, it downloaded a 1.8MB file, extracted it, installed it (saying it would restart RW); and then nothing.

RW doesn’t restart, and when I open RW it advises me there’s an update… you get the idea, constant non-working loop.

It’s done this to me for years now, why doesn’t it work?

I’ll do what I normally do; download the demo version and install that. It is irritating though.

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**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/getting-rapidweaver-to-update/16253/2 "2017-09-18T00:18:50Z")

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Strange as this works seamlessly for me, although I always do go and download the full version as well, and name it RapidWeaver 7.5 so when I get beta updates I can have the latest stable version as well.