1.1 Patch error: Catastrophic failure

[orion98]

I installed "Contract J.A.C.K." (Official 2 CDs) on Windows 10 Enterprise x64 LTSE 1809.
Then I install patch 1.1 ... an error occurs: "Catastrophic failure".
It is now impossible to uninstall the game through the Windows Control Panel.
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Usually the “Catastrophic failure” error occurs after installing the "Contract J.A.C.K." game from the official CD  on Windows 10 if you installed the game without Administrative rights. A similar error occurs in the Nolf2 game, more details here:
https://nolfgirl.net/Unityhq/forums/topic/3620-13-patch-error/

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Bug fix:
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How to uninstall the game yourself:
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1. Delete the folder with the installed game.

2. Remove these lines from the Registry
   
   WARNING!
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Before deleting lines from the Registry, save them first!
For Windows 10 [64 bit] remove these lines from the Registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{374CAB30-2F61-4439-9A4A-24D3AEA2960A}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Monolith Productions\Contract Jack]

 
For Windows 10 [32 bit] remove these lines from the Registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{374CAB30-2F61-4439-9A4A-24D3AEA2960A}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Monolith Productions\Contract Jack]

3. Remove the "Contract JACK" shortcut from the Desktop
4. Delete the game entry from the list of Installed Programs

Reinstall the game with Administrator rights:
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1. Create a "New Folder" on your Desktop, copy CD2 first and then CD1 to this folder, agree to replace the files.
2. Run the Setup.exe file from the "New Folder" with Administrator rights.
3. Restart your computer.
4. Install patch 1.1 for "Contract J.A.C.K." with Administrator rights.

Ready reg-files for uninstalling the game "Contract J.A.C.K.", Download here:
CJ_Catastrophic_failure.zip (60Kb)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/mdncnncdcn0gr8r/CJ_Catastrophic_failure.zip/file

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Select the file CJ_Delete_in_Registry_64bit.reg
to remove Contract J.A.C.K. from the Windows 10 [64 bit].
or
Select the file CJ_Delete_in_Registry_32bit.reg
to remove Contract J.A.C.K. from the Windows 10 [32 bit]

Edited February 8, 2021 by orion98

[orion98]

After a long break, in 2026, I reinstalled Contract JACK on my PC, Windows 10 21H2 x64 system
I received an unusual "surprise" : an incorrigible error "Catastrophic failure"(!) when trying to install patch 1.1, if the game is installed on disks E : or disk C : (!)
If the game is installed on disk D :  then patch 1.1 was installed normally, without error…
After 10-12 attempts to install this patch, I admitted defeat and simply reinstalled Windows from backup (2 years ago, after installing Windows, I made a copy of the System (backup) with the Macrium Reflect program)… After that, the game and patch 1.1 were installed on both disk E : and disk D : and disk C :  without errors.…
NOTE:
Previously, in 2023-2025, I installed/deleted many different programs on the Windows 10 21H2 x64 system and possibly changed some system files or Registry.…
I think that in this case, the "Catastrophic failure" error is an indicator of the "health" of your Windows System..

Edited Monday at 10:44 AM by orion98