How to upgrade Visual Paradigm with old JRE 1.6 to new version

Don’t panic if you see the error message during upgrade of your Visual Paradigm to version 13.0.

Unable to upgrade to version 13.0

This problem is caused by your Visual Paradigm client was upgraded form very old version and by that time it was using JRE 1.6 as the runtime. For long time ago Visual Paradigm already changed to bundle JRE 1.7 (and JRE 1.8 for Mac). Unfortunately the Visual Paradigm Update can only help to update VP software itself, but not the runtime. To deliver better features some libraries used by Visual Paradigm was upgraded in version 13.0. Unfortunately they are not compatible with the old JRE 1.6. For user experienced this problem can follow the steps below to reinstall your Visual Paradigm to version 13.0.

1. Go to Visual Paradigm’s homepage and select TRY NOW to download the installer in latest version.
   

   Download Visual Paradigm installer

   Starting from version 13.0 the Visual Paradigm Enterprise Edition is rebranded as ArchiMetric. Enterprise Edition users can download the ArchiMetric installer at http://www.archimetric.com/download/

   

   Download ArchiMetric installer (formerly known as Visual Paradigm Enterprise Edition)

2. Execute the downloaded installer to install the version 13.0. If previous installation was detected you can simply install it over the existing location.
   

   Install new version over existing installation

3. Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation.
4. Your VP was upgraded to version 13.0 once the installation completes.
   

   Visual Paradigm Upgraded to latest version

If you are install version 13.0 to new location then it is recommend you to uninstall the previous version from your system. This help to avoid you accidentally launched the old version. You can execute the uninstaller inside %VP installation directory%/uninstaller folder to remove the previous version.

Uninstall older version of VP from your system to avoid wrongly launched old version