Inventor Publisher 2013 R1 SP1 Hotfix + Windows 8.1

If you have Inventor Publisher 2013 R1 and you are Windows 8.1, you will get this error:

Inventor Publisher has stopped working.

In order to resolve this issue, you will need to run this update:

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-publisher/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-inventor-publisher-2013-r1-service-pack-1-hotfix.html

You may get this error if you run the update:

The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded maybe missing.

The reason for this problem is you need to install Inventor Publisher 2013 R1 SP1 before running the hotfix.

Inventor Publisher 2013 R1 + Autodesk Inventor Publisher 2013 R1 Service Pack 1 = Installation Failure

Inventor Publisher 2013 R1 + Inventor Publisher 2013 R1 SP 1 + Autodesk Inventor Publisher 2013 R1 Service Pack 1 = Success

We have alerted the Autodesk Knowledge Network Team  to get Inventor Publisher 2013 R1 SP 1 in he downloads section ASAP.

Epilogue

We logged the issue in the morning and we were able to reinstate the download in a couple of hours. Thanks to publishing team and Bob Holland.

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-publisher/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-inventor-publisher-2013r1-service-pack-1.html