ATPdigital 8 – Troubleshooting (Windows PC)

ATPdigital 8 was released at the start of May 2021. Since then we have been releasing frequent updates to fix bugs reported by students since launch.

Ensuring you are on the latest version of ATPdigital will make sure you have received all of these patches and will get the best performance out of your app.

As of 20/02/2024 the latest software version is currently:

  8.6.1.2940

To check what version of ATPdigital you have currently updated to click on the cog in the bottom left of the login page:

You’ll find your software version number next to “Application” on the first page which opens (Versions):

If you are not on the latest version, then the most reliable way to make sure you get the latest edition is to re-download ATPdigital from our downloads page HERE

Installing from the latest installer will automatically install the latest software version including all the patches.

If you get this error message when running the ATPdigital installer, it implies that you have not uncompressed the installation files before installing.

ATPdigital comes in a .zip file which compresses all the installation files to make them quicker to download.

The easiest way to uncompress the files is to drag and drop the .msi and the .cab file from inside the .zip folder into another folder (such as your desktop). You can then run the installer from whichever folder you have extracted the files to.

This error occurs when you run the .exe file rather than the .msi file

The file you want to run looks like this on Windows 10:

And like this on Windows 11:

You have typed in the Licence Key incorrectly. Copy and Paste it from your registration email (using Ctrl +C > Ctrl +V) to avoid any incorrect characters.

You have used up all the activations on your account. Email support@bristol.gs

If after clicking ACTIVATE the icon spins endlessly, this means that ATPdigital cannot contact the server to activate your installation. Ensure you are connected to the internet and that ATPdigital has been added as an exception on your firewall.

The most common cause of this error is leftover files from a previous installation of ATPdigital. You need to ensure you restart your PC when uninstalling ATPdigital if you see this message as part of the uninstallation process:

To fix this problem you simply need to delete the leftover folders in your Program Files (x86) folder. You can find these by going to:

This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files (x86). 

Once you’ve deleted any leftover files, reboot your PC and run the installer again.

This error indicates that your email address and password have not been recognised.

Double-check the spelling of your email and consider using the “Forgotten Password” link to reset your password.

If you still can’t sign in after resetting your password, email support@bristol.gs

This error indicates that the application has become corrupted, or is missing a file.

You can fix this error by running a repair on your installation. To do this:

– Run the ATPdigital installer that you downloaded at the beginning of the course (if you need to, you can download it again HERE)

– Click through the on screen pop-ups until you get to this screen. Then select Repair

– Continue to click through the on screen pop-ups until the process finishes

– Once it finishes, restart your computer

If this doesn’t fix the error, email support@bristol.gs

You can fix this error by re-downloading the question bank. To do this:

– Open ATPdigital

– Before you sign in, click on the Cog in the bottom left of the login page

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– Click on Updates on the left and click “FORCE QUESTION BANK DOWNLOAD”

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– Once you’ve clicked the button, return to the login page and leave the app open for around 10-20 minutes to allow the question bank to re-download in the background

If this doesn’t fix the error, email support@bristol.gs

If you see the above error message when signing in, it means that the app was not able to speak to the server and download your account information. The most common cause of this error is that your updates are currently locked.

To check if your updates are locked:

– Open ATPdigital
– Before you sign in, click on the cog in the bottom left of the login page
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– Click on Updates on the left of the Maintenance page​
– If your updates are locked, there will be a button in the top right called UNLOCK UPDATE STATUS
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– Unlocking your updates will allow you to sign in/ carry on downloading updates
– The “UNLOCK UPDATE STATUS” button only appears if the updates are currently locked. If the button is not present, or if still get the “no syllabus” error after unlocking your updates; then this is not the cause of the error message and we recommend you contact support@bristol.gs so we can have a look at your account

You cannot have two installations of ATPdigital on the same machine. If you are seeing this error message, it implies that you still have a copy of ATPdigital 6 installed on your PC.

To fix this problem you will need to uninstall both ATPdigital 6 & ATPdigital 8 before reinstalling ATPdigital 8.

You can uninstall an application by searching for “program” in the Windows/Start search in the bottom left of your screen and selecting “Add or remove programs” from the results.

If you still can’t sign in after reinstalling, email support@bristol.gs

Lessons showing as “Not yet available” are lessons which are assigned to our account, but you have not yet chosen to download.

You can download all available lessons by clicking on the Updates Available button in the bottom left of the dashboard page.

If the button is showing as “UP TO DATE” but there are still unavailable lessons, hover over the button and it will change to “CHECK FOR UPDATES” which you can click to search for any missing updates.

If you’re missing questions from your test, your device likely has a corrupted, or incomplete copy of the question bank. You’ll be able to fix this by re-downloading the bank:

– Open ATPdigital

– Before you sign in, click on the Cog in the bottom left of the login page

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– Click on Updates on the left and click “FORCE QUESTION BANK DOWNLOAD”

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– Once you’ve clicked the button, return to the login page and leave the app open for around 10-20 minutes to allow the question bank to re-download in the background

If your test is still missing questions after re-downloading the question bank, email support@bristol.gs and we’ll take a look at your account

If you can’t see question annexes or explanation images, your device likely has a corrupted, or incomplete copy of the question bank. You’ll be able to fix this by re-downloading the bank:

– Open ATPdigital

– Before you sign in, click on the Cog in the bottom left of the login page

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– Click on Updates on the left and click “FORCE QUESTION BANK DOWNLOAD”

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– Once you’ve clicked the button, return to the login page and leave the app open for around 10-20 minutes to allow the question bank to re-download in the background

If your test is still missing questions after re-downloading the question bank, email support@bristol.gs and we’ll take a look at your account

You can run a Full-Sync from the Maintenance menu which will re-upload all of your test results. This should make any lessons/tests which are showing as completed in your ATPdigital show as complete on the server/your other devices.

To run a Full Sync:

– Click on the Cog in the bottom left of the login page

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– Click on Profiles to the left and then Full Sync next to your name on the profiles list

If you get this error message whilst trying to uninstall ATPdigital:

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– Click on Cancel to roll-back and cancel the uninstallation process

– Open up your Task Manager as an administrator. The easiest way to do this is to search for “task manager” in the Start/Windows menu in the bottom left of your screen and select “Run as administrator” from the results.

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– Once in the Task Manager, click on the Services tab at the top of the window

– Find a the service called “ATPdigital Queue”, right-click on it and select “Stop”

– Once you’ve done this, you can restart the uninstallation process to remove the app.

Once the app has uninstalled, it’s worth checking you don’t have any leftover files:

– Start by rebooting your PC. This will remove any remaining services which are still running.

– After you’ve rebooted, check to see if you have either of these two folders:

C:\Program Files (x86)\ATPdigital

C:\ProgramData\ATPdigital ***

*** To get the “Program Data” folder to show in your C: Drive, you may need to enable “Hidden items” which can be found under View in your Explorer (pictured below)
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– If either of these folders are still on your PC after you have uninstalled, they will need to be deleted in order for you to be able to correctly update/sync when you reinstall the app.

– To remove the folders, simply right-click on them and select Delete.

– Once all of the folders have been removed, you can safely reinstall (the latest version of the installer is available from here: https://www.bristol.gs/atpdigital8-for-windows-pc/)