Cocos Studio: Cocos Framework is not installed error

Question

I installed Cocos Studio v2.3.3 to C:\Cocos using the link to a non-framework included package on the cocos2d-x.org site. I then unpacked cocos2d-x v3.9 using the zip file provided into the C:\Cocos\frameworks\cocos2d-x-3.9 - but Cocos Studio doesn't recognize that the Cocos2d-x framework is installed.

When I look in the Platform section of the Preferences menu item under the Edit menu, it show this:

And as expected, when I try to modify an already created project options, I see this:

I've tried all the suggestions posted in the Cocos2d-x forums, including but not limited to editing the Frameworks\FrameworksVersionList.xml to include the entry for cocos2d-x-3.9 (it was already there), editing the cocos2d.ini file in tools\console\bin, removing various combinations and then all cocos environment variables and quite a few others. None of the solutions either by themselves or in combination with one another worked.

Has anyone gotten Cocos Studio to work with a separate installation of Cocos2d-x framework?

Answer 1

Details of the solution with various things I tried are listed in this blog post: http://vijay.tech/talks/solved-cocos-studio-cocos-framework-is-not-installed-error/ Note that the post has a registry edit script (.REG file) attached for convenience.

But the essential steps are listed here:

1. Download and install Cocos for Windows V2.3.3 (the one without framework) to C:\Cocos
2. Download and unzip cocos2d-x-3.9.zip to C:\Cocos\frameworks\cocos2d-x-3.9
3. Manually create the following registry entries on Windows (64 bit):
   1. HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\CocosFramework\InstallDir as a REG_SZ and set it to C:\Cocos
   2. HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\CocosFramework\3.9\EngineVersion as a REG_SZ and set it to cocos2d-x-3.9
   3. HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\CocosFramework\3.9\Path as a REG_SZ and set it to C:\Cocos\frameworks\cocos2d-x-3.9
4. Create a file named version with the contents cocos2d-x-3.9 in C:\Cocos\frameworks\cocos2d-x-3.9
5. If you also want to do Android development, then Android SDK, Android NDK, Ant and JDK paths should be set in the Platform section of the Edit/Preferences menu item, else skip this step.