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Revert To The Old Tweetdeck
If you use Tweetdeck you probably already know they screwed the new version (1.0) and you want to revert back.
Unfortunately since they are now part of Twitter I had a hard time finding the older build and decided to share it.
And that’s why you are here too probably, here it is: Tweetdeck 0.38.2. Don’t forget you need Adobe Air installed.
Edit 29-12-2011
Some user have experienced a
“This application cannot be installed because this installer has been mis-configured. Please contact the application author for assistance.”
They solved it by uninstalling all previous versions of tweetdeck. Make sure you don’t have another one already installed.
December 22nd, 2011 at 1:15
New Tweetdeck sucksssss!!! Thanks for share the 0.38.1 version!!!
December 24th, 2011 at 14:11
Thank you man.. you just some the Trading Community a little bit on Twitter, I just retweeted your site the second I found it.
December 24th, 2011 at 14:12
Thank you man.. you just saved the Trading Community a little bit on Twitter, I just retweeted your site the second I found it.
The new Tweetdeck has ALOT of much needed attention to it.
@onstocks
December 26th, 2011 at 16:24
thank you SO much, fucking hated the new tweetdeck <3
December 27th, 2011 at 16:36
Sigh. They really fucked me over with this new version, I just want to find the old version for windows but all I can find are mac versions
December 28th, 2011 at 11:31
Well this one right here works for Windows just fine
December 28th, 2011 at 15:16
Thanks!! You are a lifesaver!!
December 28th, 2011 at 18:03
OMG thanks!!!! i downloaded the new one and was like..wtf is this…
December 29th, 2011 at 6:16
Hey,
I downloaded this version but it gave me an .air file, now what should I do to install it?
December 29th, 2011 at 8:04
Install adobe air an then double click the file
December 29th, 2011 at 14:34
I’m getting an error message when I try to install the file.
“This application cannot be installed because this installer has been mis-configured. Please contact the application author for assistance.”
December 29th, 2011 at 14:42
Looks like it’s a version conflict, try unistalling the other version first, here’s someone with the same problem with some other application
http://wiki.showitfast.com/Misconfigured_Application
December 29th, 2011 at 14:47
That worked! Thanks, you are awesome!
December 29th, 2011 at 18:57
Thank you, you are a hero…You’re right about the new one, it’s a typical thing, someone makes a great app then a big company decide to ‘improve’ it. If it aint broke, don’t try to fix it. BTW I had no trouble with this, it installed straight away…I’m running windows 7 32bit.
December 29th, 2011 at 21:30
Thank you SO much for this!
December 30th, 2011 at 0:40
New TweetDeck sucks…
Seems Twitter is trying to force us to use their site to check the messages.
December 30th, 2011 at 9:31
My computer died. When I got the new one my (old) TweetDeck was nowhere to be found… Hate the new one, couldn’t even post a link. I have enough to do getting my computer set-up again without fussing with something that should be simple. You are a sanity-saver! Ah…. the updates are working – so excited….
December 31st, 2011 at 3:50
Thank you so much for posting this, I took a break from twitter for several months and when I came back I saw that there was a new tweetdeck, I uninstalled the old one and installed the new one only to find that it had been raped of everything I liked about the old one!
December 31st, 2011 at 14:04
thank you so much for the old version. i downloaded the new version and almost had a heart attack.
perhaps it would be good to put upfront in your post the need to download and install Adobe Air first. i panicked when it says no application to open .air. scrolled down the comments and saw your tip on installing Air first.
twitter wants to kill tweetdeck i tell ya. there is no room for competition.
December 31st, 2011 at 15:49
Thanks for the tip, updated!
December 31st, 2011 at 21:31
Many thanks for posting a link to the older, much better version of Tweetdeck. This new version is going to force power users to leave Tweetdeck in droves. It’s God awful.
January 1st, 2012 at 19:06
Thank you so much! I could kiss you through the screen right now
January 1st, 2012 at 20:20
I cannot for the life of me understand why Twitter would take a popular application, remove 80% of the functions and totally stuff up the remaining 20%
It is completely unusable, even if fractionally better than using the web interface for anyone doing more than basic chit-chat with a small number of other users.
Thanks for making this available.
January 2nd, 2012 at 4:23
thank you. you wonderful person!
January 2nd, 2012 at 10:36
that new tweetdeck was god awful. thanks so much for this post !
i wonder what Seesmic desktop is looking like these days?
January 2nd, 2012 at 22:38
Thank you so much! I just did a reformat and got the shock of my life when I went to reinstall Tweetdeck. The new version is HORRIBLE. I couldn’t even add my Twitter accounts. The screen just locked up. Absolutely terrible.
January 3rd, 2012 at 11:29
dude … simply … you are …. AWESOME!!!!!!
January 3rd, 2012 at 13:03
Thank you!!!!!
January 3rd, 2012 at 14:19
Thanks! One issue though I wonder if anyone else is having. When I install it it works fine…until I restart my computer. Then it crashes every time I try to open it and gives me a “Restore Windows” prompt. Clicking “Restore” or “Don’t Restore” doesn’t matter; it just crashes again and again. Is anyone else experiencing this? I’m running Mac OS Lion if it matters.
January 3rd, 2012 at 14:50
Thanks, but I’ve gone a step further and moved to Seesmic. Thanks for prompting the change, Twitter. /sarcasm
January 3rd, 2012 at 18:55
: ) Thank you very much.
January 5th, 2012 at 0:11
THANKS A MILLION! Just setup my new laptop and installed tweetdeck. In a matter of seconds I was surfing trying to figure out how to get the old version. The new version is a mess. Twitter dropped the ball on this one. But again thanks to you Im back in business.
January 5th, 2012 at 1:05
That new Tweetdeck is absolute garbage. Thanks for this.
January 5th, 2012 at 3:11
Sweet, I spent a whole 5 minutes on the new Tweetdeck before landing here and changing back. Thanks!
January 5th, 2012 at 4:20
Thank you!!!! Had to reinstall Windows, lost the old TweetDeck, tried the new one and HATED it. It was missing half of my timeline, ugly, too dark and a mess.
I was searching around for another client – has anyone tried Sobees? It looked the most like Tweet Deck to me but I never installed it b/c I found this wonderful site!
Thanks again.
January 5th, 2012 at 20:30
First – thanks soooo much for posting this!
Second – if anyone is having issues with using it (restore window prompt or overall crashing), like I did, I found this post really helpful:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4119575#4119575
In particular – changing the Energy saver setting – turning off Automatic graphic switching.
I did it and works like a charm.
Thanks again!
January 5th, 2012 at 22:57
Thenk you!!
I’m having to rebuild my applicaions after my computer broke and I was dreading the new version.
Cheers!!
January 7th, 2012 at 4:08
Thank you for making this version available and thank you to everyone who has talked about how much the new one sucks. I’m following too many people to use the website and just decided to look for something better. Tweetdeck seemed popular so I thought I’d give it a try. I never installed the new version and I am loving this one! Thank you to ALL of you.
January 7th, 2012 at 9:41
Thanks so much my life is now completer
January 7th, 2012 at 13:28
Thanks a lot!
January 7th, 2012 at 20:42
It doesnt work at my laptop, i have removed the new tweetdeck and download the adobe air, but if i download the old version i still get the new tweetdeck what m i doing wrong =0?
January 7th, 2012 at 23:16
Thanks so much!
January 10th, 2012 at 6:15
Thanks a million. Installed the 1.2, it was just trash.
January 10th, 2012 at 6:23
It would not launch the newly installed Tweetdeck Ver. 38.2
It would always show the Adobe Air page. I don’t know why.
January 10th, 2012 at 11:53
The old version is so much easier to navigate. I tried seesmic but it is slow and silverlight tries to install it in the downloads folder (doh) so it tends to break.
And all the growl notifications work again which they didn’t in the new version.
The extended tweets feature is missing though.
So glad I found this page. Feel like normality has finally returned
January 10th, 2012 at 21:56
Cheers for this – is there any way to get the Chrome app to revert to the old version?
January 11th, 2012 at 1:33
[...] use. Simple things have become virtually impossible to do. Luckily there is a solution! I followed these instructions and downloaded adobe air, the old tweetdeck air file and bingo! You just have to remember to [...]
January 11th, 2012 at 2:12
Thanks a lot. You have made happy a person
The new TweetDeck version is so annoying.
Greetings from Colombia
January 11th, 2012 at 7:11
Thanks a lot man.
Twitter, what have you done?!
January 11th, 2012 at 15:24
Thanks so much. Have spent the past few weeks cursing tweetdeck then seesmic, hotot to name a few.
Happy to be back where i was happy
January 12th, 2012 at 1:52
I keep getting this message when I try to install the old TweetDeck: “Sorry an error has occurred. This application requires an update to Adobe AIR but downloading that update was not successful.”
January 12th, 2012 at 14:33
thanks this is awesome. can’t believe how much they gutted tweetdeck. unreal.
having install problem though. is it the tweetdeck.swf file I am supposed to double click? when I do I just get a message saying windows can’t find program to open that type of file. I have latest AIR version installed. any help would be appreciated. also, i already have removed the old (new) tweetdeck 1.2.
January 13th, 2012 at 12:11
You are a lifesaver… I don’t know why Twitter felt the need to take away all that was great in Tweetdeck. I guess it’s time for new developers to step in and continue to make a new Tweetdeck that does the job that Twitter can’t.
January 13th, 2012 at 22:04
YOU’RE AWESOME! Thank you so much man! The new version of tweetdeck was awful!
January 14th, 2012 at 19:54
You’re fantastic! Thank you so much!!
January 15th, 2012 at 3:42
You are a sanity saver of the highest degree! Thank you a million times over.
January 15th, 2012 at 16:43
Be careful. Tweetdeck’s team sent me the DMCA in the mail with a threat for redistributing their chrome extension with RTL support
January 17th, 2012 at 0:40
Thank you, sir. Much, much appreciated! (Cap off in respect.)
January 17th, 2012 at 4:06
Thanks a million! I am one of the many who downloaded the new version and couldn’t make it do what I wanted/needed it to do…appreciate all of your information…Cheers
January 17th, 2012 at 11:44
Thanks for this post brilliant, back to the land of the living!
January 17th, 2012 at 13:15
thank you, thank you, thank you!
January 18th, 2012 at 1:50
You LEGEND!
January 18th, 2012 at 10:30
many thanks for this. Twitter really screwed up this great app.
January 18th, 2012 at 17:46
You are a genius! I am so happy to get old tweetdeck back. Thank you!
January 19th, 2012 at 12:14
Legend. Can’t actually believe they stripped so much out. The new Tweetdeck is terrible.
January 19th, 2012 at 16:53
Thank you so much. I hadn’t heard about the loss of the air version so when I loaded my new PC today, I was upset until I found your post.
January 19th, 2012 at 18:09
Seconded that reverting the chrome app version back would be amazing!
January 19th, 2012 at 22:51
THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Pretty sad when the Beta version is better than the new official version!
January 22nd, 2012 at 3:32
THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!
January 22nd, 2012 at 13:29
THANK YOU!! I am going insane with the new tweetdeck it sucks SO badly!! I’m so glad you came up on google first!! xxoo :Hugs: and my first born to you!
January 22nd, 2012 at 21:23
I just hope this link stays active for the next 8 hours so I can install AIR TweetDeck on my new PC at home.
January 28th, 2012 at 0:57
Sorry if this is stupid, but how does one install it once they’ve downloaded the zip folder? If I click on “Tweetdeck,” Windows wants to know what program to open it with?
January 28th, 2012 at 9:38
It’s a .air, not a .zip. Let me guess, your browser is Internet Explorer. Just use chrome or firefox to download the file. IE is garbage
January 28th, 2012 at 18:13
Thanks so much, David, that did the trick. Now that I’ve got it downloaded though, it opens with a dialogue box called “Updating: Tweetdeck” and Tweetdeck itself comes up blank. It also was doing this awhile ago and is what caused me to install the new one. Any suggestions are mucho appreciated.
January 28th, 2012 at 18:14
Nevermind, I’m a moron, didn’t realize I needed to re-add the columns. It works fine, just opens that blank dialogue box everytime for some reason.
January 28th, 2012 at 20:35
As others have already said, Thanks So Much!!
January 29th, 2012 at 13:33
Thank you very much!!
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January 30th, 2012 at 9:32
Thx. This new version is a crap.
January 30th, 2012 at 13:48
Thank you, thank you! I hate the new Tweetdeck.
January 30th, 2012 at 14:21
[...] big thanks to David Amador for finding and posting the download [...]
January 31st, 2012 at 1:34
THANK YOU!
January 31st, 2012 at 14:29
Thanks so much for making this available, I only encountered the new tweetdeck for the first time today and *oh my god*, the horror, *why*? You have made my twitter-life bearable again
January 31st, 2012 at 16:38
Thanks for putting it on dropbox! Been looking for this!
February 1st, 2012 at 2:17
Thank you so much for that link, sir!
New TweetDeck is a ridiculous bad joke.
February 1st, 2012 at 12:46
Thanks, the new version is just horrible compared with this one. Appreciate you sharing it.
February 1st, 2012 at 14:46
Thank you so much!!! I just got a new laptop at work and I was dying without the AIR version. The new one shouldn’t even be called Tweetdeck, it’s so feature-poor.
February 1st, 2012 at 18:47
I LOVE YOU!!! SO MUCH!!!!
February 4th, 2012 at 23:57
thank god I came across your page! new tweetdeck sucks!
February 5th, 2012 at 18:23
[...] The new desktop Tweetdeck is a dumbed-down Fisher Price shell of an app, and I've gone back to using the beta version. [...]
February 7th, 2012 at 2:49
I could cry, the new version gave me a headache thx.
February 8th, 2012 at 8:20
Thank you thank you thank you!! My tweetdeck quit working and I uploaded the new non adobe air version. I was NOT a happy camper. You’ve made my day!
) I’m bookmarking your page and have already shared it with 2 others.
February 10th, 2012 at 4:19
Never tried it but hear good things about it
February 10th, 2012 at 11:07
Thank you! Thank you!
what the heck were they thinking?
February 10th, 2012 at 12:36
Thank you man! You saved me! New Twitter Deck was driving me mad… it´s really crazy what these people are doing with a fantastic software that was already running good.
February 11th, 2012 at 0:56
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I had to get a new computer and when I downloaded Tweetdeck, my heart was broken. You saved my day!
February 11th, 2012 at 16:33
Only issue I’m having with the older version is it will not display photos from Lockerz. Anyone else have this issue? Other than that, old TweetDeck is definitely a thousand times better.
February 12th, 2012 at 14:41
Thank you for posting this! I got a new laptop and was lost without the old TweetDeck.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:59
I shall thank you forever, sensei. You saved my life from new tweetdeck. THAT THING SUCKS
February 14th, 2012 at 19:59
I’ll try it tomorrow at work. But believe me, if it works i’ll be fully gratefull. New tweetdeck is really useless.
February 15th, 2012 at 9:52
Hey,i need TweetDeck 0.38.2.exe file for win7…(Not .Air file please)
February 15th, 2012 at 11:15
there was never a .exe for that version. It’s an Air program. If you want in .exe you have to use v 1.0
February 16th, 2012 at 7:38
Thanks David; I’d tried various other sites to get the old version and was unsuccessful. Why do these companies think new is best? i know MS is prone to producing rubbish new versions but the latest Tweetdeck is complete rubbish.
February 17th, 2012 at 7:41
Thanks David, my laptop in for repair, so borrowed daughters that did not have tweet-deck, thank you so much for the links to one of the best bits of software about. You are a life saving star
February 17th, 2012 at 11:11
Thanks, the new tweetdeck is rubbish, so I’m really glad I found this.
February 17th, 2012 at 14:58
Am tweeting this post link daily, people need to know they can still get the ‘old’ tweetdeck. Does it not work on Windows 7? if not, I am going to stay with Vista. My hobby (comping) is made so much easier with ‘old’ tweetdeck. Again thanks David.
February 18th, 2012 at 14:17
Ditto to all of the other posts. Tweeting it frequently and directly recommending the site to people. Great post.
February 20th, 2012 at 10:47
You’re a lifesaver man thanks a lot
February 20th, 2012 at 23:52
Glad to hear I’m not the only person who can’t stand the new one. But I’m a mac user, any chance you’d be able to help me find an older version for Mac?
Thanks in advance for any help
February 21st, 2012 at 0:14
The air files where supposed to work on Mac too. Are you getting any error?
February 21st, 2012 at 1:42
New tweetdeck doesn’t have Twitscoop and I could never get the notification pop-ups to work right. This version is great, thank you so much.
February 21st, 2012 at 23:15
Thank you SOOOOO MUCH! Tweetdeck really screwed up. They are lucky that have an avid user such as yourself that keeps the older versions so we can continue to use it. Am keeping this around as my back up from now on. Thank you thank you thank you!
February 22nd, 2012 at 5:50
OH MAN THANK YOUUUUUUU!!!!!! They blew it on the update!!!!
February 22nd, 2012 at 12:37
David – big thx for this version!! Newer version pretty much sucks
February 22nd, 2012 at 17:19
Finally had to get my work laptop replaced which left me with no Tweetdeck. Given all the stink about the new version, a friend sent me the link here and I need to say THANK YOU for keeping this going. I <3 the old version.
It drives me nuts when companies radically change things and Twitter has consistently done that with the web interface. It's not a surprise they ripped Tweetdeck apart when they took over. Sad, but not a surprise.