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Trying to upgrade to v4.1 from v4

Unzip- then -
Click on Setup_Prepar3D.exe - this is what I see



>>>Or -- Do you have to uninstall v4 1st?

Goes through



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Next start P3d and see



Wonder what I am doing wrong ... ??

You're simply doing it wrong
Since P3D version 3, the way to "update" your P3D is very simple: you just need to uninstall the part of P3D you want to update, and install the new one instead.
By "part of P3D", I mean "client", "content" or "scenery".

I suppose you wanted to update your P3D v4.0 to the v4.1, right ?
The situation is as follows:
- the "scenery" update contains just a few mesh and default sceneries minor corrections. Not worth the effort to download and install, really.
- the "content" update is just adding the rain effect to the default planes. It's up to you to decide if you need that or not.
- the "client" update contains all of the fixes for the simulator itself. That's the mandatory one.

If you want to update the scenery and/or the content, you simply need to navigate to the control panel in windows, select one of them (one at a time, that is...) and uninstall it. When it's done, you can trigger the install_content.msi or install_scenery.msi that you downloaded from Lockheed.
If you want to update the client, it's exactly the same method: uninstall the "client" from the add/remove programs in the windows control panel. However, upon uninstall there is an option to activate to keep your registration alive. That will save you a bit of time for the reinstall of the new client (done by launching the install_client.msi file).

Just to bring a little clarification:
From the Lockheed website, if you want to update the scenery, you need to download the install_scenery.msi AND all of the scenery*.cab.
If you want to update the content, you'll have to download the install_content.msi AND the two files cont*.cab.
If you want to update the client, you just need to download the install_client.msi.
In any case, you do not need to completely uninstall P3Dv4.
Most users will simply update the client. This is done in less than 2 minutes.
Some users might want to update the content too, if they want the rain effects on the default planes (plus a few fixes too, I believe... nothing much).