How can I get my 1.3 project to build with meteor 1.4?

Trying again (since no answer to my previous post).

I uninstalled meteor 1.3.1 and installed the latest. But now my old 1.3.1 project no longer builds and instead I just get this error:

When I try to build my old (1.3.1) project I just get this error…
C:\Users\Marc\Documents\meteor\rball>meteor build
Downloading meteor-tool@1.3.1…
Extracting meteor-tool@1.3.1…
C:\Users\Marc\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.4.4_1\mt-os.windows.x
86_32\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\meteor-promise\promise_server.js:190
throw error;
^
Error: No metadata files found for isopack at: /C/Users/Marc/AppData/Local/.mete
or/packages/meteor-tool/1.3.1
at [object Object]..extend.loadUnibuildsFromPath (C:\tools\isobuild\isopac
k.js:900:13)
at C:\tools\packaging\tropohouse.js:521:21
at Function.
.each.
.forEach (C:\Users\Marc\node_modules\underscore\undersco
re.js:153:9)
at C:\tools\packaging\tropohouse.js:520:13
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:359:18
at [object Object]..extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:352:34
at [object Object].
.extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:350:23
at [object Object]..extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at Object.enterJob (C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:324:26)
at C:\tools\packaging\tropohouse.js:515:22
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:359:18
at [object Object].
.extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:352:34
at [object Object]..extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:350:23
at [object Object].
.extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at Object.enterJob (C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:324:26)
at Object.download (C:\tools\packaging\tropohouse.js:427:20)
at C:\tools\packaging\tropohouse.js:600:22
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:359:18
at [object Object]..extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:352:34
at [object Object].
.extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:350:23
at [object Object]..extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at Object.enterJob (C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:324:26)
at [object Object].
.extend.downloadPackagesMissingFromMap (C:\tools\packagi
ng\tropohouse.js:597:20)
at C:\tools\cli\main.js:462:30
at C:\tools\packaging\catalog\catalog.js:100:5
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:271:13
at [object Object]..extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:264:29
at [object Object].
.extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:262:18
at [object Object]..extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:253:23
at [object Object].
.extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at Object.capture (C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:252:19)
at Object.catalog.runAndRetryWithRefreshIfHelpful (C:\tools\packaging\catalo
g\catalog.js:99:31)
at C:\tools\cli\main.js:461:17
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:271:13
at [object Object]..extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:264:29
at [object Object].
.extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:262:18
at [object Object]..extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:253:23
at [object Object].
.extend.withValue (C:\tools\utils\fiber-helpers.js:89:14
)
at Object.capture (C:\tools\utils\buildmessage.js:252:19)
at C:\tools\cli\main.js:459:33
at [object Object]._.extend.withProgressDisplayVisible (C:\tools\console\con
sole.js:639:14)
at springboard (C:\tools\cli\main.js:458:11)
at C:\tools\cli\main.js:1126:5

How can I fix it? I’m really hoping the Meteor community can guide me to a fix, since I’d prefer not to have to re-write my site using a different platform…

Per @abernix’s advice in https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues/6631#issuecomment-246928850, try deleting %LOCALAPPDATA%\.meteor. If you still can’t figure it out I’d recommend creating an issue on https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues.

That’s the step which worries me. There should be no need to uninstall meteor before updating. Uninstalling can be tricky in that I’m not certain that (on Windows) everything that should be removed is removed. Personally, I’ve never had an issue updating Meteor on Windows (which I know isn’t exactly helpful :wink:).

@rahul’s advice is worth following.