OPERATION FLASHPOINT!! (not about 1.4)

ok, i need some advice from you guys, im trying to just upgrade my warzed version of operation flashpoint game 1.00 to 1.20 then to 1.30. i dumped the patches and rebuilt them, then i cut n pasted them into the flashpoint directory. but when i run the fixed version of the patch it gives me this error "operation flashpoint is not installed on your computer or the installation is corrupt" is thier a certain way i have to install them or what?