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Re: Decompression errors on Windows 8

Brandon,

Yes, you can't write to protected Windows areas (e.g. the "Program Files" folder tree, the Windows folder tree, the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry branch, etc.) from a non-elevated running "asInvoker" manifested application. In other words, you can only do "per-user" operations from your install, not any "per-machine" task. You can't register OCX files, you can't write to the standard "Program Files" folder or the Windows folder, you can't add machine-wide uninstall entries, etc. You need a standard "requireAdministrator" manifested setup to handle this.

Friedrich

Re: Decompression errors on Windows 8

Hi Friedrich,

Thanks for the information! I did figure my issue out shortly after I created the thread. My issue ended up being caused by my installer trying to place a file in the Windows folder on a Windows 8 machine. Once I stopped trying to place the file into the Windows folder, decompression errors stopped. I noticed it always referenced the same file in my installer for the decompression error and removed it. So apparently Windows 8 does not like installing files into the Windows directory, or at least not for me. I run as invoker, would that be why? Anyways, thanks for your help as always,

Brandon

Re: Decompression errors on Windows 8

BTW, here are some interesting "decompression error" threads:

http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?p=69313
http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?p=68845
http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?p=65597
http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?p=62330
http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32104

Friedrich

Re: Decompression errors on Windows 8

Brandon,

This is not related to a SetupBuilder issue. If you can provide the error code (I think it's not really a decompression error but a file access / shared file error returned from the decompression library) then I can tell you exactly what causes this in your project. BTW, make sure that you code-sign your application files and installer executable. And enable the archive integrity check to make sure that they have received/downloaded the complete install file. You can also send your .sb8 project file and we'll review it for you to see if you are doing something wrong.

Friedrich

Decompression errors on Windows 8

Hi There,

I have a client update installer that workstations run to update their local client software. My installer simply copies files from the server driver to the local disk.

This installer is on 120+ customers. Customers running Windows 7 or XP never have an issue. Customers running Windows 8 receives decompression errors on half of the workstations in office. I have tried running it as administrator and turning off antivirus but it still happens. Have you seen anything similar to this before? Thanks,

Brandon