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vfp 9 on a Windows 7 machine
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Dan Freeman
Programmer
Can you describe "stops"? Is there an error message? (It might just tell you what's wrong. 
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I'm running VFP9 on Win7 with no problem.
)I'm running VFP9 on Win7 with no problem.
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well, let see, I run the setup and the first window says:
Install Visual FoxPro
After that another window pops saying "Install Prerequisites"
(the other options are disabled until you do this)
It then shows running the "thermometer" till the end, but it seems at the end "stops" running (although it says is installing....) when finally ends, it says "Failed to install"
that's all
I can run it over and over and it will do the same thing. I restarted the machine couple of times, but that's not the problem.
Does VFP be installed in a 64-bit machine?
Install Visual FoxPro
After that another window pops saying "Install Prerequisites"
(the other options are disabled until you do this)
It then shows running the "thermometer" till the end, but it seems at the end "stops" running (although it says is installing....) when finally ends, it says "Failed to install"
that's all
I can run it over and over and it will do the same thing. I restarted the machine couple of times, but that's not the problem.
Does VFP be installed in a 64-bit machine?
Are you running it as administrator?
Also, I would avoid installing it in the 'Program Files' folder. I installed VFP 9 on my W7 32 bit box just fine in a "C:\vfp9" folder.
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Even more Fox stuff at:
Also, I would avoid installing it in the 'Program Files' folder. I installed VFP 9 on my W7 32 bit box just fine in a "C:\vfp9" folder.
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Even more Fox stuff at:
Dan Freeman
Programmer
Agree you should run the installer as administrator.
Note that in Windows Vista and later a user in the Administrators group is NOT the same as running as administrator. (Long discussion. Just run it as administrator.)
Note that in Windows Vista and later a user in the Administrators group is NOT the same as running as administrator. (Long discussion. Just run it as administrator.)
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ok, I run it as an administrator and still the same. Here is the window I get
Nigel Gomm
Programmer
Look in Windows' Event Viewer for error messages.
Control Panel/Administrative tools.
nigel
Control Panel/Administrative tools.
nigel
Olaf Doschke
Programmer
Login as local Administrator, Rightclick on the setup.exe in the /Setup/ subfolder of the disc and choose "Run as Administrator" from there.
AFAIR VFP9's setup is needing Version 2.0 of Windows Installer (
That's was the Version of Windows Installer on WinXP without SP. I didn't need to downgrade this to install VFP9 on Vista, so Windows Installer 4.0 should also be ok. Maybe 5.0, which comes with Win7 is a problem.
But why not simply start the VFP9 setup manually, just go into the /Setup/ subfolder of the disc, IIRC that's the VFP9 setup. The correct MSI version probably isn't all that important and may only be needed, if you install via the autorun setup menu thingy.
You should consider manually installing the Soap Toolkit+SDK, as that installs the right MSXML Versions to make the Task Pane usable and several XML Functions (XMLTOCURSOR) and classes (XMLAdapter).
Bye, Olaf.
AFAIR VFP9's setup is needing Version 2.0 of Windows Installer (
That's was the Version of Windows Installer on WinXP without SP. I didn't need to downgrade this to install VFP9 on Vista, so Windows Installer 4.0 should also be ok. Maybe 5.0, which comes with Win7 is a problem.
But why not simply start the VFP9 setup manually, just go into the /Setup/ subfolder of the disc, IIRC that's the VFP9 setup. The correct MSI version probably isn't all that important and may only be needed, if you install via the autorun setup menu thingy.
You should consider manually installing the Soap Toolkit+SDK, as that installs the right MSXML Versions to make the Task Pane usable and several XML Functions (XMLTOCURSOR) and classes (XMLAdapter).
Bye, Olaf.
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