installing to Windows\Temp....Why?

[richie]

Someone is ringing me up with a problem. I wouldn't mind so much, but I designed the program.

After going through the problem over the phone, it seems that not all .dlls are installed in the Windows\System folder. Insread, they're going into the Windows\Temp folder? Why is this? Lack of hard drive space? How can I solve it, please, as it's urgent.

Thanks!

[Aaron Young]

Have you checked the Script you used with the Package & Deployment Wizard or Setup Wizard to make sure your Destination Paths are Correct for each file you install?

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Aaron Young
Analyst Programmer
aarony@redwingsoftware.com
adyoung@win.bright.net

[richie]

Thanks Aaron.

Yes. I've made sure that all my files, when building my setup program, go into the Windows System folder.

It's only some files that go into the Temp directory. Part of the requirement of my program is that the user has to have Real Player. It's included on my CD-ROM. And it seems that the Real Player .dll is going into the Temp folder - not the System folder, as it did when I was testing my App.

Any ideas?

Thanks again.

[Aaron Young]

Are your Installable Files in CAB Files?
If so, I would assume, (I'm not 100% Sure), that the Files would be extract from the CAB File on the CD and Placed Temporarily in the TEMP Folder Location, from their the Date Comparison of the file with any pre-existing file(s) in the Destination folder would be done, before finally moving the file to it's destination, in this case the System Folder.

If the paths in your setup are correct, the only thing I can think of is maybe the File you include is currupt or the final copy process is failing, perhaps a file exists and is Read-Only/In-Use on the Destination PC.

In the case of Realplayer, I'd make sure they have closed all their Apps before installing, even then some DLLs can remain in memory, and they may need to remove their Startup Icons, Reboot and then Install to prevent the DLLs getting loaded.


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Aaron Young
Analyst Programmer
aarony@redwingsoftware.com
adyoung@win.bright.net

[richie]

Aaron,

Just for your information, after spending a late night browsing around, I found that my problem is an occurrence that sometimes happens with Real Player. The RAOCX32.dll gets installed in some weird place and has to be registered manually by typing in 'Run' :
regsvr32 C:/windows/temp/raocx32.dll.

So that's it!

Thanks for your help.