New 1.7 release setup does not run on WinNT

[Jerry DeLisle]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 09:20:11AM -0800, Jerry DeLisle wrote:
>> Jerry DeLisle wrote:
>>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 07:57:37AM -0800, Jerry DeLisle wrote:
>>>>> I have been using the 1.7 beta without any issues up until the 
>>>>> official release.  I try to run 1.7.1 setup and nothing happens, it 
>>>>> just exits without even opening a window.
>>>>>
>>>>> Trying to run the previous version of setup works until it encounters 
>>>>> setup.ini which no longer matches the version.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>> We need more details.  What is "WinNT"?  NT 3.5?  NT 4.0?  Windows 2000?
>>>>
>>> NT 4.0 Workstation.
>>>
>>> Jerry
>> I am going to try a completely fresh install.  I have nothing to lose.
> 
> Hold off.  I'm fixing setup.exe now.
> 
> (But I have to wonder how a completely fresh install is going to work if you
> can't run setup.exe)
> 

To make sure there was not something else I did stupid like trash permissions or 
have a duplicate  dll file in there.  However, if you have already discovered 
the problem, I will hold off.

Jerry


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