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Re: Problems installing Eu 3.0.2

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> May 23, 2007
• 516 views

Hi Ken,

you wrote:

<snip>

> Hi Juergen,
> 
> On my system: 
> 
>    temp = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp 
>    tmp  = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp
> 
> The "autoexec.bat" file is empty

OK, this is equivalent to the settings on my system.

> I tried the following under a "cmd.exe" console: 
> 
>    Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>    (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
> 
>    C:\Documents and Settings\Ken>echo %tmp%
>    C:\DOCUME~1\Ken\Local Settings\Temp
> 
>    C:\Documents and Settings\Ken>echo %temp%
>    C:\DOCUME~1\Ken\Local Settings\Temp

On my system, I get the following:

| Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
| (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
|
| c:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Juergen>echo %tmp%
| C:\DOKUME~1\Juergen\LOKALE~1\Temp
|
| c:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Juergen>echo %temp%
| C:\DOKUME~1\Juergen\LOKALE~1\Temp

> Under a "command.com" console I got:
> 
>    Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
>    (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
> 
>    C:\DOCUME~1\KEN>echo %tmp%
>    C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
> 
>    C:\DOCUME~1\KEN>echo %temp%
>    C:\WINDOWS\TEMP

This is equivalent to what I get on my system.


Conclusion:

There is a difference of the values of %TEMP% (and %TMP%, respectively)
between your and my "cmd.exe" console. While I get a proper short
filename:
| C:\DOKUME~1\Juergen\LOKALE~1\Temp

you get a mixture of a short and a long filename:
| C:\DOCUME~1\Ken\Local Settings\Temp

Since this name contains a blank, and your previous post indicated that
the setup program can't handle the blank properly, I think here might be
the problem. I have no idea what could be the underlying cause of the
problem, but hopefully it can be solved anyway.

I suggest you try the following:
On
My Comuter -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> Variables
   for <user>
change the values of %TEMP% and %TMP%, so that they both contain a _short_
filename. As far as I can see it should be:
   %USERPROFILE%\LOCAL~1\Temp
You can use the program <http://luethje.eu/prog/get_sfn.exe> to get the
actual short name.

After entering the short names, at least log out and log in again the
current user, or maybe it's necessary to reboot the computer, I'm not
sure. After that, I think there is actually a good chance that your
Euphoria installation will run flawlessly.

Regards,
   Juergen