Logtalk 3.56 application installation issue.

[deviAshokkumar]

I am validating the LogTalk3.5.6.exe application silently , but however I can see below error message during silent installation for the first time.

Parameters are used below but still I can see the error.

"" /SP- /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOX /NORESTART

Also however for uninstallation , it is going to user documents folder where as installed with admin Or upon installing with system context it is installing in system profile.

Could you please help me to provide install and uninstallation instructions with command line for silent, that would be helpful to me to validate.

Regards,
Ashok

[pmoura]

You didn't include the error message... From your mail yesterday:

Failed to expand shell folder constant "userdocs"

Doing some search in this error, it seems the issue may be due to a Windows setup where the "My Documents" folder either doesn't exist or is relocated to a network drive. Can you confirm?

It would also help to know which Windows version are you using and under which user is the installer being run.

[deviAshokkumar]

I am using windows 10 operating system and using admin user with system context.

Please check the image and help me on this.

[pmoura]

Does your admin user have a local "My Documents" folder?

[deviAshokkumar]

Yes, Of course. My understanding is while extracting the files during install, it is giving below error in log file.

Log file:

2022-07-08 15:13:52.198 Log opened. (Time zone: UTC+05:30)
2022-07-08 15:13:52.198 Setup version: Inno Setup version 6.2.0
2022-07-08 15:13:52.198 Original Setup EXE: C:\temp2\logtalk-3.56.0.exe
2022-07-08 15:13:52.198 Setup command line: /SL5="$40382,10536813,831488,C:\temp2\logtalk-3.56.0.exe" /SP- /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /LOG="C:\Temp\Install1.log"
2022-07-08 15:13:52.198 Windows version: 10.0.19044 (NT platform: Yes)
2022-07-08 15:13:52.198 64-bit Windows: Yes
2022-07-08 15:13:52.198 Processor architecture: x64
2022-07-08 15:13:52.198 User privileges: Administrative
2022-07-08 15:13:52.245 Administrative install mode: Yes
2022-07-08 15:13:52.245 Install mode root key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
2022-07-08 15:13:52.261 64-bit install mode: No
2022-07-08 15:13:52.276 Created temporary directory: C:\Windows\TEMP\is-D4LJ9.tmp
2022-07-08 15:13:53.104 Warning: SHGetFolderPath failed with code 0x80070002 on folder 0x8005
2022-07-08 15:13:53.104 InitializeWizard raised an exception (fatal).
2022-07-08 15:13:53.104 Exception message:
2022-07-08 15:13:53.104 Defaulting to OK for suppressed message box (OK):
Runtime error (at 48:2857):

                      Internal error: Failed to expand shell folder constant "userdocs"

2022-07-08 15:13:53.104 Deinitializing Setup.
2022-07-08 15:13:53.104 Log closed.

[pmoura]

Assuming my understanding of system context is correct (I'm not a regular Windows user), the installer cannot perform the default full installation when run in this context, hence the error. Try using /COMPONENTS="base".

[deviAshokkumar]

You mean try with : /COMPONENTS="base" /SP- /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /LOG="C:\Temp\Install1.log" with full command line?

[pmoura]

Yes.

[deviAshokkumar]

It seems to be not working, below is log file.

2022-07-08 15:28:47.488 Log opened. (Time zone: UTC+05:30)
2022-07-08 15:28:47.488 Setup version: Inno Setup version 6.2.0
2022-07-08 15:28:47.488 Original Setup EXE: C:\temp2\logtalk-3.56.0.exe
2022-07-08 15:28:47.488 Setup command line: /SL5="$305FA,10536813,831488,C:\temp2\logtalk-3.56.0.exe" /COMPONENTS="base" /SP- /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /LOG="C:\Temp\Install1.log"
2022-07-08 15:28:47.488 Windows version: 10.0.19044 (NT platform: Yes)
2022-07-08 15:28:47.488 64-bit Windows: Yes
2022-07-08 15:28:47.488 Processor architecture: x64
2022-07-08 15:28:47.488 User privileges: Administrative
2022-07-08 15:28:47.535 Administrative install mode: Yes
2022-07-08 15:28:47.535 Install mode root key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
2022-07-08 15:28:47.535 64-bit install mode: No
2022-07-08 15:28:47.535 Created temporary directory: C:\Windows\TEMP\is-3IT1H.tmp
2022-07-08 15:28:48.316 Warning: SHGetFolderPath failed with code 0x80070002 on folder 0x8005
2022-07-08 15:28:48.316 InitializeWizard raised an exception (fatal).
2022-07-08 15:28:48.316 Exception message:
2022-07-08 15:28:48.316 Defaulting to OK for suppressed message box (OK):
Runtime error (at 48:2857):

                      Internal error: Failed to expand shell folder constant "userdocs"

2022-07-08 15:28:48.316 Deinitializing Setup.
2022-07-08 15:28:48.332 Log closed.

[pmoura]

It seems then that running the installer in system context is not possible without changes to the installer itself. The installer currently requires to be run by the final user (which can be an admin user).

[deviAshokkumar]

But we would like to test the app using system context, since we may push the app to the end users. Any alternative solution?

[pmoura]

Not that I'm aware. For now, you will need to validate the installer without using system context, running it with either an admin user or a non-privileged user. But I'm open to pull request with fixes/improvements to the installer.