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soliscjw

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Message 5117 - Posted: 25 Jul 2006, 22:36:25 UTC

I am running Windows XP service pack 2 and when I tried to install 5.4.9 I get this error message
"The path 'C:/WINDOWS/Downloaded Installations/{e80F6050-46CC-9DB6-F3E407E3E086}/Boinc.msi' cannot be found. Verify that you have access to this location and try again, or try to find the installation pakage 'BOINC.msi' in a folder from which you can install the product BOINC." what can solve this issue?
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Bob Guy

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Message 5119 - Posted: 26 Jul 2006, 7:06:48 UTC - in response to Message 5117.  


"The path 'C:/WINDOWS/Downloaded Installations/{e80F6050-46CC-9DB6-F3E407E3E086}/Boinc.msi' cannot be found.

Easiest solution is to re-install 5.2.13 (if that's what you previously were running) then install 5.4.9 on top of 5.2.13 - and I mean that you do not manually uninstall 5.2.13, just let 5.4.9 do the uninstall of the previous version. The file 5.4.9 is looking for is from 5.2.13 and has been removed.

NOTE: you do not need to actually fully install 5.2.13 - just 'fake' an install by cancelling the 5.2.13 install at the first dialog. At that time the file you need for 5.4.9 has been put in place - you can look for it at this point to verify it is there. Then just install 5.4.9 as you would normally.

When you are done installing 5.4.9 you can remove the folder named '{E80F...' since you won't need it again. There will also be another folder added by the 5.4.9 install which I also removed. If the folder is needed again you can create a new one by doing another 'fake' install. For this reason I always keep a copy of the most recent downloaded install file. I don't know if the next Boinc client after 5.4.9 will have this same problem.

Both of these folders are considered to be temporary and this is actually an error in the 5.4.9 installer. The installer shouldn't look in the temporary folders for uninstall information.
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Roelof

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Message 5396 - Posted: 20 Aug 2006, 23:50:04 UTC - in response to Message 5119.  

"The path 'C:/WINDOWS/Downloaded Installations/ {e80F6050-46CC-9DB6-F3E407E3E086}/Boinc.msi' cannot be found.


NOTE: you do not need to actually fully install 5.2.13 - just 'fake' an install by cancelling the 5.2.13 install at the first dialog. At that time the file you need for [old version} has been put in place. Then just install 5.4.9 as you would normally.


[using boinc on windows xp sp2]

Stil the same happend to me, when upgrading from 5.4.9 to 5.4.11. The installation of the new version over the old one failed with the same message. I needed the old MSI and created it by starting the installation of the old version again (and just stopped it after the first screens). It placed the old MSI in the right directory. Then i could manually uninstall the old version and reinstall the new version and all went OK. No WS lost and so.
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David F. Habell

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Message 6365 - Posted: 9 Nov 2006, 1:26:10 UTC - in response to Message 5119.  


"The path 'C:/WINDOWS/Downloaded Installations/{e80F6050-46CC-9DB6-F3E407E3E086}/Boinc.msi' cannot be found.

Easiest solution is to re-install 5.2.13 (if that's what you previously were running) then install 5.4.9 on top of 5.2.13 - and I mean that you do not manually uninstall 5.2.13, just let 5.4.9 do the uninstall of the previous version. The file 5.4.9 is looking for is from 5.2.13 and has been removed.

NOTE: you do not need to actually fully install 5.2.13 - just 'fake' an install by cancelling the 5.2.13 install at the first dialog. At that time the file you need for 5.4.9 has been put in place - you can look for it at this point to verify it is there. Then just install 5.4.9 as you would normally.

When you are done installing 5.4.9 you can remove the folder named '{E80F...' since you won't need it again. There will also be another folder added by the 5.4.9 install which I also removed. If the folder is needed again you can create a new one by doing another 'fake' install. For this reason I always keep a copy of the most recent downloaded install file. I don't know if the next Boinc client after 5.4.9 will have this same problem.

Both of these folders are considered to be temporary and this is actually an error in the 5.4.9 installer. The installer shouldn't look in the temporary folders for uninstall information.


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David F. Habell

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Message 6366 - Posted: 9 Nov 2006, 1:26:51 UTC

This solution worked for me.

Thank you
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