"no disk" browse problem

9th December 2005, 17:05

Hello. I am getting this error message when I click the 'Browse' button on a MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY page:

"There is no disk in the drive. Please insert into drive \Device\Harddisk1\DR1."

It keeps popping up over and over again whenever D: is in the view.

- NSIS 2.11 on Windows 2000
- I have searched the forum and FAQ and cannot find a solution
- I have a ZIP drive installed, but haven't used it in years
- I have not had this problem with other Windows programs - only my installer
- I am not a 'native Windows' developer or user - maybe I don't understand something about Windows and users are used to this annoyance?

Secondary question: How do I change the text "Select the folder to install NNN in:" in the browse window?

Thank you for your help!

- Andy

Afrow UK · 9th December 2005, 17:36

Second question answer:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....69#post1821600
(a few topics down)

-Stu

9th December 2005, 18:21

Hey - thanks for the quick response. I tried this:

DirText "" "" "" "Select a directory for your projects."

And that worked great - except that it changed both MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY pages. How do I make it change just on my second MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY page?

Thanks!

- Andy

Afrow UK · 9th December 2005, 18:57

Oh sorry, I thought you meant for a custom InstallOptions page.
To change that text, I think you use !define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_TEXT_DESTINATION before each !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY.

-Stu

9th December 2005, 19:04

Quote:

To change that text, I think you use !define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_TEXT_DESTINATION before each !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY.

No - that changes the name of the frame around the path and browse button...

The previous solution would work if there were a way to set/save state of the DirText, but I don't think that can be done...

- Andy

Takhir · 10th December 2005, 05:54

First question may come from not existing default installation folder (wrong registry value or script default, 4.8.1.21 and 22 of Manual). You can check this using IfFileExists in the dir's page show function.

AndyM · 12th December 2005, 01:40

[Now that I have the registration thing sorted, I can reply...]

Takhir,

Thanks for the response. The directory definitely exists. I created the installer using EclipseNSIS and modified it for my project. I've checked the default dir and everything looks in order.

- Andy

AndyM · 19th December 2005, 16:45

[Bump]

Anyone have any thoughts on either issue?

Thanks.

- Andy

kichik · 20th December 2005, 17:32

Do you get that only with your installer? Does it happen with the NSIS paclage installer? Maybe it's some broken shell link that the browse dialog shows... If not, attach the script, not much can be said without it.

AndyM · 20th December 2005, 20:44

Quote:

Originally posted by kichik
Does it happen with the NSIS package installer?

Yes it happens with the NSIS installer as well. If I click Browse it comes up with C: open which takes up the whole viewing area. If I then scroll down, right when it's about to display the D: drive it starts giving me that error. I can click 'Cancel' to make it go away, but then whenever I move the scroll bar it comes up again if D: is visible in the viewing area.

- Andy

kichik · 23rd December 2005, 10:59

Does it happen with browse dialogs in other applications? I could call SetErrorMode to suppress the message, but I don't think that'd be the right thing to do in this case. Seems to me like something is wrong on your machine. Is the ZIP drive on D:? I have a ZIP drive, and I don't get this message when browsing for a folder. Maybe there's a driver problem that interferes with the detection of an inserted ZIP disk and causes this error.

Afrow UK · 23rd December 2005, 11:47

Try this. Just a small VB.NET app that will show a folder browse dialog and catch any errors made in a message box.

-Stu

AndyM · 23rd December 2005, 14:21

Thanks for the replies.

kichik - It does not happen in other browse dialogs that I can find. I've tried several installers and it seems like only the NSIS ones are choking. I really only use a handful of apps and haven't seen it within any of those either.

The ZIP drive is D: and I only started seeing this when I started with NSIS. It is certainly possible that it's a driver issue, although I have everything as up-to-date as possible.

Afrow UK - After finding and dowloading mscoree.dll [is this a .NET thing? - don't have it], I get the following when I run the program:

"The Application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022)..."

Thanks guys. If it's just me with the problem then that's OK. I would just hate to have a customer get this if it's a more general problem.

Happy Hanukkah/Happy Kwanzaa/Merry Christmas/Festive Festivus!

- Andy

Afrow UK · 23rd December 2005, 14:39

Have you got MS .NET Framework installed?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

-Stu

AndyM · 23rd December 2005, 14:47

Quote:

Originally posted by Afrow UK
Have you got MS .NET Framework installed?

No I don't. [And I don't really want to...]

Is it possible to build the test app without it?

- Andy

Afrow UK · 23rd December 2005, 14:52

No because it is written in VB.NET as I have already said.
You'll have to install it one day anyway because a hell of a lot of people are writing VB.NET, C# and C/C++ 7

-Stu

kichik · 23rd December 2005, 14:56

For the purpose of this simple test, you can run drwtsn32.exe and click on the first browse button. It uses the directory browsing dialog.

Even better, the Windows file find dialog has a browse button which uses the same method as well.

AndyM · 23rd December 2005, 15:39

Quote:

Originally posted by Afrow UK
No because it is written in VB.NET as I have already said.
You'll have to install it one day anyway because a hell of a lot of people are writing VB.NET, C# and C/C++ 7

Sorry - I obviously wasn't paying attention. I don't expect to have to install .NET stuff because I use the machine for only one thing: compiling/testing our Windows 2000 app.

kichik - the Windows find Browse dialog does not give me this error. I used "Search for Files or Folders..." and Look in: Browse. No problemo.

- Andy

kichik · 23rd December 2005, 17:08

Then it's probably the SHGetPathFromIDList call. The attached example should trigger the error message.

AndyM · 23rd December 2005, 21:33

kichik - I'm away from my PC for the next week or so. I will try it when I get back and let you know!

Thanks for the help.

- Andy

AndyM · 31st December 2005, 22:20

kichik - Yep - that test reproduces my problem.

- Andy

kichik · 3rd January 2006, 18:29

Great. Now lets see if SetErrorMode makes it go away.

AndyM · 3rd January 2006, 18:52

Nope - that didn't fix it.

- Andy

kichik · 3rd January 2006, 19:07

That's weird. I'm afraid there's nothing more I can do. SetErrorMode usually suffices. Did you try another driver?

AndyM · 3rd January 2006, 19:17

OK. Thanks for the help. I will try to find a new driver.

- Andy

AndyM · 4th January 2006, 18:49

FWIW I updated to the latest Iomega drivers and I still have the problem.

- Andy

kichik · 5th January 2006, 16:50

Maybe it's some background program?

AndyM · 6th January 2006, 16:11

I have a very simple setup. I have no idea how to track this down [remember I'm not a Windows guy :-)]. If I ever figure it out or it "Just Goes Away"(tm), I'll let you know here.

Thanks again.

- Andy

9th December 2005, 17:05	#1
AndyM Guest Posts: n/a	"no disk" browse problem Hello. I am getting this error message when I click the 'Browse' button on a MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY page: "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert into drive \Device\Harddisk1\DR1." It keeps popping up over and over again whenever D: is in the view. - NSIS 2.11 on Windows 2000 - I have searched the forum and FAQ and cannot find a solution - I have a ZIP drive installed, but haven't used it in years - I have not had this problem with other Windows programs - only my installer - I am not a 'native Windows' developer or user - maybe I don't understand something about Windows and users are used to this annoyance? Secondary question: How do I change the text "Select the folder to install NNN in:" in the browse window? Thank you for your help! - Andy

20th December 2005, 17:32	#9
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	Do you get that only with your installer? Does it happen with the NSIS paclage installer? Maybe it's some broken shell link that the browse dialog shows... If not, attach the script, not much can be said without it. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

23rd December 2005, 10:59	#11
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	Does it happen with browse dialogs in other applications? I could call SetErrorMode to suppress the message, but I don't think that'd be the right thing to do in this case. Seems to me like something is wrong on your machine. Is the ZIP drive on D:? I have a ZIP drive, and I don't get this message when browsing for a folder. Maybe there's a driver problem that interferes with the detection of an inserted ZIP disk and causes this error. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

23rd December 2005, 14:56	#17
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	For the purpose of this simple test, you can run drwtsn32.exe and click on the first browse button. It uses the directory browsing dialog. Even better, the Windows file find dialog has a browse button which uses the same method as well. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

3rd January 2006, 19:07	#24
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	That's weird. I'm afraid there's nothing more I can do. SetErrorMode usually suffices. Did you try another driver? NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

9th December 2005, 17:36	#2
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	Second question answer: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....69#post1821600 (a few topics down) -Stu

9th December 2005, 18:21	#3
AndyM Guest Posts: n/a	Hey - thanks for the quick response. I tried this: DirText "" "" "" "Select a directory for your projects." And that worked great - except that it changed both MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY pages. How do I make it change just on my second MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY page? Thanks! - Andy

9th December 2005, 18:57	#4
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	Oh sorry, I thought you meant for a custom InstallOptions page. To change that text, I think you use !define MUI_DIRECTORYPAGE_TEXT_DESTINATION before each !insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY. -Stu

10th December 2005, 05:54	#6
Takhir Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 1,222	First question may come from not existing default installation folder (wrong registry value or script default, 4.8.1.21 and 22 of Manual). You can check this using IfFileExists in the dir's page show function.

12th December 2005, 01:40	#7
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	[Now that I have the registration thing sorted, I can reply...] Takhir, Thanks for the response. The directory definitely exists. I created the installer using EclipseNSIS and modified it for my project. I've checked the default dir and everything looks in order. - Andy

19th December 2005, 16:45	#8
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	[Bump] Anyone have any thoughts on either issue? Thanks. - Andy

23rd December 2005, 14:21	#13
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	Thanks for the replies. kichik - It does not happen in other browse dialogs that I can find. I've tried several installers and it seems like only the NSIS ones are choking. I really only use a handful of apps and haven't seen it within any of those either. The ZIP drive is D: and I only started seeing this when I started with NSIS. It is certainly possible that it's a driver issue, although I have everything as up-to-date as possible. Afrow UK - After finding and dowloading mscoree.dll [is this a .NET thing? - don't have it], I get the following when I run the program: "The Application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022)..." Thanks guys. If it's just me with the problem then that's OK. I would just hate to have a customer get this if it's a more general problem. Happy Hanukkah/Happy Kwanzaa/Merry Christmas/Festive Festivus! - Andy

23rd December 2005, 14:39	#14
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	Have you got MS .NET Framework installed? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -Stu

23rd December 2005, 14:52	#16
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	No because it is written in VB.NET as I have already said. You'll have to install it one day anyway because a hell of a lot of people are writing VB.NET, C# and C/C++ 7 -Stu

23rd December 2005, 21:33	#20
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	kichik - I'm away from my PC for the next week or so. I will try it when I get back and let you know! Thanks for the help. - Andy

31st December 2005, 22:20	#21
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	kichik - Yep - that test reproduces my problem. - Andy

3rd January 2006, 18:52	#23
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	Nope - that didn't fix it. - Andy

3rd January 2006, 19:17	#25
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	OK. Thanks for the help. I will try to find a new driver. - Andy

4th January 2006, 18:49	#26
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	FWIW I updated to the latest Iomega drivers and I still have the problem. - Andy

5th January 2006, 16:50	#27
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	Maybe it's some background program? NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

6th January 2006, 16:11	#28
AndyM Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 18	I have a very simple setup. I have no idea how to track this down [remember I'm not a Windows guy :-)]. If I ever figure it out or it "Just Goes Away"(tm), I'll let you know here. Thanks again. - Andy

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