Very strange error

CharlesB2 · 11th December 2006, 16:35

Hello,

A guy installing my software installer has a very strange error:

The installation fails, and the output window shows some strange characters as path separators!! See screen copy

The guy tells me that he has WinXP SP2, english version...
My installer is built with NSIS 2.20, and has been successfully tested on several different machines...
Does anyone have an idea of what can happen?

Thank you very much,

Charles

Red Wine · 11th December 2006, 17:17

Obviously it has nothing to do with the installer.
Probably should be an error on target's environment.

demiller9 · 11th December 2006, 20:47

I think those are chinese currency symbols. I've seen japanese currency symbols replace the backslash, but it never interferes with the installer or operation of anything.

I think the file error is probably unrelated to those characters.

Don

onad · 12th December 2006, 11:51

1)
Try to put delimiters around the paths you install to e.g. "C:\whaterver here\and here"

2)
Convert the files and paths to Shortpaths before you install the files

3)
Use NSIS 2.22 with special build (LOGGING compiled in) and analyze the log file.

4)
Make a small tryout script to analyse the core issue if this case.

These tips just MIGHT help, you never know and it is worth a try.

11th December 2006, 16:35	#1
CharlesB2 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Orsay, France Posts: 10	Very strange error Hello, A guy installing my software installer has a very strange error: The installation fails, and the output window shows some strange characters as path separators!! See screen copy The guy tells me that he has WinXP SP2, english version... My installer is built with NSIS 2.20, and has been successfully tested on several different machines... Does anyone have an idea of what can happen? Thank you very much, Charles

11th December 2006, 17:17	#2
Red Wine Forum King Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ath. GR Posts: 2,078	Obviously it has nothing to do with the installer. Probably should be an error on target's environment. Quick AVI Creator - Quick and easy convert from DVD/MPEG/AVI/MKV to AVI/MP4/MKV Quick AVI Creator entirely edited with NSIS and entirely upgraded to Unicode NSIS

12th December 2006, 11:51	#4
onad Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Turkey Posts: 447	1) Try to put delimiters around the paths you install to e.g. "C:\whaterver here\and here" 2) Convert the files and paths to Shortpaths before you install the files 3) Use NSIS 2.22 with special build (LOGGING compiled in) and analyze the log file. 4) Make a small tryout script to analyse the core issue if this case. These tips just MIGHT help, you never know and it is worth a try. "Just do it"

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11th December 2006, 20:47	#3
demiller9 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dallas Posts: 442	I think those are chinese currency symbols. I've seen japanese currency symbols replace the backslash, but it never interferes with the installer or operation of anything. I think the file error is probably unrelated to those characters. Don