[xep-support] Re: Docbench install fails on Windows 7

This may help
Right click on bat file ->Properties ->Compatibility -> under Privilege Level section checked "Run this program as an administrator"

-----Original Message-----
From: xep-support-bounces@renderx.com [mailto:xep-support-bounces@renderx.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Brown
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 1:39 PM
To: 'Mark Giffin'; 'RenderX Community Support List'
Subject: [xep-support] Re: Docbench install fails on Windows 7

Mark:

1) Yes, when you run as administrator then Windows automatically starts in the directory System32 so you need to execute a changedir to get to your install JAR folder/bat folder (or use absolute pathing).

2) Not sure what you mean here ... how would you get the command prompt in the first place? Just run the command prompt as administrator (Start->Command Prompt (right click this and choose run as administrator).

There are also other ways such as creating a manifest file and placing in the same directory which indicates that the BAT requires admin rights ... or as I do, I take ownership of the Program Files/RenderX directory using my login ID. This is a much better solution in the long run as you will find that if you make frequent edits to files such as xep.xml, Windows will block you from saving locally any file edit as it will exist under program files.
You will need to save the file elsewhere and copy into that directory (and of course respond to that prompt .... yes you want to change it ...).

For this method (assuming this like a personal machine in which you can make such edits to permissions) ... navigate to the RenderX install directory and right click it. Select Security tab and then the "Advanced" button. Select the "Owner" tab and change the over to your personal ID and not "Adminstrators" Group.

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Giffin [mailto:mgiffin@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 10:32 AM
To: kevin@renderx.com; RenderX Community Support List
Subject: Re: [xep-support] Re: Docbench install fails on Windows 7

Thanks Kevin, I figured it would be a permissions thing. I made a batch file and it worked. Because it started in some system dir, I first had to cd to the right dir. I added a pause so the command window would stay open so I could see what was going on.

cd C:\Users\markj\Downloads
java -jar setup-4.19-20110304-docbench.jar pause

Thanks for my Windows 7 lesson. Windows is just like unix now!

By the way, I right-clicked on my .bat file and chose "Run as administrator". Do you know of a way to do this same thing from a command line so it could be automated?

Mark

On 4/28/2011 11:35 PM, Kevin Brown wrote:
> Mark:
>
> You must run the install as an administrator. How are you installing
> the software? For a JAR? If so, create a .bat file and then put the
> command
line
> to that JAR in the .bat file. Select the .bat file and run as
administrator.
>
> Kevin Brown
> RenderX
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xep-support-bounces@renderx.com
> [mailto:xep-support-bounces@renderx.com] On Behalf Of Mark Giffin
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 11:28 PM
> To: xep-support@renderx.com
> Subject: [xep-support] Docbench install fails on Windows 7
>
> I'm installing xep/docbench on Windows 7 using the installer jar. I
> get the beginning dialog, choose options, go to the next 2 screens,
> then as it starts to install I get an error message saying
>
> "Installation failed. The problem source is: C:\Program
> Files\RenderX\XEP\doc\.css\topic.css The system cannot find the path
> specified."
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>

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