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slatera

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Installation failure media centre 14 windows vista
« on: November 14, 2009, 07:10:37 pm »

I have been unable to install MC on a laptop with Windows Vista home edition. At the end of the installation, windows opened a window called 'windows compatibility assistant' suggesting that windows had detected a problem but the compatibility assistant did not fix the problem. The installation program runs to completion but when I open MC, a window starts to open then closes immediately. I have tried installing with firewalls turned off but this doesn't help.

Thanks for assistance
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Re: Installation failure media centre 14 windows vista
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2009, 07:43:51 pm »

Do you have admin rights?
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Re: Installation failure media centre 14 windows vista
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2009, 09:42:30 pm »

yep I log in as an administrator
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Re: Installation failure media centre 14 windows vista
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2009, 09:47:46 pm »

I don't know what the problem may be.  Please try rebooting.  Try uninstalling and reinstalling.
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slatera

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Re: Installation failure media centre 14 windows vista
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2009, 08:24:17 am »

Hmm. I tried that but it didn't work either, I can't uninstall the program either, If i run uninstall from the start menu / all programs / j.river media center 14 / uninstall OR from the control panel the same thing happens as when I try and open media center ie he uninstall doesn't run either. Reboot didn't help.

Any other ideas?

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Re: Installation failure media centre 14 windows vista
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2009, 08:38:07 am »

Try finding the exe file and change the compatibility.  Maybe Vista made a mistake.  MC doesn't require any compatibility mode.

Download the latest from our site and install it.
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Re: Installation failure media centre 14 windows vista
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2009, 07:06:19 pm »

still no joy

I changed the compatibility of the istall program and reinstalled it. The I changed the compatibility of media centre14.exe using the windows program compatibility wizard, Still the same symptom - opens and closes immediately

Do you have any othe suggestion?
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Re: Installation failure media centre 14 windows vista
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2009, 07:10:24 pm »

I don't have any ideas at the moment.  There is another similar problem here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=54869.0

I'll merge that thread with this one tomorrow.
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