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More => Old Versions => Media Center 13 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: fidelio on December 14, 2008, 05:57:31 am

Title: Portable install fails
Post by: fidelio on December 14, 2008, 05:57:31 am

I have upraded 2 months ago from MC12.

Now I try to install a "portable install' from my Laptop running Vista on an external USB hard drive - and get the following failure:
"FAILURE COPYING LICENSE
Install Wizard can only perform a portable install if you have a valid license on this machine"

MC13 on my laptop appears to have a proper license. I also did a reboot, no success.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

PS: on my USB disk is already a portable install, with older MC13beta, installed from another PC with WinXp.

Title: Re: Portable install fails
Post by: Mr ChriZ on December 14, 2008, 07:02:29 am

Have you tried upgrading the local copy of MC13 first?

Title: Re: Portable install fails
Post by: fidelio on December 14, 2008, 11:38:37 am

That was a good hint, didn't think of that.

In the portable copy, I chose "Help - Check for Updates", but since it is MC 13.0.62 installed, Update says there are no newer versions available.

Issue is that I had immediate MC crashes when I connected that USB drive to my laptop at work and started to play a file.
Now I have backed up a New library, transferred that to the USB drive and restored it into the portable copy. Looks like the crashes are gone.

Title: Re: Portable install fails
Post by: JimH on December 14, 2008, 11:41:16 am

Portable Install is broken in the latest builds.

Title: Re: Portable install fails
Post by: fidelio on December 14, 2008, 11:46:26 am

Thanks, this saves me time!

Hope it will work again in some future version. :D

Title: Re: Portable install fails
Post by: Mr ChriZ on December 14, 2008, 04:43:23 pm

That's strange it's working ok here!