[Beta] installer bug

[ts4242]

installer locates "wincmd.ini" inside Windows directory even if you specified the program directory while installing.

1- delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ghisler" key.
2- delete "wincmd.ini" & "wcx_ftp.ini" from windows directory if they exist.
3- run TC installer
4- press "Change ini file location" button and select Program directory option.
5- complete the installer.
6- run TC
go to Help> About... you will see that the ini file are located in Windows directory not the program directory as you specified while installing.
also open Registry editor and go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ghisler\Total Commander" and you will not find these values "IniFileName" & "FtpIniName"

BTW: if there was "wincmd.ini" inside Windows directory while installing this file will copy inside the TC folder and the 2 registry values will created.

My OS is WinME

[Sheepdog]

Not confirmed here under XP SP2.

Maybe there is still the Reg-key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ghisler\Total Commander\
??

Or you run TC with a link withh commandline parameters?

sheepdog

[ts4242]

Maybe there is still the Reg-key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ghisler\Total Commander\
??

I don't have "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Ghisler" key

Or you run TC with a link withh commandline parameters?

No, just double click from Windows explorer.

[Gral]

Not confirmed on Win 98 SE

[Sir_SiLvA]

My OS is WinME

[OT]Sorry but WinME was NEVER a OS it was just a "frickelei" between 98SE and 2000 [/OT]

[JohnFredC]

Public Beta 2, WinXP SP2


This may not be related to the beta... I had to install TC from scratch lately due to disk failure but my key is not working.

I have uninstalled TC, cleared all Ghisler entries from the registry, reinstalled, no luck. Tried all of the INIRELOC options, no luck.

Note that TC does properly locate my INI files which are in the same folder as the key.

Here are the nodes in the registry I have deleted before reinstalling TC:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ghisler
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1275210071-299502267-725345543-1003\Software\Ghisler

Is there some other registry string I should search for besides "ghisler"???

[ts4242]

Here are the correct steps to reproduce

1- delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ghisler" key.
2- delete "wincmd.ini" & "wcx_ftp.ini" from windows directory if they exist.
3- run TC installer and install inside new folder not inside current installation.
4- press "Change ini file location" button and select Program directory option.
5- press "Next"
6- press "Next"
7- press "Back"
8- press "Back"
9- press "Change ini file location" again but don't change anything.
10- press "Next"
11- press "Next"
12- press "Next"

now run TC and go to Help> About... you will see that the ini file are located in Windows directory not the program directory as you specified while installing.
also open Registry editor and go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ghisler\Total Commander" and you will not find these values "IniFileName" & "FtpIniName"

[Sheepdog]

Confirmed.

4- press "Change ini file location" button and select Program directory option.
5- press "Next"
6- press "Next"
7- press "Back"
8- press "Back"
9- press "Change ini file location" again but don't change anything.
10- press "Next"
11- press "Next"
12- press "Next"

This way the change of ini-file location fails, because there is no Reg-Key created.


sheepdog

[ghisler(Author)]

I will check that, thanks. I cannot guarantee that it will be in TC 6.54 final, though. The installer has not been changed for years, and apparently no one ever had this problem...

[ts4242]

the same bug occur also if you select "User-defined directory" option in step 4
i cannot test now with "Documents and settings" option because i'm working under WinME

[ts4242]

belong to the same bug:
if the check box "Set this location for all users on this system" is checked when you go back you will find it unchecked.

[Sheepdog]

belong to the same bug:
if the check box "Set this location for all users on this system" is checked when you go back you will find it unchecked.

This seems rather consistent to me as TC-Installer apparently resets all values to default if you switch back to the 'change ini-file location' window.

But this is the only checkbox that actually displays the 'reset state'.

But I agree that it would be desirable that the Installer remembers all settings made on this dialog.

BTW even if I go back, change from Programdir to any other option and back to Programdir there is no Reg-key created.

sheepdog

[ghisler(Author)]

I found the problem - TC resets the variable "anything changed in location options" to false, so no settings are saved.

[ghisler(Author)]

2ts4242
I have corrected this error in the installer now. If you want, you can try the new installer now:
https://plugins.ghisler.com/beta/install.exe.zip

This contains just the new install.exe, which you can put in tcm32pb2.exe by opening tcm32pb2.exe with Ctrl+PageDown and then copying the install.exe to it.

Thanks again for your bug report!

[Sheepdog]

seems to work fine now.

sheepdog