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Dave Sexton
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Hi everyone,
I've created an open source project called DocProject
(http://www.codeplex.com/DocProject) for which I've used IExpress to package
a setup bootstrapper with a Windows Installer file (.msi).
This blog article explains how it was done:
From Setup and Deployment To Self-Extracting Installer
http://davesexton.com/blog/blogs/bl...upAndDeploymentToSelfExtractingInstaller.aspx
A user has recently reported that on Windows 2000 they get an error
indicating that the .exe produced by IExpress is not a valid Win32 program.
In the properties window it states that the program is a "Win32 Cabinet
Self-Extractor".
The user has tried running the program on two different Windows 2000
machines with the same results.
I've tested the executable on Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
without having any problems. I also searched the web for information about
any incompatibility between IExpress and Window 2000 but I've come up empty
handed.
I used the version of IExpress (2.0) that ships with Vista to build the
..exe, but the user stated that they have IExpress on their Windows 2000
machine and it's 2.0 as well.
Anybody have any idea why the .exe doesn't work on Windows 2000 and how to
resolve this issue?
Thanks for your help.
--
Dave Sexton
http://davesexton.com/blog
I've created an open source project called DocProject
(http://www.codeplex.com/DocProject) for which I've used IExpress to package
a setup bootstrapper with a Windows Installer file (.msi).
This blog article explains how it was done:
From Setup and Deployment To Self-Extracting Installer
http://davesexton.com/blog/blogs/bl...upAndDeploymentToSelfExtractingInstaller.aspx
A user has recently reported that on Windows 2000 they get an error
indicating that the .exe produced by IExpress is not a valid Win32 program.
In the properties window it states that the program is a "Win32 Cabinet
Self-Extractor".
The user has tried running the program on two different Windows 2000
machines with the same results.
I've tested the executable on Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
without having any problems. I also searched the web for information about
any incompatibility between IExpress and Window 2000 but I've come up empty
handed.
I used the version of IExpress (2.0) that ships with Vista to build the
..exe, but the user stated that they have IExpress on their Windows 2000
machine and it's 2.0 as well.
Anybody have any idea why the .exe doesn't work on Windows 2000 and how to
resolve this issue?
Thanks for your help.
--
Dave Sexton
http://davesexton.com/blog