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Bug 78218 - Installer issues on Windows Xp 64 Bit
Summary: Installer issues on Windows Xp 64 Bit
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: installer
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Tools bundle (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: mslama
URL:
Keywords:
: 86610 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-06-18 17:06 UTC by mboeni
Modified: 2007-07-09 11:59 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description mboeni 2006-06-18 17:06:04 UTC 
The installer stops with the "Error: <dir> is not writable". Changing drives or
directories does not change the fact that it does not work.

System:
- Windows XP 64 Bit
- Java 1.5.0_06

This holds true for 5.0 as well as 5.5. I suppose it's also an installshield
problem. Although I dont understand that a current platform is not supported...

A fix would be appreciated.
Comment 1 mboeni 2006-06-18 17:18:03 UTC 
Additional info:

I also tried to install Profiler 5.5. on the same system with a
"win32EnableAbort" error as result.
Comment 2 mslama 2006-06-19 09:19:08 UTC 
InstallShield based installer does not work with 64bit JDK. Use 32bit JDK to run
installer. Then you can modify netbeans.conf or use commandline option --jdkhome
<Path to JDK> to run IDE on 64bit JDK. There is check in installer launcher to
look only for 32bit JDK at startup but still it is possible to run installer
with 64bit JDK. Additional check must be added to avoid this.
Comment 3 mslama 2006-10-11 16:18:46 UTC 
*** Issue 86610 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 4 taltamir 2006-12-26 01:10:34 UTC 
isn't this a duplicate of Issue 58919?
Comment 5 mslama 2007-07-09 11:59:03 UTC 
This problem does not happen with new installer engine.