Numerous "error during installation process" dialogs using automated installer on Windows 7 64 bit

photonkid

I've just tried installing qt on Windows 7 64 bit and got numerous "error during installation process" dialogs using the automated installer, on various modules. The first error report was for qt.readme. I clicked "ignore" on all of them. There was probably 15 to 20 error dialogs in total, sometimes the same module more than once.

Are these a problem? How can I find out what caused them?

IamSumit

Hi.
Installing Qt is very simple.
Don't ignore any dialogs, just accept them.
For more information look this link.
"here":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/windows-support.html

Best way to install Qt is online installer.

Hope this helps.

photonkid

I did use the online installer.
There was no "accept" option. The buttons on the dialog were "retry" "ignore" "cancel". I tried retry a few times, zero success. That leaves ignore and cancel. Not much of a choice.

photonkid

Do I need to be logged on as administrator?

IamSumit

May be this could help you.

"Go here":http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/6135

Hope this helps.

photonkid

Just found the installation log file. All the errors were caused by failure to create a shortcut in the start menu. The installer gave me a choice of whereabouts in the start menu to create the shortcuts. Of these choices, the only one that looked vaguely reasonable was "accessories" so that's what I chose.

Operation 'CreateShortcut' with arguments: 'C:\GP\Qt\5.3\msvc2012_opengl/bin/designer.exe; C:\Users\GP user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\C:\Users\GP user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Qt/5.3/MSVC 2012 OpenGL (32-bit)/Designer.lnk' failed:
created warning message box installationErrorWithRetry: 'Installer Error', Error during installation process (qt.53.win32_msvc2012_opengl):

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Just to be sure I understood you correctly: selecting Accessories as target Start Menu folder made the installation fail ?
What happens if you let the default ?

photonkid

The installation completed and I can run qtcreator but I have no shortcuts in the start menu. The error dialogs I got during the install didn't tell me what the problem was. I can paste a shortcut to qtcreator in the startmenu accessories folder as non-administrator so I think the installer has messed up the path - see in my previous post it has "Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\C:\Users\GP" - that does not look correct.

The dialog asking about the start menu was unintuitive - I couldn't tell what it was going to do if I didn't select anything. I don't think I feel like doing the install again just to see what happens if I don't select anything.

SGaist

Indeed, I missed that one. You should have a look at the "bug report system":http://bugreports.qt-project.org to see if it something known

photonkid

Thanks for the reply. I reported it here, dunno if it's the right place.

"QTIFW-559":https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTIFW-559