Error trying to install Qt on Windows
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I was trying to install QT and got an error
I have windows 7 64bit
I went to
https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/5.10/5.10.0/and I downloaded and tried to install
qt-opensource-windows-x86-5.10.0.exe
It completes the installation and gives me the option to launch it and then it says
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@samhoppo1
hi can you try starting it with
C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin\qtcreator.exe -noload Welcome -noload QmlDesigner -noload QmlProfiler
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@samhoppo1 said in error trying to install qt on windows:
okay.. I have found a workaround. I created a new user account and qtcreator opens there no error.
ThanksIn this case you should compare the
PATHenvironment variable for both users. it may be QtCreator loads some incompatible DLLs and is crashing therefore. -
@aha_1980 Going back to the user account with the issue, I see it's not the PATH variable. I have tried a PATH of the absolute minimum, the win7 default. PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem and it crashes the same.
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@samhoppo1 said in error trying to install qt on windows:
I did install a bunch of anti-malware
That could be the issue. Why do you need a bunch of anti-malware? One virus scanner is actually enough. Too many anti-malware tools do not make your machine more secure but add problems and can be even less secure (as such tools often have issues as well).
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The anti-malware I installed isn't the issue. I just tried removing it and the issue remains. I had some malware on my computer recently just before I ever tried QT, and I installed 3 antl-malware programs to let them all scan and remove anything. I wanted to make sure any malware was gone. Anyhow, the anti-malware I installed was not the issue. I can see in my list of installed programs there were 3 anti-malware programs that I installed. I just tried removing each one and restarting and trying to run QT, and having removed all 3, and restarted, QT still gives that error. So the anti-malware software wasn't /isn't the issue. Though clearly something specific to the main profile/user account that I use, is the issue, but we don't know what.
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@samhoppo1 said in error trying to install qt on windows:
I had some malware on my computer recently just before I ever tried QT
That alone would be a good reason (for me) to completely erase Windows and re-install from scratch.
As you see, you have problems that other users don't have; you (and us) invest a lot of time in this. Wouldn't it be faster to start from the beginning?
BTW: You should boot your computer from a Anti-Virus CD like [1] and do a scan from there.
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@samhoppo1 Installing 3 anti-malware applications isn't a solution if your machine is already infected. You can never be sure these applications will find everything and clean your machine. As @aha_1980 suggested you should wipe your machine and reinstall.
