setup.exe does nothing until restart

Hi all,

I am trying to install an app by running setup.exe but nothing appears when
I do so.

I can see the process exists in task manager but nothing appears.

When I go to restart my XP x64 box, the setup dialogue appears briefly
before the system restarts.

So, I am guessing that setup.exe is blocked on something being released
before it can run (which is released just before the restart).

I have tried disabling my anti-virus (avast) and rebooting to no effect.
Have also tried ending every process I think I can get away with before
trying setup.exe with no success.

Can anyone shed any light on what it is waiting on or what I can do?

Many thanks for your time,

Dave

Tony
Thu Sep 01 09:48:29 CDT 2005

Hi, there.

My best guess, off the top of my head is if it is an older program with a
16bit installer, then it simply will not work. Next, some games are reported
having trouble installing, perhaps even for unknown reasons. Let's hear what
kind of app it is, and more might transpire.

Tony. . .


"Dave" <dave@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to install an app by running setup.exe but nothing appears
> when I do so.
>
> I can see the process exists in task manager but nothing appears.
>
> When I go to restart my XP x64 box, the setup dialogue appears briefly
> before the system restarts.
>
> So, I am guessing that setup.exe is blocked on something being released
> before it can run (which is released just before the restart).
>
> I have tried disabling my anti-virus (avast) and rebooting to no effect.
> Have also tried ending every process I think I can get away with before
> trying setup.exe with no success.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on what it is waiting on or what I can do?
>
> Many thanks for your time,
>
> Dave
>
>
>

Dave
Thu Sep 01 09:58:00 CDT 2005

> My best guess, off the top of my head is if it is an older program with a
> 16bit installer, then it simply will not work. Next, some games are
> reported having trouble installing, perhaps even for unknown reasons.
> Let's hear what kind of app it is, and more might transpire.

Hi Tony,

The app is Modelsim 6.1a PE.

What gives me hope is the fact that when I do a restart, the installer
starts just before the restart closes everything down. This suggests to me
the setup is blocked on something being released and that it may be possible
to get it to work. I remember having similar problems under 32-bit XP and
having to shut stuff down to get installers to run. The question is what to
shut down I guess?

Cheers,

Dave

Tony
Thu Sep 01 10:12:26 CDT 2005

Right.

Or, at this point in the process it simply tries to access some *.dll that
it doesn't like - or, which do not like it? 'dll's', apparently a sensitive
subject with win64, when it comes to installing non-64bit app's.

Sorry, for being ignorant, but I cannot remember having heard of that one.
What's it doing? (Modelsim.)

Tony. . .


"Dave" <dave@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> My best guess, off the top of my head is if it is an older program with a
>> 16bit installer, then it simply will not work. Next, some games are
>> reported having trouble installing, perhaps even for unknown reasons.
>> Let's hear what kind of app it is, and more might transpire.
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> The app is Modelsim 6.1a PE.
>
> What gives me hope is the fact that when I do a restart, the installer
> starts just before the restart closes everything down. This suggests to
> me the setup is blocked on something being released and that it may be
> possible to get it to work. I remember having similar problems under
> 32-bit XP and having to shut stuff down to get installers to run. The
> question is what to shut down I guess?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>

Dave
Thu Sep 01 10:28:55 CDT 2005

> Sorry, for being ignorant, but I cannot remember having heard of that one.
> What's it doing? (Modelsim.)

Thanks for your quick responses!

HDL (VHDL/Verilog) Simulator from www.model.com

If I can't get it to work then I will need to shift to XP x32 just for this
one app!

My new dual xeon system came with x64 so not sure how easy that will be....

John
Thu Sep 01 10:46:37 CDT 2005

Have you tried using diagnostic startup in msconfig?


"Dave" <dave@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> Sorry, for being ignorant, but I cannot remember having heard of that
>> one. What's it doing? (Modelsim.)
>
> Thanks for your quick responses!
>
> HDL (VHDL/Verilog) Simulator from www.model.com
>
> If I can't get it to work then I will need to shift to XP x32 just for
> this one app!
>
> My new dual xeon system came with x64 so not sure how easy that will
> be....
>
>
>
>

Joe
Thu Sep 01 14:20:48 CDT 2005

If you can, install it on a 32-bit system, then manually copy the "Program
Files \ Modelsim (whaever)" to the x64 "Program Files (x86) \
Modelsim.(whatever)"

If it has a problem because of Registry settings, then:

export the 32-bit "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Modelsim (whatever)"
to a .REG file
edit that .REG file to change the key-names to "Software / Wow6432Node /
Modelsim (whatever)"
import the .REG file into the x64 system.

export the 32-bit "HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Software / Modelsim (whatever)"
to a .REG file
import the .REG file into the x64 system.

If it installs files into SYSTEM32, copy those from the 32-bit system to the
64-bit SYSWOW64 directory



"Dave" <dave@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> > Sorry, for being ignorant, but I cannot remember having heard of that
one.
> > What's it doing? (Modelsim.)
>
> Thanks for your quick responses!
>
> HDL (VHDL/Verilog) Simulator from www.model.com
>
> If I can't get it to work then I will need to shift to XP x32 just for
this
> one app!
>
> My new dual xeon system came with x64 so not sure how easy that will
be....
>
>
>
>

Dave
Fri Sep 02 05:19:50 CDT 2005

> Have you tried using diagnostic startup in msconfig?

I hadn't, but now I have and it worked!

Many thanks!

Dave
Fri Sep 02 05:21:24 CDT 2005

> If you can, install it on a 32-bit system, then manually copy the "Program
> Files \ Modelsim (whaever)" to the x64 "Program Files (x86) \
> Modelsim.(whatever)"

I had a similar idea overnight to try something like this but had no ideas
about the precise locations as you have given so thanks very much for that.

However, I got the program installed using msconfig diagnostic boot.

Problem now is that the flexid drivers required for licensing don't work
under 64-bit...