> But something different - I tried to install the freenet installer twice > into different directories (i.e. my first install was into the old > C:\Programme\Internet\Freenet 0.5, and i wanted to make a fresh install > to C:\Programme\Internet\Freenet_0.5 as well) and now it does some > strange things - when all files are downloaded, they are simply cut to 8 > chars and placed in the dir where freenet-webinstaller.exe is. The links > on start menu point to C:\freenet.exe etc. When I install it to the old > dir, it works.
You've stumbled across an excellent test! This seems to be a fault of the NSIS engine (or perhaps a misunderstanding on my part - though quite why NSIS should think C:\ is a short-filename approximation to C:\Programme\Internet\Freenet_0.5 is beyond me!). I've rejigged the installer to use the full long-filename path unless a short-filename path is absolutely necessary (i.e. in Exec calls). The problem your describing will no longer occur. http://www.freenetproject.org/snapshots/freenet-webinstall.exe > When it works, next time I try it suggests the same path, but with 8.3 > names (e.g. "C:\progra~1\internet\freene~1.5") - that looks ugly. With the new version the full long-filename string will be added to the registry instead of the short-filename string. Internally they work the same but I agree the "as-typed" path is aesthetically better. I thought I'd already made that change before the release yesterday but I guess not, my bad. > And once I got "update of freenet-latest.jar failed". No more > description, and I was online all the tome. Perhaps the server timed out, or refused the download. I'll try and add a retry button. I'll also see if I can put some error reporting into it but that depends on 3rd party support (as the http download itself is a 3rd party plugin to NSIS) > And when I started the new freenet.exe first, the entries in the context > menu looked as if they were disabled, but they worked. that one could > also be a bug in my graphics driver, so if you cannot reproduce it, > forget it. Hrm, consider it forgotten :-) I've never seen that before, perhaps you managed to select it before it had finished being initialised? (Windows doesn't redraw menus dynamically, it only redraws them when they appear, so if you cancel the menu and bring it up again, and it looks different, that will be why) > mihi, after a dozen installations i give up. I'd urge you to continue testing the installer, your help has been invaluable! The newest version should solve your immediate problems. d _______________________________________________ devl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
