Thanks for the reply. Is anyone else having this problem or is it an isolated incident? I tried the installation on my Vista machine as well and got exactly the same error. This is frustrating.
On Aug 5, 8:10 pm, Peter Sutcliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew I had the same problems when I downloaded Firefox 3.5 from the > Mozilla site. However, I got sick of trying and decided to return to a > version of Firefox that was working with Gears (I have a Mac so went to the > latest Mac version that did work with Gears). I installed it over the top > of 3.5 and Gears automatically began working as normal. Some time later I > decided to try installing 3.5 by using the update feature and this time it > updated Gears and other add-ons and has worked fine since then. > > Hope this helps, all the best > Pete > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:54 AM, awaegel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > Two problems installing Gears on Firefox 3.5.2: > > > 1. FireFox doesn't seem to want to launch the main downloaded file, > > GoogleInstaller_en.application, as an application, instead it just > > gives the prompt to save the file. This is contrary to the > > documentation on the gears installation page > > > 2. When I launch the installer 'manually', I get the message "Cannot > > download the application. The application is missing required files. > > Contact application vendor for assistance" > > > I've installed previous versions of Gears just fine, and I'm also able > > to install this by downloading GearsSetup.exe, but I'm developing an > > app that's highly dependent on Gears and I want as smooth an install > > process as possible for my users, who will not be able to follow a > > complex installation procedure. > > > Is anyone else having these problems? > > > Thanks, > > - Andrew > >
