I found it, and it seems like it's going to work. Maybe you could package it up as a self-extracting zip and post that on the website for windows 8 users until everything is resolved ? Just a thought :).
Thanks, Eric. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:35 PM, mikehunt <[email protected]> wrote: > Excellent ! Thanks for the response. I'll let you know how it goes. > > Eric. > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Marek Habersack [via Mono for Android] > <[hidden > email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5545314&i=0>> wrote: > >> On 07/03/2012 20:05, mikehunt wrote: >> Hello, >> >> > Good day, >> > >> > I'm trying to install Monodroid on Windows 8 Consumer preview. I had it >> > working no problems on Win 8 Dev preview, but now for some reason, >> whenever >> > I launch the ClickOnce installer, I can see the "Launching Application" >> > dialog, then nothing. Using ProcMon, I was able to find out where its >> log >> > file is, and here's the contents of it : >> > >> [snip] >> > Launching application manifest via dfshim/ >> > >> > >> > Has anybody seen this before ? Is there another way to get the setup >> going ? >> ClickOnce service is broken on Windows 8 and since setup.exe is a >> ClickOnce bootstrapper, it makes our installer to >> appear broken. The last line from the log above means that ClickOnce >> attempts to start the actual installer, but the >> service it uses (dfshim) for some unknown reason fails to do so. You can >> still use the installer by finding the >> directory where CLickOnce put the downloaded application. Unfortunately >> it's not possible to tell where it is exactly, >> it changes from system to system. You need to find directory with >> WindowsInstaller.exe along with >> Xamarin.Web.Installer.dll - the two might be in several directories, >> choose the one which has lots of dlls and files. >> Run WindowsInstaller.exe from there. >> We are working on replacing the ClickOnce installer with a better >> solution, sorry for the trouble you're experiencing. >> >> best, >> >> marek >> >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Eric. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > View this message in context: >> http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Installation-problems-on-windows-8-tp5545210p5545210.html >> > Sent from the Mono for Android mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Monodroid mailing list >> > [hidden email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5545279&i=0> >> > >> > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: >> > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Monodroid mailing list >> [hidden email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5545279&i=1> >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the >> discussion below: >> >> http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Installation-problems-on-windows-8-tp5545210p5545279.html >> To unsubscribe from Installation problems on windows 8, click here. >> NAML<http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> >> > > > ------------------------------ > View this message in context: Re: Installation problems on windows > 8<http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Installation-problems-on-windows-8-tp5545210p5545314.html> > > Sent from the Mono for Android mailing list > archive<http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/>at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Monodroid mailing list > [email protected] > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid > >
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