According to Tim on IRC it may be related to vcredist Please download and install ane let us know if it works. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en
This may be an issue we continue to run into until we manage to get mingw builds working instead of visual studio. Alex Joanne Cook wrote: > Hi Milena, > > Thanks for the quick response, but I had earlier versions of QGIS installed > on both machines! Also, I get the question about GRASS on the machine that > installed successfully, and then I just point it at the location of GRASS > within the QGIS installation and it's fine. On the other PC it doesn't get to > that stage, it fails with the error message before that. > > Thanks > > Jo > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Milena Nowotarska" <[email protected]> > To: "Joanne Cook" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, 15 May, 2009 11:00:14 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Problems installing QGIS 1.0.2 on Windows XP > > Hi Joanne, > > I had the same problem just now :) > No problem with installing it on pc1 where something already been > installed (old QGIS, lots of stuff from qsgeo4w installer and few > GRASS versions) > but on "fresh" machine pc2 I had the same situation. > > The solution "for now" is using osgeo4w installator, QGIS 1.0.2 works > fine (pc1, pc2) > ...but a hint for real solution is: when I start qgis installed from > standalone package (pc1) it asks me for the path to GRASS data - maybe > this is the reason why QGIS crashes on fresh machine, with no GRASS > instalation? > > Milena > > 2009/5/15 Joanne Cook <[email protected]>: >> Hi All, >> >> I have downloaded the windows standalone version of QGIS 1.0.2 and installed >> it on 2 windows XP machines. The first installed just fine, asking me to >> uninstall the previous version first, and ran with no problems. The second, >> on the same make of pc and same operating system, seemed to install OK but >> failed to start from the shortcut or from double-clicking the exe itself, >> with the following error: >> >> "C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS\bin\qgis.exe. This application has failed to >> start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the >> application may fix this problem". >> >> Needless to say I have reinstalled the programme! I've also checked that I >> have enough administrative privileges to run it, and I've ensured that the >> setup files were on a local drive rather than a network drive. >> >> I would like to search the forums for assistance on this, but right now I >> can't access them- though I'm not sure if that's an issue with my firewall. >> >> I'm not sure where to start looking for more pointers on what has gone wrong >> with this- so any help resolving the problem would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Many thanks for your help >> >> Jo >> >> -- >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> Joanne Cook >> Senior IT Support and Development >> Oxford Archaeology (North) >> 01524 880212 >> http://thehumanjourney.net >> >> >> ------ >> Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document >> Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit >> http://iso26300.info for more information. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
