win32 install fails if drive letter removed

Hi!

Just checking here if this is a know bug.

I downloaded http://www.apache.si/httpd/binaries/win32/apache_2.2.13-win3 2-x86-no_ssl.msi
on my Windows XP Pro SP3 system, started it, set some more or less
normal options (
set hostname, domain and email, the used the typical/default settings).
During that I removed an external drive (F:). Then when I clicked
Finish in the wizard,
I immediatelly got an error dialog about F: no being a valid drive.
After OKing it, I could just
close the installer. There was nothing installed.

As I was installing onto C:\... I don't see why the absence of F:
should break the installation.

Note: I also have Eset NOD32 v4.0 running.

Regards,
David

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Re: win32 install fails if drive letter removed

David Balažic wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Just checking here if this is a know bug.
>
> I downloaded http://www.apache.si/httpd/binaries/win32/apache_2.2.13-win3 2-x86-no_ssl.msi
> on my Windows XP Pro SP3 system, started it, set some more or less
> normal options (
> set hostname, domain and email, the used the typical/default settings).
> During that I removed an external drive (F:). Then when I clicked
> Finish in the wizard,
> I immediatelly got an error dialog about F: no being a valid drive.
> After OKing it, I could just
> close the installer. There was nothing installed.
>
> As I was installing onto C:\... I don't see why the absence of F:
> should break the installation.
>
> Note: I also have Eset NOD32 v4.0 running.

You are at the mercy of the Microsoft Installer here, I suspect the same behavior would
occur if you installed most any package. This falls into that strange category where
Microsoft insists you close your programs before running an installer.

And yes, anti-spy/spam/viralware all tend to interfere with installations, but they should
not affect the apache installer in any particular manner.

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Re: win32 install fails if drive letter removed

2009/10/5 William A. Rowe, Jr. :
> David Balažic wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Just checking here if this is a know bug.
>>
>> I downloaded http://www.apache.si/httpd/binaries/win32/apache_2.2.13-win=
32-x86-no_ssl.msi
>> on my Windows XP Pro SP3 system, started it, set some more or less
>> normal options (
>> set hostname, domain and email, the used the typical/default settings).
>> During that I removed an external drive (F:). Then when I clicked
>> Finish in the wizard,
>> I immediatelly got an error dialog about F: no being a valid drive.
>> After OKing it, I could just
>> close the installer. There was nothing installed.
>>
>> As I was installing onto C:\... I don't see why the absence of F:
>> should break the installation.
>>
>> Note: I also have Eset NOD32 v4.0 running.
>
> You are at the mercy of the Microsoft Installer here, I suspect the same =
behavior would
> occur if you installed most any package.  This falls into that stran=
ge category where
> Microsoft insists you close your programs before running an installer.
>
> And yes, anti-spy/spam/viralware all tend to interfere with installations=
, but they should
> not affect the apache installer in any particular manner.

Some more details:
- I chose the "install for this user only" option
- I reproduced it

The exact error message is : Error 1327.Invalid Drive: F:\

After that I cleaned up the disk letters and installed apache without probl=
ems.

Regards,
David

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