[Users] 3.13.1-1 for Windows does not install

Mon Dec 21 20:00:44 CET 2015

Andrej Kacian wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:31:44 -0500
> edwardp at openmailbox.org wrote:
>
>>> Output folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>>> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail
>>> Error creating shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>>> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail\Claws-Mail.lnk
>>> Error creating shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>>> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail\Claws-Mail Manual.lnk
>>> Error creating shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
>>> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail\Uninstall.lnk
>>> Error creating shortcut: C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Claws-Mail.lnk
>>> Completed
> I think this is the issue, although I have no idea why your system
> wouldn't allow writing to abovementioned folders. Did you run the
> installer as an administrator? Are those paths even valid? (I have no
> Windows Vista available to tell.)
>
> Regards,

Running the 3.13.1-1 installer as Administrator, same result:

> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libstdc++-6.dll
> Extract: libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
> Extract: libwinpthread-1.dll
> Extract: libgsasl-7.dll
> Extract: libiconv-2.dll
> Extract: iconv.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\lib
> Extract: charset.alias
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libtasn1-6.dll
> Extract: libregex-1.dll
> Extract: libw32pth-0.dll
> Extract: zlib1.dll
> Extract: bsfilterw.exe
> Extract: bsfilter.exe
> Extract: libintl-8.dll
> Extract: intl.dll
> Extract: libpng14-14.dll
> Extract: libenchant-1.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\lib\enchant
> Extract: libenchant_myspell.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\enchant\myspell
> Extract: en_US.aff
> Extract: en_US.dic
> Extract: de.aff
> Extract: de.dic
> Extract: fr.aff
> Extract: fr.dic
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libetpan-17.dll
> Extract: libassuan-0.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\lib
> Extract: libgpg-assuan.imp
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\include
> Extract: assuan.h
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libgpg-error-0.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: libgpg-error.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\pl\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: libgpg-error.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\ro\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: libgpg-error.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\fr\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: libgpg-error.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: gpg-error.exe
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\lib
> Extract: libgpg-error.imp
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\include
> Extract: gpg-error.h
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libffi-6.dll
> Extract: gspawn-win32-helper.exe
> Extract: gspawn-win32-helper-console.exe
> Extract: libglib-2.0-0.dll
> Extract: libgmodule-2.0-0.dll
> Extract: libgobject-2.0-0.dll
> Extract: libgthread-2.0-0.dll
> Extract: libgio-2.0-0.dll
> Extract: gdbus.exe
> Extract: gio-querymodules.exe
> Extract: glib-compile-resources.exe
> Extract: glib-compile-schemas.exe
> Extract: glib-genmarshal.exe
> Extract: gobject-query.exe
> Extract: gresource.exe
> Extract: gsettings.exe
> Extract: gspawn-win32-helper-console.exe
> Extract: gspawn-win32-helper.exe
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\glib-2.0\schemas
> Extract: gschema.dtd
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: glib20.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\ar\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: glib20.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\es\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: glib20.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\fr\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: glib20.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\ru\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: glib20.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libgcrypt-20.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\lib
> Extract: libgcrypt.imp
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\include
> Extract: gcrypt.h
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libexpat-1.dll
> Extract: libfreetype-6.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\etc\fonts
> Extract: fonts.conf
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libfontconfig-1.dll
> Extract: libpixman-1-0.dll
> Extract: libcairo-2.dll
> Extract: libcairo-gobject-2.dll
> Extract: libcairo-script-interpreter-2.dll
> Extract: libharfbuzz-0.dll
> Extract: libpango-1.0-0.dll
> Extract: libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll
> Extract: libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll
> Extract: libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll
> Extract: libatk-1.0-0.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: atk10.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\ar\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: atk10.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\es\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: atk10.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\fr\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: atk10.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\ru\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: atk10.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll
> Extract: gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.exe
> Extract: gdk-pixbuf-pixdata.exe
> Extract: libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll
> Extract: libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll
> Extract: libgailutil-18.dll
> Extract: gtk-query-immodules-2.0.exe
> Extract: gtk-update-icon-cache.exe
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\etc\gtk-2.0
> Extract: im-multipress.conf
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\lib\gtk-2.0\2.10.0\engines
> Extract: libpixmap.dll
> Extract: libwimp.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\lib\gtk-2.0\modules
> Extract: libgail.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws 
> Mail\share\themes\Default\gtk-2.0-key
> Extract: gtkrc
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\themes\Emacs\gtk-2.0-key
> Extract: gtkrc
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\themes\Raleigh\gtk-2.0
> Extract: gtkrc
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\themes\MS-Windows\gtk-2.0
> Extract: gtkrc
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: gtk20.mo
> Extract: gtk20-properties.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\ar\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: gtk20.mo
> Extract: gtk20-properties.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\es\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: gtk20.mo
> Extract: gtk20-properties.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\fr\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: gtk20.mo
> Extract: gtk20-properties.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\ru\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: gtk20.mo
> Extract: gtk20-properties.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libgnutls-30.dll
> Extract: libcurl-4.dll
> Extract: libxml2-2.dll
> Extract: libgpgme-11.dll
> Extract: libgpgme-glib-11.dll
> Extract: gpgme-w32spawn.exe
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\lib
> Extract: libgpgme.imp
> Extract: libgpgme-glib.imp
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\include
> Extract: gpgme.h
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\pt_BR\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\uk\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\pt\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\it\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\es\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\zh_CN\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\nl\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\cs\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\ru\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\sv\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\en_GB\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: webkit-2.0.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libwebkitgtk-1.0-0.dll
> Extract: libjpeg-9.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\lib\gio\modules
> Extract: libgiognutls.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: libsoup-2.4-1.dll
> Extract: libgmp-10.dll
> Extract: libnettle-6-1.dll
> Extract: libhogweed-4-1.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Extract: claws-mail.exe
> Extract: claws-mail-manual.pdf
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\claws-mail
> Extract: ca-certificates.crt
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\lib\claws-mail\plugins
> Extract: pgpcore.dll
> Extract: pgpinline.dll
> Extract: pgpinline.deps
> Extract: pgpmime.dll
> Extract: pgpmime.deps
> Extract: smime.dll
> Extract: smime.deps
> Extract: address_keeper.dll
> Extract: att_remover.dll
> Extract: attachwarner.dll
> Extract: bsfilter.dll
> Extract: fancy.dll
> Extract: fetchinfo.dll
> Extract: libravatar.dll
> Extract: notification.dll
> Extract: tnef_parse.dll
> Extract: rssyl.dll
> Extract: spamreport.dll
> Extract: vcalendar.dll
> Extract: managesieve.dll
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\ca\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\cs\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\en_GB\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\es\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\fi\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\fr\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\he\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\hu\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\it\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\lt\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\nb\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\nl\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\pt_BR\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\sk\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\sv\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\share\locale\zh_TW\LC_MESSAGES
> Extract: claws-mail.mo
> Output folder: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail
> Writing VERSION file
> Deleted obsolete Lang entry
> Added Claws Mail info to Add/Remove Programs list
> Created uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Claws Mail\claws-mail-uninstall.exe
> Output folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail
> Error creating shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail\Claws-Mail.lnk
> Error creating shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail\Claws-Mail Manual.lnk
> Error creating shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
> Menu\Programs\Claws Mail\Uninstall.lnk
> Error creating shortcut: C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Claws-Mail.lnk
> Error creating shortcut: 
> C:\Users\Edward\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick 
> Launch\Claws-Mail.lnk
> Completed