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4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:37 pm
by garfnodie
I'm not sure if this qualifies as a bug or not, but I can't get the 4.6.1 installer to launch at all. I've checked the MD5, and it matches. I've redownloaded it multiple times, restarted PC, but no go. I'm able to launch the 4.6.0 installer just fine though.
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:56 pm
by dinsdale
I've had this problem with the last few updates. What works for me is to launch the installer from an Admin command line.
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:07 pm
by garfnodie
That did indeed work. That's weird, but I'll remember that if it happens again.
Thanks a ton.
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:01 am
by garfnodie
dinsdale wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:56 pm
I've had this problem with the last few updates. What works for me is to launch the installer from an Admin command line.
Now I can get 4.6.2 to launch either way. OOC, I tried 4.6.1 again, and I also can't run it normally or as an admin, but I can still run the 4.6.0 install just fine normally, no need to run it as an admin.
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:01 pm
by Peter
dinsdale wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:56 pm
I've had this problem with the last few updates. What works for me is to launch the installer from an Admin command line.
What OS btw?
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 4:05 am
by garfnodie
Windows 11 Pro, build 22621
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:24 am
by Peter
garfnodie wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 4:05 am
Windows 11 Pro, build 22621
Did you ever touch UAC or anything? Also, which locale, English?
for me it worked just fine from 4.6.0 -> 4.6.1 -> 4.6.2.
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 7:15 pm
by garfnodie
I never made any changes to UAC, and I'm English, in the US.
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:26 pm
by Peter
Hmm thank you. This remains a mystery. I tested on 3 Win11 PCs and all of them starts both lt20 and regular 4.6.1 installers. It's Windows after all.
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:29 pm
by garfnodie
Is there some kind of logging Windows does that I could post that might help?
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:44 pm
by Peter
I mean, I am 100% for fixing bugs but 4.6.1 at this point is just.. obsolete. It was not like a major release or a final release before a major new version; but a small hotfix. So I would not worry too much about it if 4.6.2 works fine.
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:51 pm
by garfnodie
Um, but 4.6.2 didn't work for me.
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:21 pm
by Peter
garfnodie wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:51 pm
Um, but 4.6.2 didn't work for me.
Oh shoot sorry I missed that little unimportant detail... /s
You could check Event Viewer. Press WIN+X and then Event Viewer.
In Application maybe.
But I also have a plan B:
Make a new .bat file with this content:
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qbittorrent_4.6.1_lt20_qt6_x64_setup.exe
echo %errorlevel%
And then run the .bat from CMD so you can see the error return code.
See:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/334 ... 1#11476681
Re: 4.6.1 Installer Does Nothing
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:27 pm
by garfnodie
Well f**k me, it just worked. I tried multiple times before with multiple restarts, multiple redownloads of the program, even ran checksums to verify downloads, and it wouldn't do anything.
Maybe it's time for a wipe and reinstall of Windows, but damn is that a pita.