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Marcus Beranek

24 Feb 2011 24 Feb '11

6:06 a.m.

Hi there,

I just installed baseX 6.5.1 on a windows vista machine. Well, after installation my %PATH%-variable just contained exactly one entry: "C:\Program Files\BaseX\bin". The rest of my original path variable was removed by the installer... :-(

Best regards, Marcus Beranek

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Andreas Weiler

24 Feb 24 Feb

7:17 a.m.

Hi Marcus Beranek,

i'm sorry for that issue, but couldn't reproduce it on my vista machine for the system variables. We did check the installer carefully before we released it.

My installer log says:

Target was NOT found in PATH (nothing to remove) Target was appended to PATH

-- Andreas Weiler

Am 24.02.2011 um 12:06 schrieb Marcus Beranek:

Hi there,

I just installed baseX 6.5.1 on a windows vista machine. Well, after installation my %PATH%-variable just contained exactly one entry: "C:\Program Files\BaseX\bin". The rest of my original path variable was removed by the installer... :-(

Best regards, Marcus Beranek

BaseX-Talk mailing list BaseX-Talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk

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Christian Grün

8:11 a.m.

Dear Marcus Beranek,

I'm sorry as well that your PATH environment has been deleted, which we know should never happen as a result of an installation. Our code has been tested on XP, Vista and 7 before deploying it in the official release. We are using a (standard) plugin for the NSIS installer to modify the PATH variable, which presumably causes this problem.

One question: does this issue happen again if you (are willing to) install BaseX a second time? This might help us to reproduce the problem, and find a quick fix.

Thanks for your report, Christian ___________________________

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Marcus Beranek Marcus.Beranek@enpevita.de wrote:

Hi there,

I just installed baseX 6.5.1 on a windows vista machine. Well, after installation my %PATH%-variable just contained exactly one entry: "C:\Program Files\BaseX\bin". The rest of my original path variable was removed by the installer... :-(

Best regards,

Marcus Beranek

BaseX-Talk mailing list BaseX-Talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk

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Marcus Beranek

8:33 a.m.

Hello,

thanks for the fast reply. I removed baseX and installed again. And the path again is removed by the installer. In the installer I disabled the "create-desktop-shortcut"-checkbox. The user's path variable is untouched, but the system's path variable is overridden by the install-path of baseX.

I'm running Vista Business, 32bit, SP2, UAC is disabled.

Best regards, Marcus

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Christian Grün [mailto:christian.gruen@gmail.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011 14:12 An: Marcus Beranek Cc: basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Betreff: Re: [basex-talk] Installer removes path variable on vista

Dear Marcus Beranek,

I'm sorry as well that your PATH environment has been deleted, which we know should never happen as a result of an installation. Our code has been tested on XP, Vista and 7 before deploying it in the official release. We are using a (standard) plugin for the NSIS installer to modify the PATH variable, which presumably causes this problem.

One question: does this issue happen again if you (are willing to) install BaseX a second time? This might help us to reproduce the problem, and find a quick fix.

Thanks for your report, Christian ___________________________

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Marcus Beranek Marcus.Beranek@enpevita.de wrote:

Hi there,

I just installed baseX 6.5.1 on a windows vista machine. Well, after installation my %PATH%-variable just contained exactly one entry: "C:\Program Files\BaseX\bin". The rest of my original path variable was removed by the installer... :-(

Best regards,

Marcus Beranek

BaseX-Talk mailing list BaseX-Talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk

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Andreas Weiler

8:38 a.m.

Hi Marcus,

is your systems path longer than 1024 chars before the installation?

-- Andreas

Am 24.02.2011 um 14:33 schrieb Marcus Beranek:

Hello,

thanks for the fast reply. I removed baseX and installed again. And the path again is removed by the installer. In the installer I disabled the "create-desktop-shortcut"-checkbox. The user's path variable is untouched, but the system's path variable is overridden by the install-path of baseX.

I'm running Vista Business, 32bit, SP2, UAC is disabled.

Best regards, Marcus

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Christian Grün [mailto:christian.gruen@gmail.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011 14:12 An: Marcus Beranek Cc: basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Betreff: Re: [basex-talk] Installer removes path variable on vista

Dear Marcus Beranek,

I'm sorry as well that your PATH environment has been deleted, which we know should never happen as a result of an installation. Our code has been tested on XP, Vista and 7 before deploying it in the official release. We are using a (standard) plugin for the NSIS installer to modify the PATH variable, which presumably causes this problem.

One question: does this issue happen again if you (are willing to) install BaseX a second time? This might help us to reproduce the problem, and find a quick fix.

Thanks for your report, Christian ___________________________

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Marcus Beranek Marcus.Beranek@enpevita.de wrote:

...
Hi there,

I just installed baseX 6.5.1 on a windows vista machine. Well, after installation my %PATH%-variable just contained exactly one entry: "C:\Program Files\BaseX\bin". The rest of my original path variable was removed by the installer... :-(

Best regards,

Marcus Beranek

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Marcus Beranek

8:41 a.m.

Yes, it is somewhat about 1150 characters long...

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Andreas Weiler [mailto:andreas.weiler@uni-konstanz.de] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011 14:39 An: Marcus Beranek Cc: Christian Grün; basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Betreff: Re: [basex-talk] Installer removes path variable on vista

Hi Marcus,

is your systems path longer than 1024 chars before the installation?

-- Andreas

Am 24.02.2011 um 14:33 schrieb Marcus Beranek:

Hello,

thanks for the fast reply. I removed baseX and installed again. And the path again is removed by the installer. In the installer I disabled the "create-desktop-shortcut"-checkbox. The user's path variable is untouched, but the system's path variable is overridden by the install-path of baseX.

I'm running Vista Business, 32bit, SP2, UAC is disabled.

Best regards, Marcus

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Christian Grün [mailto:christian.gruen@gmail.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011 14:12 An: Marcus Beranek Cc: basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Betreff: Re: [basex-talk] Installer removes path variable on vista

Dear Marcus Beranek,

I'm sorry as well that your PATH environment has been deleted, which we know should never happen as a result of an installation. Our code has been tested on XP, Vista and 7 before deploying it in the official release. We are using a (standard) plugin for the NSIS installer to modify the PATH variable, which presumably causes this problem.

One question: does this issue happen again if you (are willing to) install BaseX a second time? This might help us to reproduce the problem, and find a quick fix.

Thanks for your report, Christian ___________________________

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Marcus Beranek Marcus.Beranek@enpevita.de wrote:

...
Hi there,

I just installed baseX 6.5.1 on a windows vista machine. Well, after installation my %PATH%-variable just contained exactly one entry: "C:\Program Files\BaseX\bin". The rest of my original path variable was removed by the installer... :-(

Best regards,

Marcus Beranek

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Andreas Weiler

8:42 a.m.

thank you, thats the problem i will fix that.

Am 24.02.2011 um 14:41 schrieb Marcus Beranek:

Yes, it is somewhat about 1150 characters long...

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Andreas Weiler [mailto:andreas.weiler@uni-konstanz.de] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011 14:39 An: Marcus Beranek Cc: Christian Grün; basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Betreff: Re: [basex-talk] Installer removes path variable on vista

Hi Marcus,

is your systems path longer than 1024 chars before the installation?

-- Andreas

Am 24.02.2011 um 14:33 schrieb Marcus Beranek:

...
Hello,

thanks for the fast reply. I removed baseX and installed again. And the path again is removed by the installer. In the installer I disabled the "create-desktop-shortcut"-checkbox. The user's path variable is untouched, but the system's path variable is overridden by the install-path of baseX.

I'm running Vista Business, 32bit, SP2, UAC is disabled.

Best regards, Marcus

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Christian Grün [mailto:christian.gruen@gmail.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011 14:12 An: Marcus Beranek Cc: basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Betreff: Re: [basex-talk] Installer removes path variable on vista

Dear Marcus Beranek,

I'm sorry as well that your PATH environment has been deleted, which we know should never happen as a result of an installation. Our code has been tested on XP, Vista and 7 before deploying it in the official release. We are using a (standard) plugin for the NSIS installer to modify the PATH variable, which presumably causes this problem.

One question: does this issue happen again if you (are willing to) install BaseX a second time? This might help us to reproduce the problem, and find a quick fix.

Thanks for your report, Christian ___________________________

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Marcus Beranek Marcus.Beranek@enpevita.de wrote:

...
Hi there,

I just installed baseX 6.5.1 on a windows vista machine. Well, after installation my %PATH%-variable just contained exactly one entry: "C:\Program Files\BaseX\bin". The rest of my original path variable was removed by the installer... :-(

Best regards,

Marcus Beranek

BaseX-Talk mailing list BaseX-Talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de https://mailman.uni-konstanz.de/mailman/listinfo/basex-talk

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Marcus Beranek

8:52 a.m.

Well, I have to thank for that quick reply/fix!

:-)

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Andreas Weiler [mailto:andreas.weiler@uni-konstanz.de] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011 14:43 An: Marcus Beranek Cc: Christian Grün; basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Betreff: Re: AW: [basex-talk] Installer removes path variable on vista

thank you, thats the problem i will fix that.

Am 24.02.2011 um 14:41 schrieb Marcus Beranek:

Yes, it is somewhat about 1150 characters long...

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Andreas Weiler [mailto:andreas.weiler@uni-konstanz.de] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011 14:39 An: Marcus Beranek Cc: Christian Grün; basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Betreff: Re: [basex-talk] Installer removes path variable on vista

Hi Marcus,

is your systems path longer than 1024 chars before the installation?

-- Andreas

Am 24.02.2011 um 14:33 schrieb Marcus Beranek:

...
Hello,

thanks for the fast reply. I removed baseX and installed again. And the path again is removed by the installer. In the installer I disabled the "create-desktop-shortcut"-checkbox. The user's path variable is untouched, but the system's path variable is overridden by the install-path of baseX.

I'm running Vista Business, 32bit, SP2, UAC is disabled.

Best regards, Marcus

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Christian Grün [mailto:christian.gruen@gmail.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011 14:12 An: Marcus Beranek Cc: basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de Betreff: Re: [basex-talk] Installer removes path variable on vista

Dear Marcus Beranek,

I'm sorry as well that your PATH environment has been deleted, which we know should never happen as a result of an installation. Our code has been tested on XP, Vista and 7 before deploying it in the official release. We are using a (standard) plugin for the NSIS installer to modify the PATH variable, which presumably causes this problem.

One question: does this issue happen again if you (are willing to) install BaseX a second time? This might help us to reproduce the problem, and find a quick fix.

Thanks for your report, Christian ___________________________

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Marcus Beranek Marcus.Beranek@enpevita.de wrote:

...
Hi there,

I just installed baseX 6.5.1 on a windows vista machine. Well, after installation my %PATH%-variable just contained exactly one entry: "C:\Program Files\BaseX\bin". The rest of my original path variable was removed by the installer... :-(

Best regards,

Marcus Beranek

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