Webmatrix 3, Windows 8.1.
Was running WM3, then wanted to reconfigure some options, eg enable PHP. But I got installation errors, something about ODBC not being compatible..? The Help option for the error was useless.
So I decided (bad decision..?) to uninstall WM3 and then reinstall fresh. Uninstall worked OK (only uninstalled WM itself). Reinstall was progressing OK, but then it hung - after waiting a LONG time, was forced to reboot as the installer had locked up
completely.
Now I can't Install (installer says I have "ïnsufficient privileges"to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Webmatrix... - yet I have full Administrator rights...
WM is now NOT shown as a removable program, so I can't uninstall. Tried the MS Fixit thing for Install, no problems found...
I haven't yet tried manually uninstalling all the other stuff that WM installs - don't really want to do that unless I know it will help.. I'm guessing there's a corrupted file somewhere stopping me from proceeding, but what/where? There is a log for the
install problem, but it's quite long... From that log, the important bit seems to be here:
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MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:584]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=InstallFiles,Description=Copying new files,Template=File: [1], Directory: [9], Size: [6])
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:584]: Executing op: ProgressTotal(Total=38502617,Type=0,ByteEquivalent=1)
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:584]: Executing op: SetTargetFolder(Folder=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft WebMatrix\)
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:584]: Executing op: SetSourceFolder(Folder=1\WbMatrix\|Microsoft WebMatrix\)
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:584]: Executing op: ChangeMedia(,MediaPrompt=Please insert the disk: ,MediaCabinet=WebMatrix.cab,BytesPerTick=65536,CopierType=2,ModuleFileName=C:\windows\Installer\32b6aa.msi,,,,,IsFirstPhysicalMedia=1)
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:584]: Executing op: FileCopy(SourceName=Release.url|Release_Notes.url,SourceCabKey=F_Release_Notes.url,DestName=Release_Notes.url,Attributes=512,FileSize=128,PerTick=65536,,VerifyMedia=1,,,,,CheckCRC=0,,,InstallMode=58982400,HashOptions=0,HashPart1=-709970195,HashPart2=-752670432,HashPart3=2135291042,HashPart4=1886942959,,)
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:584]: File: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft WebMatrix\Release_Notes.url; To be installed; Won't patch; No existing file
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:584]: Source for file 'F_Release_Notes.url' is compressed
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:928]: Note: 1: 1303 2: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft WebMatrix
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:928]: Product: Microsoft WebMatrix 3 -- Error 1303. The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft WebMatrix. The installation cannot continue. Log on as administrator or contact
your system administrator.
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:959]: Note: 1: 2265 2: 3: -2147287035
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:959]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:959]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
Action ended 10:48:26: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:959]: Executing op: Header(Signature=1397708873,Version=500,Timestamp=1212962317,LangId=1033,Platform=0,ScriptType=2,ScriptMajorVersion=21,ScriptMinorVersion=4,ScriptAttributes=1)
MSI (s) (F4:18) [10:48:26:959]: Executing op: DialogInfo(Type=0,Argument=1033)
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Any suggestions appreciated... (fairly novice user - does it show? :D)