With BR#2790 (0.11.2 Installer not completing/wrong directory) we are seeing the installer hang on windows 8.1 (reported by calebrw, confirmed by wintertime). This is somewhat puzzling as AFAICT we have not changed the installer, at least since 0.11.0 and probably longer.
Lacking windows and not knowing anything about the installer, I am at
a loss here. Something we probably *should* have changed is the
shortcuts (.../build/{win,unix}ShortcutSpec.xml) which now invoke
freecol with incorrect arguments following the change to windowed mode
being the default. This seems unlikely to be the cause of the
problem, but wintertime suspects that the hang could be occuring
during shortcut creation so it is a possibility.
Failing that, the obvious thing to do would be to see if there is a
more recent release of the installer and update to that, in the hope
that it is more compatible with windows 8.
This message then is a call for help, as I can not test any changes I
might make here. AFAICT, Stian added the installer in 2006, and
Michael made some modifications in 2007, so I appreciate that there is
no active expertise in this area.
Cheers,
Mike Pope
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