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bug #52102: Installer assumes w10

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Sat 23 Sep 2017 07:41:21 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  3 - Low Item Group:  None
Status:  Duplicate Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  * Closed Release:  * 4.2.1
Operating System:  * Microsoft Windows Fixed Release:  None
Planned Release:  None
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Sun 24 Sep 2017 07:40:37 PM UTC, comment #4: 

Yes sounds like the same issue that should be fixed per comment #3, although I did not have access to a win8.1 machine to test it.



Actual version numbers for windows changed location in the registry in windows 8 and higher, so the installer tries to read those first

John Donoghue <lostbard>
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Sun 24 Sep 2017 01:23:56 PM UTC, comment #3: 

..and AFAICS it seems to have been fixed here:
http://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/rev/05b44661c970
(see bug #50552)

Unfortunately for the OP the 4.2.1. installer has been created long before this issue was fixed. I'm unsure if the patch has ever been tested on Windows 8.1, but looking into the above patch I think it should work fine.

I'll cc JohnD, if he agrees this bug can be closed as duplicate of bug #50552.

Philip Nienhuis <philipnienhuis>
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Sun 24 Sep 2017 11:13:24 AM UTC, comment #2: 

I think the issue is that the installer checks some registry values representing the installed Windows version and thinks any number above the one for -say- Windows 8 indicates a Windows 10 box.

There have been other reports on this already quite some time ago, in the bug tracker or mailing list. But AFAIU his has been fixed.

The again, maybe Win 8.1 fell in between somehow?

Philip Nienhuis <philipnienhuis>
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Sat 23 Sep 2017 08:16:47 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Please give some more information about what this bug report is about.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Sat 23 Sep 2017 07:41:21 PM UTC, original submission:  

when installing the installer assumes a windows 10 system although it is actually w8.1

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