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An all-in-one Wolfenstein 3D editor. · By adambiser

Does not install on Windows 11

A topic by vivi raine created 54 days ago Views: 78 Replies: 5
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Whenever I try to run the installer for the most recent version (1.19.415) the program does not run (although there isn't a "this pc cannot run this app" message, the installer doesn't open any windows or otherwise allow me to install the program). I'm not certain if this is a new issue or not, but for what it's worth the program also does not open with compatibility settings active when I attempt that.

Developer

Is your user an admin?  Would you try right clicking the installer and "running as Admin"?

I made WDC-1.19.414.exe available again.  Would you try it, too?

I don't have Windows 11 for testing.

I've tried running as admin on both versions and it doesn't help, unfortunately. I can confirm the installers work, as I tried them in a Win7 virtual machine, but the installer seems to be picky about something when it comes to Win11. I don't think it's your fault, I feel rather confident it's Microsoft's fault for breaking compatibility somewhere (along with making it harder to engage with compatibility in the newest versions of Win11, which they force users to update to). Regardless, I can definitely use the software in the virtual machine I have set up or otherwise try moving them outside of the virtual machine to test.

Btw, I don't blame you for not having Win11 to test, if it wasn't pre-installed on my current machine I wouldn't be using it.

Developer

Since 1.19.414 also has this issue, that means the minor change I made in the installer didn't break Windows 11 support.  It just didn't work to begin with...  I will try digging around to see whether I can find something about NSIS installers that Windows 11 doesn't like.

Are you able to try running the installer from an elevated command prompt and tell me whether it outputs an error message?

I will also see whether I can setup a Windows 11 dev VM and duplicate the issue.

Running it as admin in cmd did the trick! I'm not quite certain why, but I'm not gonna worry much about that for now lol. WDC once downloaded opens correctly in Win11 after installed as well, I can confirm.

Developer

Yeah, that's completely bizarre, but I'm glad it worked!

I'll file away trying it out on a Win 11 VM for a rainy day then.