RE: Problem: unable to install ToirtoiseSVN 1.5.8 on Windows XP SP3

> From: Fabrizio Ammollo [mailto:f.ammollo_at_reitek.com]
> Hello,
>
> I have tried to install ToirtoiseSVN 1.5.8 on Windows XP SP3 but the
> installation blocks "forever" upon the "Validating install" phase,
with
> the
> hard disk constantly spinning; watching the activity of msiexec.exe
with
> filemon, I can see that it is constantly scanning the DLLs installed
into
> system directories, so I think that the problem is that it enters into
> some
> kind of infinite loop.
> This is the first version which is giving me this kind of problem
> (ToirtoiseSVN 1.5.7 is currently installed onto this PC) and I have
not
> installed anything in particular since installing version 1.5.7, how
can I
> trace the reason of the problem?

From what I understand, it is always best to just uninstall your
previous TortoiseSVN and reboot before trying to install a different
version. And then reboot after that as well.

--Todd

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Received on 2009-02-16 17:30:59 CET