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

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:34:26 -0500

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:30, Gleason, Todd <tgleason_at_impac.com> wrote:
>> 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.

FWIW, I've never done an uninstall before installing a new version of
TSVN. The MSI seems to take care of everything.

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