invalid start mode archive filename что делать
Invalid start mode archive filename что делать
Somehow I screwed up. I installed a trial version from your website to see what this software is all about. So I like it alot and decided to buy on steam (with Start10).
However I installed the steam version on top of the trial version.
It wont register the trial.
What can I do to activate the trial?
As last resort I tried deinstalling the steam version and then the trial version, but that fails somehow.
What now?
lose the trial and stream versions. then install the steam version and try that.
lose the trial and stream versions. then install the steam version and try that.
I tried deinstalling.
But steam overwritten something. If I deinstall through apps or steam it removes the steam version not the trial version. And if I try uninstalling through uninstall.exe in the folder I get this error: Invalid start mode: Archive Filename
Either way tou want to get rid of BOTH versions somehow. If it works after getting rid of the trial then stay with it. Otherwise you’ll have to somehow get rid of that, too. The idea here is to start clean with only the seam version.
With that said, I see your comment and I raise you this response: That’s odd. What error is it giving you?
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Windows 8 error «Invalid start mode: archive file name», when running Uninstall
On Windows 8.1 I get the error «Invalid start mode: archive file name», when running Uninstall either from Start Menu or chained from the installer as part of an update.
There is no problem from the Control Panel, or earlier Windows versions (7, XP, etc.)
Windows 8 also gets confused with desktop alias icons, but that’s another story.
Setup Factory is the latest 9.2
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I am not sure that I understood correctly, please clarify if I didn’t get it right. If you wish to run the uninstaller before deploying a newer release, you need to execute the uninstaller executable with the proper arguments. You can extract the full command line from the registry, as I show in the script of my «Uninstall former version» custom screen.
This should end up in running something similar to
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The «Invalid start mode: archive file name» message suggests that you are not passing the command line arguments properly. It may help if you log the actual command you execute, and verify that you aren’t making any errors (missing quotes, not expanding some Session Variable, etc.).
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The uninstall command and parameter is well formed and correct. This is also, why it executes without general issues except for this error.
Running standalone, I do not get the error dialog until I hit the Finish button on the Uninstall Successful screen.
Logs are clean and free of unexpected errors.
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You could post the project and the uninstallation log files, hopefully documenting the line where the error happens.
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The error does not happen until after the installation is closed. It does not happen during script execution.
I just checked in the registry, and the Program management panel has the same command in the registry that is in the short cut. It does not get the error.
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I see that you are deleting the %AppFolder% folder tree during On Post Uninstall while the uninstaller is still running at that location ( %AppFolder%\Uninstall ).
I also see that you are having lots of errors in the uninstallation log ( ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND ), in the On Shutdown event, which happens after you deleted files which are still expected to exist.
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Invalid start mode: archive filename
Users of my Installer get the following error when they try to Uninstall by running Uninstall.exe directly (clicking the exe rather than using shortcut or CP).
Invalid start mode: archive filename
Any ideas as to why they get this? Or even how I may be able to fix it?
The uninstall executable is only the runtime for the uninstall. It needs a configuration file in order for it to actually do anything. Take a look at the properties for that shortcut and you will see some command line argument. For example the uninstall launcher for SUF looks like this:
«C:\WINDOWS\Setup Factory 7.0\uninstall.exe» «/U:C:\Program Files\Setup Factory 7.0\Uninstall\uninstall.xml»
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command line arguement example please
I would appreciate an example of how to implement the command line arguement in a Shell.CreateShortcut action.
SUF v6 easily accomodated Shortcuts in a custom folder (in my case /CompanyName/Product Name) but SUF v7 is a PITA. Especially tedious is trying to get the uninstall shortcut to work. Sure would help to have a Knowledgebase article with examples (HINT)