MASM32 V9 install failed on Windows Server 2003

[shucho]

The setup program just create an empty \masm32 folder in C:, then run a VBScript which create a shortcut in my desktop. When I close the setup program, nothing happened in \masm32  :dazzled:

Can V9 work on Windows Server 2003?  :red

Thanks

[Shantanu Gadgil]

I am pretty sure the problem has nothing to do with the OS...most likely file create permissions on C:...but then how did it _create_ the "MASM32" folder. First thought: rights issue.

Using WinRAR or 7-zip, try extracting the SFX, copying the extracted files into \MASM32 and run the makelibs.bat

[hutch--]

shucho,

Just make sure you have write permission as this sounds like the problem. This is a development package so you should have admin access to the OS otherwise a different and limited profile may restrict what you can write to disk.

[shucho]

thank you 2:)

i login as Administrator privilege. and i forgot mention a subtle issue, when i click OK to run the VBScript, i found one .vbs file was created in \masm32, after i close the install program, the .vbs file vanished. so, maybe i have the write permission...

anyway, i will follow shantan's way.

Thank you all.

P.S.
forgive my poor english, chinese is my native tongue :red

[hutch--]

shucho,

That is normal with the VBS file, it asks if you want to run it, runs to install the shortcut then it is deleted after the install. The alternative to using the normal install is to use the legacy version as it is identical in what gets written to disk, it just installs in a simpler manner but is larger because of it.

Let us know how you get on as it is useful for other people to know these things.

[shucho]

i just followed the shantan's way, but it did NOT work :(

it seems that the .bat file refused to work. when i follow the "press any key to continue", it just stopped there, nothing happened...

then i opened the makelibs.bat w/ my editor, typed the command in script manually. but bldlibs.bat is also cannot work, it just stopped there, nothing echoed  :dazzled:

[shucho]

FYI, my os is Microsoft Windows  Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition w/ Service Pack 1.

My CPU is Intel Pentium D 2.80GHz.

Maybe the information above help

[Shantanu Gadgil]

Hi shucho,
Did you do this...(and exactly this  :bg )
1. Extract the m32v9r.zip .zip and you get the install.exe (which is an SFX).
2. Right click on the install.exe and extract to a folder called "install" in the current directory (using WinRAR or 7-zip)
3. Copy ALL the stuff (bin,com examples, etc including all the files) from _inside_ the "install" folder to C:\MASM32 (So now the folder C:\MASM32 has the folders bin, com, etc)
4. Go to C:\MASM32 and run makelibs.bat

P.S.
Its "shantanu" not "shantan"  :red :red

Hope this helps.

[shucho]

hi shantanu,

sorry, i misspelled your name   :red :red

i followed the steps exactly as you described above, but it does NOT work  :(

and i found the qeditor.exe just cannot work, no window displayed, no error messages emitted, just died quitely.  :dazzled:

and i just tried the hutch's way, using the legacy V9, it does NOT work either  :dazzled:

[hutch--]

shucho,

There is something wrong with you machine setup if it will take neither. Be it AV software, trojan damage or whatever else but note that this project has been installed on many server 2003 machines with no problems at all so it is not either installation. You may have configured the OS in an unusual way that prevents disk writes and finally you must have a machine that is capable of receiving an install that is as simple as this one.

[Shantanu Gadgil]

shucho,
Too bad it doesn't work.  :'( Very unfortunate to hit a roadblock so soon (right at install time)

I myself have installed the same on a 2K3 too. So can definitely say that it works!!!

Hope you can resolve the problem soon to get your ASM coding under way!!! :)

[Ghirai]

I installed it on a 2k3 server enterprise without problems.

[P1]

Give the MASM32 folder "Full Control" Security rights to the login you are using.

Just to be sure, we are talking about "C:\MASM32", not a mapped drive?  Because I know this trouble sounds too much like a mapped drive installation on W2K3.

Regards,  P1  :8)

[Mark Jones]

...and also MASM32 will not install on a network drive. Good luck! :bg

[shucho]

hi,

i manually executed the \masm32\include\inc2l.exe command, but nothing happened, no *.lib file was generated. for example:

\masm32\include\> inc2l.exe gdi32.inc

no gdi32.lib was made  :eek

What wrong w/ my computer?  :( :( :(