Re: Version 2.22.1 problem

[Leonid Hrabovsky]

Unfortunately, Run as an administrator option doesn't help to install - the .dlls are missing

Леонід - Leonid

On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 3:21 PM Leonid Hrabovsky <lhrabovsky@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Brian, I will immediately try this.

Леонід - Leonid

On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 1:21 PM Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> wrote:

At 12:33 21/11/2021 -0500, Leonid Hrabovsky wrote:
>... Windows version 2.22.1 ? There are two .dll missing and install
>fails so far.

At 12:52 21/11/2021 -0500, Leonid Hrabovsky wrote:
>My Windows version is 8.

(Out of support for five years or more.)

>The errors are:
>
>"Error opening file for writing:
>C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\ bin\libexpat-1.dll
>Click Abort to stop the installation,
>Retry to try again, or
>Ignore to skip this file."
>
>"Error opening file for writing:
>C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\ bin\libffi-6.dll
>Click Abort to stop the installation,
>Retry to try again, or
>Ignore to skip this file."

There is nothing here about the files being missing - only
insufficient permission to write to them. Did you install with
administrator permission? Right-click the installation file and
choose "Run as administrator". That's how you install programs under Windows.

Brian Barker