Greetings!
On a system , running Windows 11 patched current, I tried to run each of the four 3.1.4 Windows installers, without success.
Installing by running the installer as a normal user and elevating to Administrator at a via UAC, the installer disappears after the UAC prompt, and only by looking at the event viewer is there any data about what is happening.
For me, all four installers logged an Application Popup event with Event ID 26 with the identical text apart from their exe names:
I attempted install of a couple of the 3.2.0 beta installers to have a little bit more to go on, and found that they installed just fine (although are unusable with my 3.1.x *NIX freeciv server), which I see as evidence for being an issue with the 3.1.4 installers and not my win 11 system.
I was able to open the installer of my choice with 7-zip, extract the contents to a folder of my choosing, and run freeciv without issue, but it's not an ideal install experience, potentially insurmountable for a novice, and so worth a look.
Most kind regards,
Mike (An ardent supporter of free civilizations in the real world)
On a system , running Windows 11 patched current, I tried to run each of the four 3.1.4 Windows installers, without success.
Installing by running the installer as a normal user and elevating to Administrator at a via UAC, the installer disappears after the UAC prompt, and only by looking at the event viewer is there any data about what is happening.
For me, all four installers logged an Application Popup event with Event ID 26 with the identical text apart from their exe names:
Running the installer as admin, the dialog box with the error was visible.Application popup: Freeciv-3.1.4-msys2-win64-10-sdl2-setup.exe - Application Error : The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application.
I attempted install of a couple of the 3.2.0 beta installers to have a little bit more to go on, and found that they installed just fine (although are unusable with my 3.1.x *NIX freeciv server), which I see as evidence for being an issue with the 3.1.4 installers and not my win 11 system.
I was able to open the installer of my choice with 7-zip, extract the contents to a folder of my choosing, and run freeciv without issue, but it's not an ideal install experience, potentially insurmountable for a novice, and so worth a look.
Most kind regards,
Mike (An ardent supporter of free civilizations in the real world)
Statistics: Posted by ourcivlookslessfree — Sun Apr 06, 2025 2:31 am — Replies 0 — Views 23
