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A final suggestion when InstallForge throws an error like this on Windows..

I have found that the build may fail two or three times in a row (sometimes throwing different errors) before succeeding.
Try mashing the 'Build' button a few times.

-MASH-
>> Error
-MASH-
>> Error
-MASH-,
>> Build ...

Thank you, Irdluis.
Changing the compression method to 'Deflate' worked for me when I had this error, even with the compression level set to Max. :D

P.S. I may have spoke too soon. After recompiling the package a couple of times, this vexing error showed up again, even with the new settings. Could ...

Hot damn, I solved it!
I'll post about it in the new thread for others who may be new to InstallForge.
Here is a link to the new thread: viewtopic.php?t=841

Thank you for the kind comments, markbell.

Soer is more than welcome to draw on, use, or modify anything that I post here, for the documentation. Cheers!

-Science_1

Solution:

First a disclaimer. I program as a hobby, mostly in Python, and I am new to InstallForge so use my advice at your own risk. I will gladly defer to anyone with more experience who has suggestions or corrections to anything that I say.

I found a brief post on this from binet in the ...

Hi all,

I have a 64-bit, Windows 11 Pro laptop. I wrote an application in python (using PyQt6) that has close to 500 data files. The app includes an integrated editor to modify the data files, so being able to read and write to the files is central to the application's function. I bundled ...

Wow, this is VERY cool, invntefx. I really like the idea of an app invoking a one-off admin privilege level for root C: (provided the user has Admin privileges already) and then locking it all down again once the app ends. It is very impressive! There is so much here to take in and digest! Your ...

Thank you for your insights, Markbell.

I will study the links you provided and see if I can apply them to my issue. I think you may have put your finger on the key issue behind my problems, that my app installs by default to the C:\Program Files (x86)\ path, where Admin Privileges are required ...

Update and Partial Solution:

After several days of studying the problem, I have some findings to report.
First, the issues I was experiencing were -NOT- caused by InstallForge changing all of my file's write permissions to Admin like I initially thought. No. I didn't have to change file ...

Revised Update:

I spent more time exploring this issue this evening. When I ran the installation utility created by InstallForge on my Windows 10 desktop, my app at first seemed to work, but only because I had InstallForge launch the app on completion of installation, and InstallForge (so it turns ...