VisualUpdate Error

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OldNESJunkie
Posts: 17
Joined: Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:02 am

Hello,

I have my Visual Update script setup as below, it finds the updates, sees the updates and update size, but fails to download the updates. Not sure what is wrong.
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The web server is Server 2012 R2 running IIS 8, anonymous authentication is on, I had to add MIME types for the exe and ini files to download. Weird thing is that it worked in the past. My OS is Windows 10 Build 1709 64-bit.

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releases{
1.0
1.51p
1.51q
1.51r
1.51s
1.51t
1.51u
1.51v
1.51w
1.51x
1.51y
1.51z
1.52
1.52a
1.52b
1.52c
}
release:1.0{
}
release:1.51p{
}
release:1.51q{
}
release:1.51r{
}
release:1.51s{
}
release:1.51t{
}
release:1.51u{
}
release:1.51v{
}
release:1.51w{
}
release:1.51x{
}
release:1.51y{
}
release:1.51z{
}
release:1.52{
}
release:1.52a{
}
release:1.52b{
}
release:1.52c{
DownloadFile:Carlex-Apps.exe,
DownloadFile:CleanProfiles.exe,
DownloadFile:GetSoftware.exe,
DownloadFile:Mailer.exe,
DownloadFile:ProcessLister.exe,
DownloadFile:RebootPC.exe,
DownloadFile:VNCRemoteControl.exe,
DownloadFile:Applications.txt,DB
DownloadFile:servers.xml,DB
DownloadFile:SharePointLinks.txt,DB
DownloadFile:switches.xml,DB
DownloadFile:Systems.txt,DB
DownloadFile:Telecom.txt,DB
DownloadFile:TelecomLinks.txt,DB
DownloadFile:WebLinks.txt,DB
}
OldNESJunkie
Posts: 17
Joined: Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:02 am

As an update, tested it out on a Windows 7 box and had no issues updating, seems it's a Windows 10 issue of some sort....
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Soner
Posts: 146
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:36 pm

The issue could be that some of the files are being used by another process. In such a case, Visual Update will fail.
Best regards,
Soner Boztas, M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering

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OldNESJunkie
Posts: 17
Joined: Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:02 am

Not sure, but I don't believe that's the case as I have it close all open programs before trying to update. As a side note, I updated to Windows 10 Build 1803 yesterday, tried the update today and it worked without issue, so I assume it was a glitch/bug in Windows 10 Build 1709......freaking Microsoft :x
OldNESJunkie
Posts: 17
Joined: Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:02 am

Crap!!! It turns out the updating issue was my own fault....
In the Program File box for Visual Express I had typed in <installpath>\carlex-apps.exe instead of just carlex-apps.exe so it was invalid and couldn't close the application process. The reason it worked is because I used an earlier install file by accident and when comparing the two I noticed I had entered that by mistake. :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Soner
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Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:36 pm

I am glad that you were able to fix the problem.
Best regards,
Soner Boztas, M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering

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