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ERROR: Could not create Setup Archive

Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 9:42 am
by CloudyDay
I create a setup using InstallForge and this is all working fine. I save my IFP file so that I can use it again.

Next time I want to build a setup file, I load the IFP file from my previous successful build and now it cannot create the "setup archive", If I have asked it to include the uninstaller, it fails even sooner with "Cannot archive uninstaller".

The only way I have found around it, is to create a new installer project from scratch and re-enter all of the same parameters. Then, it works just fine. If I save this, then re-open it with no changes to any of the files for my application or to the IF project, it fails again as above.

I am new to InstallForge .. what am I missing/doing wrong?

Re: ERROR: Could not create Setup Archive

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 3:02 am
by Soner
Sounds strange. I will have a look at this issue.

Does that happen each time?

Re: ERROR: Could not create Setup Archive

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 5:25 pm
by volki
Something similar happened to me (most likeli same reason);
ERROR: could not archive uninstaller

No idea. Same project file ran yesterday.
Thanks for a quick solution.

Re: ERROR: Could not create Setup Archive

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 5:54 pm
by volki
Found a quick workaround:
in the InstallFOrge folder there is only an update.exe, so I ran this one, this produced th ERROR mentioned above.
When I started the ifbuilderenvx86.exe in bin, it worked fine...

Re: ERROR: Could not create Setup Archive

Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 9:27 pm
by Soner
So this happens when you run the updater, which launches InstallForge?

Re: ERROR: Could not create Setup Archive

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:20 am
by CloudyDay
Sorry for the late reply ... the workaround described did work for me (running the builder directly rather than from the shortcut to InstallForge). Perhaps my installation was off, although I did try a reinstall.

However, so far as I can tell, the problem seems to be resolved in v1.4.2

Re: ERROR: Could not create Setup Archive

Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:29 am
by Soner
Hello,

this issue has been fixed in version 1.4.2. Thanks for the report.

Re: ERROR: Could not create Setup Archive

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:22 pm
by Gorgomir
Nope, not fixed, see my thread.

Re: ERROR: Could not create Setup Archive

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:40 pm
by PAT
For resolve this problem set in Installforge Bin this : 7za.exe zip/unzip program