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Who's affected
Users of some OEM Vista systems, predominantly using non-US version of Vista.
Problem manifestation
When installed by bundled product, UltiDev Cassini finishes installation without any error messages, but actually fails - no Programs menu items are created and Application Event Log has a cryptic MSIInstaller error entry stating among other things something like "Product: UltiDev Cassini Web Server Explorer -- Error 1001. (NULL) (NULL) (NULL) (NULL)"
Cause of the error
"Start Menu" Junction Point in the C:\ProgramData folder is broken. To check whether this is your problem, open Windows Explorer window, paste C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\Programs in the address bar and hit Enter. If you got an error message, then you are experiencing the same issue and the fix is below.
According to one of the users, the issue has to do with a bug in the OS image preparation utility ImageX.exe. The bug should have been fixed in Vista SP1.
Best Solution
Get a brand new UltiDev Web Server Pro.
Workaround
Please download this archive, unzip and save the BAT file on your Vista system, right-click the BAT file and click Run As Administrator. After that navigate to the C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\Programs to see if it's OK now. If you don't get any error messages, try installing UltiDev Cassini again.
If not, you may need to do a couple more manual steps:
- Go to C:\ProgramData, and use Tools | Folder Options -> View tab, to uncheck "Hide protected operating system files". This should result in quite a few junction points (links) to be shown.
- Right-click the "Start Menu" link/JP and then do Properties -> Security tab -> Edit button.
- Select Administrators in the top list and check "Full Control" box in Allow column of the Permissions section. Click OK as many time as it will be necessary, then run the BAT (as administrator) again and check whether you can get to the C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\Programs. If you can, then try installing UltiDev Cassini Web Server again.Please donate at http://www.ultidev.com/products/Donate.aspx to help us improve our products.
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