[Bug 608234] New: Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c0 Summary: Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe" Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Milestone 7 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Windows 7 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: binner@kde.org QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; de; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100513 Firefox/3.6.4 Windows installer fails with "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe" error dialog. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start openSUSE11_3_LOCAL.exe or openSUSE11_3_NET.exe Actual Results: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe" error dialog Expected Results: openSUSE gets installed -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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25 May 25 May

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New subject: [Bug 608234] Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c yang xiaoyu changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |xyyang@novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |locilka@novell.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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22 Jun 22 Jun

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New subject: [Bug 608234] Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c2 --- Comment #2 from Stephan Binner 2010-06-22 10:30:54 UTC --- Still broken in release candidate 1. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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23 Jun 23 Jun

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New subject: [Bug 608234] Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c Stephan Binner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |pgajdos@novell.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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24 Jun 24 Jun

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New subject: [Bug 608234] Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c3 Petr Gajdos changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |binner@kde.org --- Comment #3 from Petr Gajdos 2010-06-24 06:11:10 UTC --- Repeating history, see bug 395675. Please where is bcdedit.exe on Windows7 located? Can you run it from command line inside this directory? Outside? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 608234] Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c4 Stephan Binner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW InfoProvider|binner@kde.org | --- Comment #4 from Stephan Binner 2010-06-24 09:27:38 UTC --- C:\Windows\System32 Yes. Yes. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 608234] Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c5 Petr Gajdos changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |binner@kde.org --- Comment #5 from Petr Gajdos 2010-06-24 11:01:35 UTC --- Is your Windows 7 a production system? If yes, please be careful with following, or even only wait, hopefully I will have access to Windows 7 tomorrow. I can't do any Windows support ;-). If you won't wait, please use bcdedit /export C:\SAVEDBCD to backup your bcd file. You can use bcdedit /import C:\SAVEBCD to restore settings later. Then please try command bcdedit /create /d "test_entry" /application bootsector which instlux uses internally to create boot loader entry. What's the error message? If there isn't any, you can bcdedit /enum to see if the test_entry was really successfully added and then bcdedit /delete identifier to delete the entry you have previously created. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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25 Jun 25 Jun

09:45

New subject: [Bug 608234] Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c6 --- Comment #6 from Petr Gajdos 2010-06-25 09:45:41 UTC --- Sorry, I didn't reproduce it so far. I will investigate it more next week. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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26 Jun 26 Jun

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c Stephan Binner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flag| |SHIP_STOPPER?(coolo@novell. | |com) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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28 Jun 28 Jun

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c Petr Gajdos changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P2 - High -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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19:40

New subject: [Bug 608234] Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c7 Stephan Kulow changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |coolo@novell.com Flag|SHIP_STOPPER?(coolo@novell. |SHIP_STOPPER- |com) | --- Comment #7 from Stephan Kulow 2010-06-28 21:40:13 CEST --- I don't think this is a ship stopper as no harm is done to the data. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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29 Jun 29 Jun

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New subject: [Bug 608234] Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c8 --- Comment #8 from Petr Gajdos 2010-06-29 12:40:51 UTC --- Sorry, I really cannot reproduce it! I have only testing version of Windows 7 ("Build 7000") and only 32-bit, maybe that's the problem. Could you please try the procedure outlined in comment 5? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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19 Oct 19 Oct

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New subject: [Bug 608234] Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c9 Petr Gajdos changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED InfoProvider|binner@kde.org | Resolution| |NORESPONSE --- Comment #9 from Petr Gajdos 2010-10-19 09:54:20 UTC --- I have tried to reproduce this bug for 32bit and 64bit Windows 7 without success. Please reopen this bug when you have needed information from comment 5. I guess bcdedit /create /d "test_entry" /application bootsector command must be failing for you for some reason and I am curious what the error message is. Thanks! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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12 Dec 12 Dec

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New subject: [Bug 608234] Windows Installer: "Cannot exec bcdedit.exe"

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c10 Corbin Haugen changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |corbin.haugen@gmail.com --- Comment #10 from Corbin Haugen 2010-12-12 17:14:53 UTC --- I am having the same problem. Went through steps in Comment 5. Here are the results of in cmd: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\>bcdedit /export C:\SAVEDBCD The operation completed successfully. C:\>bcdedit /create /d "test_entry" /application bootsector The entry {b45329f0-5666-11df-8acc-bcff4db12d95} was successfully created. C:\>bcdedit /enum Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=C: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {b45329ea-5666-11df-8acc-bcff4db12d95} displayorder {current} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 10 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Windows 7 locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {b45329ec-5666-11df-8acc-bcff4db12d95} recoveryenabled Yes osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {b45329ea-5666-11df-8acc-bcff4db12d95} nx OptIn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you can see, everything completes "successfully" but there is still no "test_entry". And there are no error messages. This is 64-bit windows 7 and I had to run cmd as admin. please give me any input you may have. Thank you! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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13 Dec 13 Dec

07:32

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c11 --- Comment #11 from Petr Gajdos 2010-12-13 07:32:45 UTC --- (In reply to comment #10)

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I am having the same problem. Went through steps in Comment 5.

Excelent! Thanks for tracking it down.

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Here are the results of in cmd:

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As you can see, everything completes "successfully" but there is still no "test_entry".

And there are no error messages.

This seems to me like a bug of bcdedit.

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This is 64-bit windows 7 and I had to run cmd as admin.

please give me any input you may have.

I unfortunately know nothing about rights in Windows 7. What I can say surely is, that installer has to run bcdedit and therefore it has to have appropriate credentials. That should imply that you have to run installer as user with admin rights. When bcdedit return no error, I don't know how to check that something went wrong. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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24 Apr 24 Apr

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c13 --- Comment #13 from Lars Vogdt 2011-04-24 15:11:24 UTC --- (In reply to comment #11)

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I unfortunately know nothing about rights in Windows 7. What I can say surely is, that installer has to run bcdedit and therefore it has to have appropriate credentials. That should imply that you have to run installer as user with admin rights.

What about adding at least some hint in the installer that the program has to be run with Admin rights? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721886%28WS.10%29.aspx is also talking about "bcdedit /set" after the commandline from Comment #5. Maybe this can solve the problem? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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26 Apr 26 Apr

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c14 Petr Gajdos changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |NEEDINFO CC| |pgajdos@novell.com InfoProvider| |lrupp@novell.com --- Comment #14 from Petr Gajdos 2011-04-26 07:14:34 UTC --- (In reply to comment #13)

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What about adding at least some hint in the installer that the program has to be run with Admin rights?

Do you know how to check on Windows that you have admin rights? While bcdedit ends "successfuly" every time I cannot check that the operation was successful. (In reply to comment #13)

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is also talking about "bcdedit /set" after the commandline from Comment #5. Maybe this can solve the problem?

How? I would personally vote for dropping instlux at all. A person who knows what administrator rights are certainly knows also how to reboot and set his/her comp to boot from DVD. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c15 Lars Vogdt changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoProvider|lrupp@novell.com |jmassaguer@opentrends.net --- Comment #15 from Lars Vogdt 2011-06-02 07:10:18 UTC --- Maybe we should simply ask the original Author: Jordi, any idea how to fix this? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c16 Jordi Massaguer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jmassaguer@opentrends.net --- Comment #16 from Jordi Massaguer 2011-06-02 10:19:29 UTC --- I would check for admin privileges: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Simple_tutorials#Check_if_user_is_administrator I think some users may know how to be admin in windows but not how to change the boot order. Moreover, I was once told that there were some use cases where the user could not change the boot order. Thanks for CC'ing me in this thread. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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6 Jun 6 Jun

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c17 Petr Gajdos changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoProvider|jmassaguer@opentrends.net |lrupp@novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |pgajdos@novell.com |ovo.novell.com | --- Comment #17 from Petr Gajdos 2011-06-06 09:05:34 UTC --- Lars, could you please test instlux from system:install:head/instlux? I have added the check from referenced page and it seems to work. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c18 Petr Gajdos changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED InfoProvider|lrupp@novell.com | Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #18 from Petr Gajdos 2011-06-09 07:40:49 UTC --- See sr#73035. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608234#c19 --- Comment #19 from Petr Gajdos 2011-06-09 07:42:08 UTC --- I assume this bug is fixed. If not, please reopen. Jordi, Lars, thanks for cooperation! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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