Windows 10: Cannot run msi installer from a symlink current dir

Hi there,I got a problem about msi installer and think that it's a bug. Could you confirm that, and can someone fix this?I symlink-ed a dir by `cmd /c mklink /d C:\symlink C:\target`The msi installer cannot run if the current dir is `C:\symlink`, and it's okay for `C:\target`.If I recalled correctly, error occurred when I have upgraded to Win11.

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dir Difficulties

I am getting the hang of this command set.

Maybe somebody know a work around that will list the three time stamps at one time.
Theoretically dir /TC /TA /TW.
dir will only show one of the three at one time.

To me it seems that the only way to get all three on a line is to run loop with output to file, then boiling down the three outputs to one line. Clumsy but maybe the only way to get the job done?

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

Symlink deleted with Windows 10 upgrade

Hi Aydee,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Please provide the following information with us to understand the issue better.

• When you upgrade to Windows 10, you will be able to see the report of things needs to be taken care after upgrade, did you get any such report referring to Symlink?

I would like to inform you that this might have happened due to incompatibility of Symlink with Windows 10, try upgrading to the latest version of Symlink.

If that does not help, install the Symlink in compatibility mode and check if that helps



Install the software in compatibility mode.



a. Locate the executable file (.exe file) for the Symlink.

b. Right-click the file, and then click Properties.

c. In the Package Name Properties dialog box, click the Compatibility tab.

d. Click to select the Run this program in compatibility mode for check box, click Windows 8.1 with which it is compatible with in the Run this program in compatibility mode for list, and then click OK.

e. Double-click the executable file to start the Symlink.



For further assistance please get in touch with Symlink support, so that they can assist you better.

Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.



Thank you.

 

MSI installer not running from Downloads folder

Hello,

I am a developer at Lacuna Software and we are experiencing installation issues on one of our softwares with 1,500,000+ users:

• MSI installer does NOT run from the Downloads folder with double click
• MSI installer does NOT run from CMD> msiexec /i "C:\Users\YourUserName\Downloads\WebPkiSetup_en-US.msi"

Workaround we found:

• MSI installer does run if you move it to any other folder (e.g. Documents)
• MSI installer does run from CMD on Downloads folder just by adding the log parameter: /L*V "<log file path>"

this last one is odd, looks like a quantum physics problem: trying to observe the log changes the experiment event.

The software to download: https://get.webpkiplugin.com/Downloads/v0/setup-win-en

Important Details:

1. Both app and installer are codesigned with trusted EV Code Singing certificate
2. Both app and installer are timestamped with trusted EV certificate
3. The app and installer are whitlelisted on main antivirus
4. The installer does not require admin privileges

Since this installing issues started to popup recently, the installer did not change (the
timestamp shows it was signed on 2019-10-12) and it happens with some Windows 10 only (not everyone),

we suspect that it has something to do with any recent update.

Please let me know if someone has any thoughts on this