Just tested "Drush Windows Installer". It doesn't contain DRUSH inside?
If it is what that is, adding some few lines to tell users have to drush themselves and how to use it that could help newbies.

http://drush.ws/drush_windows_installer

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udig commented

The documentation of the win installer explicitly mentions that drush source files are being installed as part of the process.
Either documentation should change or the installer should be installing these files.

droplet, to make this half-baked install work did you downloaded the Drush installation manually from the project page into the Drush dir (version 5.x)?

Thanks.

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udig commented

My bad.
The drush dir is installed on the 'ProgramData' area not 'ProgramFiles'.
ignore.

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kulov commented

You can also use the Command Prompt shortcut on the Desktop for easier access.

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droplet commented

okay. I found out the problem because system missing "Microsoft 2008 C++ Runtime (x86)", so PHP can't execute.

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droplet commented

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kulov commented

Hi droplet,

Indeed you need to have Microsoft 2008 C++ Runtime (x86) installed on the machine in order to use php.exe.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5582&WT.mc_id=MSCOM...

Just curious - what is the operating system that you are using? Most of the Windows OS should have this installed already either as a preisntalled component or through Windows Update.

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droplet commented
Title: Drush Windows Installer doesn't work when it missing runtime » Missing DRUSH in Windows Installer ?

@kulov,

because Im going to write a blog post to share this with Windows users, I tested with a fresh Windows XP.

just checked some records, Microsoft 2008 C++ Runtime introduced in .Net 3.5, so that maybe only Windows 7 has no problem (assume all default pure installation). Of course, seems all Windows Service Pack included new .Net framework & runtime.

I think it can be add few lines to FAQ to remind users.

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droplet commented
Title: Missing DRUSH in Windows Installer ? » Drush Windows Installer doesn't work when it missing runtime
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kulov commented
Title: Missing DRUSH in Windows Installer ? » Drush Windows Installer doesn't work when it missing runtime

@droplet,

I can add the runtime in the Windows Installer. Just curious how much of impact will that have. We are supporting Windows XP SP3 so far. I am not sure how many users will go with clean unpatched Windows XP.
Do you have some observations?

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droplet commented

Probably only tuts writers will do that during software testing.

unfortunately, XP SP3 still not included it.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/netfxsetup/thread/1b81b7c7-cc...

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kulov commented
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ok, I will consider adding the runtime in the next installer rollup.

Thanks for reporting this!

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php5engineer commented

I think it will be better just to show a clear error message if the dependent library missing

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Version: » 8.x-6.x-dev
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)
Issue tags: +Needs migration

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