Installation problem - VirtualBox 2.2.0

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ddgg
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Installation problem - VirtualBox 2.2.0

Post by ddgg »

#3711: Installation of VirtualBox 2.2.0 failed
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Host: MS Windows XP
Version: VirtualBox 2.2.0
Component: installer
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After i had run VirtualBox-2.2.0-45846-Win.exe, i got a "Count not create temporary directory!" error message box.

I guess that was caused by my windows user name, which contains some Chinese characters.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!
ddgg
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Re: Installation problem - VirtualBox 2.2.0

Post by ddgg »

vbox4me2 wrote:Try running it with admin rights.
Thanks for your reply, but i was using a user account of the administrators user group.
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Re: Installation problem - VirtualBox 2.2.0

Post by Sasquatch »

Does your Host support those Asian characters properly? Else you need to make sure that it does, or install it from an account with normal characters.
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Re: Installation problem - VirtualBox 2.2.0

Post by Custler »

Many installation problems (not only VirtualBox)caused by security rights can be solved by http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9646979
described in article How do I restore security settings to the default settings?
It's correct security setting errors in filesystem ant in registry too.
ddgg
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Re: Installation problem - VirtualBox 2.2.0

Post by ddgg »

I have resolved the problem. I changed to the administrator account and the installation processed to succeed.

But i do not think this problem is about security settings or accounts privilege.
It should be only caused by account name characters, because i know the setup program needs to decompress
some stuffs to the temporary directory which associate with the windows account.

Thanks a lot for your advice? :)
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