Environment
Novell eDirectory 8.8.6 for Windows 2008 R2
Microsoft 2008 R2
Microsoft 2008 R2
Situation
Installation fails after first reboot with "launch.exe have stopped working".
And one will see something like:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX64
Application Name: launch.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4c345aaf
Fault Module Name: MSVCR80.dll
Fault Module Version: 8.0.50727.4927
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a27427d
Exception Offset: 0000000000013c4b
Exception Code: c000000d
Exception Data: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.272.7
Locale ID: 1044
Additional Information 1: bc8f
Additional Information 2: bc8fe89e2e785ab03d1b940b0d4fed45
Additional Information 3: e8f6
Additional Information 4: e8f69070f8092abd0a835ddefb4fd35f
And one will see something like:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX64
Application Name: launch.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4c345aaf
Fault Module Name: MSVCR80.dll
Fault Module Version: 8.0.50727.4927
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a27427d
Exception Offset: 0000000000013c4b
Exception Code: c000000d
Exception Data: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.272.7
Locale ID: 1044
Additional Information 1: bc8f
Additional Information 2: bc8fe89e2e785ab03d1b940b0d4fed45
Additional Information 3: e8f6
Additional Information 4: e8f69070f8092abd0a835ddefb4fd35f
Resolution
On Microsoft Windows 2008 R2, the installation must be run by Administrator, or 'run as Administrator'.
The documentation states that it can be run by a user with administrative privileges, this is only true for Windows 2003 and Windows 2008.
The documentation states that it can be run by a user with administrative privileges, this is only true for Windows 2003 and Windows 2008.
Additional Information
Opened a bug against the documentation.