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ive downloaded version 1.1 3 times now and it keeps saying error opening file for writing so i cant even get it to install..there has to be a flaw with it

Summary: i wish i hadnt let it unistall an older version that worked fine..videolan.org need to fix it , i use windows vista please explain the error , ive downloaded it from download.com and http://www.videolan.org/ and get that same error every time, its uninstalled version 1.0.5 which worked fine

Restart your computer and relaunch VLC installer

i decided to install it to my d drive and it installed fine..so for some reason it wouldnt install on my c drive..why ?
ps thanks j-b for the reply

You have one vlc.exe running on background. That is why installer cannot overwrite the needed files.

vlc-help but as i said id let vlc delete old version so why would vlc.exe be running in background ? when i downloaded the installer is that what your saying was running in the background ?

vlc.exe can crash, or one of browser plugin process can run in background. Installer cannot delete files that are in use.

I had the same problem with 1.1.0. I accepted the option to uninstall the previous version leaving the preferences. When it was done it started giving me error messages on some of the .dll files that they could not be opened for writing. I chose "Ignore" for all messages.

I then used the Windows uninstaller in Control Panel to wipe the program and reinstalled it fresh. It works just fine after that.

It does have a bug in the install if there were no instructions to write the new .dll files if the old ones were not found.

The DOS window that appears during the install is a bit annoying as one does not really know what to do with it. It disappears after about 8-10 seconds on its own.

It does have a bug in the install if there were no instructions to write the new .dll files if the old ones were not found.

It is opposite. Files ARE there and they ARE in use, so installed cannot replace them.