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VLC Player will not install

Postby dannyodare » 29 Aug 2010 11:53

Hi there,

I very recently re-installed Windows XP Home Edition. However, I've now discovered that I cannot re-install VLC Player (either 1.1.4 or 1.1.3 versions). It always stalls at 'VLC-cache-gen.exe' - just hangs/freezes in a separate Command Prompt-type window, forcing me to re-boot my PC :( . Any idea why?

Any help would be most appreciated.

Here are my Tech Specs:

XP Home+Vista Ultimate (32-bit) \ Intel E6750 @ 3.47 \ Abit IP-35 Pro \ Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer \ Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro \ 4gb Corsair Twin2X2048 XMS Xtreme Performance (800mhz) \ XFX 8800GTS 320mb \ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme
Gamer \ Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB \ Samsung Writemaster SH-S223Q \ Corsair CMPSUHX 620w PSU \ 24" Acer X243H \ ZyXel P-660RU-T1

Regards,
DANNY
Windows 10 Home (64-bit); Intel i5-9400F 6 Core ("Coffee Lake"); Asus Prime H310-Plus R2.0 (Intel LGA 1151 ATX motherboard) (Intel H310 chipset); Palit Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ampere StormX OC 12GB; 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX (RGB PRO DDR4 3200mhz); Adata SX8200 Pro M.2 SSD 512GB (PCI-E NVMe); Asus STRIX SOAR PCIe 7.1 Surround (with DAC); Corsair CV650 80+ Bromze 650w PSU

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Re: VLC Player will not install

Postby VLC_help » 29 Aug 2010 16:52

Where did you download those installers?

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Re: VLC Player will not install

Postby dannyodare » 29 Aug 2010 17:03

From the official VLC site - here. However, I did download various copies of VLC from other sites - but it made no difference. They all froze, forcing me to re-boot, etc.

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Re: VLC Player will not install

Postby VLC_help » 30 Aug 2010 15:58

You have some additional security tools that might cause problems for VLC-cache-gen.exe?

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Re: VLC Player will not install

Postby dannyodare » 30 Aug 2010 16:06

Like what for instance?

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Re: VLC Player will not install

Postby VLC_help » 31 Aug 2010 16:38

Like antivirus software or similar.

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Re: VLC Player will not install

Postby dannyodare » 31 Aug 2010 16:43

Yes, it was my security - ie, PC Tools Firewall Plus! It had gone beserk and was blocking everything in sight. I gave it a firm slap and it now no longer objects to VLC player and a host of other 'non-offensive' programmes.

Thanks,
DANNY
Windows 10 Home (64-bit); Intel i5-9400F 6 Core ("Coffee Lake"); Asus Prime H310-Plus R2.0 (Intel LGA 1151 ATX motherboard) (Intel H310 chipset); Palit Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ampere StormX OC 12GB; 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX (RGB PRO DDR4 3200mhz); Adata SX8200 Pro M.2 SSD 512GB (PCI-E NVMe); Asus STRIX SOAR PCIe 7.1 Surround (with DAC); Corsair CV650 80+ Bromze 650w PSU


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