I am running Windows 10 Pro and tried to install the new version of BOINC application for windows. During installation process, it tells me that the source code installer is missing and is asking for a cd rom disc. I was trying to install the BOINC application with or without the Oracle VX Virtual Box.

See the BOINC FAQ Windows Installer Error 1706: Setup cannot find the required files / 1714: older version cannot be removed / BOINC.msi cannot be found / The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable / Error 1325. is not a valid short name

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See the BOINC FAQ Windows Installer Error 1706: Setup cannot find the required files / 1714: older version cannot be removed / BOINC.msi cannot be found / The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable / Error 1325. is not a valid short name

Thanks. Downloaded the old windows clean up utility and found the old boinc version 7.x installer !. Installed the new version.

Hi

Win 7 Ultimate. Been running (and funding) BOINC for many years on various systems at home and sometimes at work ;).

The disappearing MSI file is not the fault of BOINC nor the hardy crew of staff. It may not be the fault of the OS. It could be a victim of Norton or System Mechanic or its ilk.

Having said that one thing that the hardy staff COULD do is provide another step in the installer, basically to make a backup copy of the MSI folder in the BOINC runtime folder with a short cut. So when the folder holding the MSI file goes away, the volunteer can copy and paste a replacement. I think this has a good chance of working because the registry still shows the lost MSI folder path.

I'm doing an experiment right now by making a backup of my folder:
C:\Windows\Downloaded Installations\{483E20AE-E04C-41EA-87C9-86CB7FE49F5B}

The FAQ mentioned is also quite long and 4 yrs old. As such it might benefit from either editing out non-supported Windows versions (XP and Vista are dead, RIP) or breaking it up between OS versions.

If we all agree that volunteers are key then volunteers need the easiest/fastest/least dangerous tools to allow them to update in all conditions.

With the greatest respect to the hardy staff,

Don

non-supported Windows versions (XP and Vista are dead, RIP)

What makes you think BOINC runs only on Windows 7 and above? As that's what you state with non-supported Windows versions.
XP may be no longer getting security updates, but that doesn't mean that people stopped running it. Plenty of people still use it on their daily driver. Worldwide millions of computers (including many ATMs) still run Windows XP. Firefox will continue to support it until September 2017.
Vista stops receiving security updates on April 2017.

As for rewriting the FAQ, that's already in the works but slow going. Just as it goes slow with rewriting all other FAQs.
The majority of the information in the FAQ is still very valid, though, with the easiest solution to many people's break down being the reinstall of the previous version of BOINC to fix the broken registry entries.

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I have this same problem. After waiting 2 or 3 months for it to be corrected, I gave up and went back to the previous version, and it installed just fine. I am running Windows 10

Did you try installing the new version after reinstalling the older version?

I haven't had those MSI issue in a whiles, but I use to get it now and then on previous Windows versions. If you were lucky, you still had the MSI sitting around and for a whiles because of that I use to keep them around. I think OpenOffice use to be a common culprit. Usually once I got the MSI I was good to go but occasionally I had to reinstall the old version for Windows to properly pick it up.

OLÁ NÃO CONSIGO INSTALAR O BOINC 7.6.33 (WINDOWS -32 BITS)




Na mensagem de erro fala que o fornecedor (editor) do programa não pode ser verificado (desconhecido) e também na segunda mensagem de erro diz que o aplicativo win 32 não é válido.

peço ajuda de todos vocês pois não conseguir instalar o BOINC, nem mesmo versões anteriores


HELLO I CAN NOT INSTALL BOINC 7.6.33 (WINDOWS -32 BITS)

In the error message it says that the provider (editor) of the program can not be verified (unknown) and also in the second error message says that the application win 32 is not valid.

I ask for help from all of you because you can not install BOINC, not even previous versions

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jerbialdo

Reasons why you can get the message "'application.exe' is not a valid win 32 application":
1. You have a corrupt download on your hands, fixed by downloading the file again, preferably saving it to a different location.
2. You have the wrong file, one for a 64bit Windows. Make sure you downloaded the correct version.
3. The error can be generated by a file that is a virus, worm, Trojan, or other type of malware file. Often, this will be caused because the virus scanner installed in the computer will not allow the file to be installed or run. Try scanning the file to verify it is not a virus and/or infected.
- If the file has been checked and is clean, it is still possible that the virus protection program and/or another program installed on the computer is causing issues during the install or execution of the program. Boot the computer into Safe Mode and try running the program; booting the computer into Safe Mode will make sure nothing is running in the background that could be causing this issue.

Make sure you download it from https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php

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