Unable to install Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends trial/demo into

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Phillip Pi

Hello!

I am having problems installing this trialware/demo version
(http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/2/b/92bc6ec9-a2d9-46bc-855d-61da496ef7e8/setup.exe)
onto my old Windows XP Pro. SP2 system. I only have about 800 MB free on
C: drive, so I tried to install into G: drive with 6 GB free. However,
the installer keeps saying I am out of disk space on C: drive and aborts
the installation.

I cannot free up anymore on C: (e.g., already moved pagefile.sys,
%temp%, uninstalled some softwares, compressed files and
folders/directories, etc.).

I don't think demos have product ID so I can't contact Microsoft about
this problem. MS' support on
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;11188 didn't help at all. I
was unable to get anyone from Big Guge Games as well. :(

I wonder if I will still have this problem with the retail version too
(not that I will get it until I play the demo to see if I like it or not).
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
Hi Phillip Pi,

You asked:

| I wonder if I will still have this problem with the retail version too
| (not that I will get it until I play the demo to see if I like it or not).

The answer is that you'll be able to custom install the game to your
G: partition with the full version. I know this since I too have < 500 MB
free on C: and push my large installations out to a directory that I
don't worry about backing up, since the bits can easily be reinstalled. ;-)

PS: Say "Howdy" to Tony Weiss if you know him.
I've worked on many projects with him over the years.

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Phillip Pi Wrote:
=================
| Hello!
|
| I am having problems installing this trialware/demo version
| (http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/2/b/92bc6ec9-a2d9-46bc-855d-61da496ef7e8/setup.exe)
| onto my old Windows XP Pro. SP2 system. I only have about 800 MB free on
| C: drive, so I tried to install into G: drive with 6 GB free. However,
| the installer keeps saying I am out of disk space on C: drive and aborts
| the installation.
|
| I cannot free up anymore on C: (e.g., already moved pagefile.sys,
| %temp%, uninstalled some softwares, compressed files and
| folders/directories, etc.).
|
| I don't think demos have product ID so I can't contact Microsoft about
| this problem. MS' support on
| http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;11188 didn't help at all. I
| was unable to get anyone from Big Guge Games as well. :(
|
| I wonder if I will still have this problem with the retail version too
| (not that I will get it until I play the demo to see if I like it or not).
 
Hi Phillip Pi,

You asked:

| I wonder if I will still have this problem with the retail version too
| (not that I will get it until I play the demo to see if I like it or not).

The answer is that you'll be able to custom install the game to your
G: partition with the full version. I know this since I too have < 500 MB
free on C: and push my large installations out to a directory that I
don't worry about backing up, since the bits can easily be reinstalled. ;-)
Click to expand...

Cool, but I really would like to try this trialware to be sure I like
the game or not. I managed to get 1.1 GB free on C: last night. I even
messed with Orca, copied MSI files into another drive, etc. Still can't
install it correctly (e.g., can't run MSI this way -- must run setup.exe
errors), etc.

I did find out that during the actual installation after selecting
options, C:\WINDOWS\Installer gets a big 700 MB MSI! No wonder I ran out
of disk space. I need to get this into another location. I couldn't copy
this MSI to install or else it complains that I didn't run its
setup.exe. Ugh! Sloppy testing here. :(

PS: Say "Howdy" to Tony Weiss if you know him.
I've worked on many projects with him over the years.
Click to expand...

He doesn't work here anymore. He left many months ago. :(
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
 
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