problem installing Skyline 21.2-64 bit Niyatti  2021-09-15 04:45
 

Dear Skyline team,

I tried to install Skyline21.2 (64 bit) on a computer with win 7 and got an error.
could you please tell me what's wrong?
Thanks,
Niyatti

The following properties have been set:
Property: [AdminUser] = true {boolean}
Property: [InstallMode] = HomeSite {string}
Property: [NTProductType] = 1 {int}
Property: [ProcessorArchitecture] = AMD64 {string}
Property: [VersionNT] = 6.1.1 {version}
Running checks for package '.NET Framework 3.5 SP1', phase BuildList
Reading value 'SP' of registry key 'HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v3.5'
Read integer value 1
Setting value '1 {int}' for property 'DotNet35SP'
The following properties have been set for package '.NET Framework 3.5 SP1':
Property: [DotNet35SP] = 1 {int}
Running checks for command 'DotNetFX35SP1\dotNetFx35setup.exe'
Result of running operator 'ValueGreaterThanEqualTo' on property 'DotNet35SP' and value '1': true
Result of checks for command 'DotNetFX35SP1\dotNetFx35setup.exe' is 'Bypass'
'.NET Framework 3.5 SP1' RunCheck result: No Install Needed
Running checks for package 'Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (x86 and x64)', phase BuildList
Reading value 'Release' of registry key 'HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full'
Read integer value 528049
Setting value '528049 {int}' for property 'DotNetFull_Release'
Reading value 'v4' of registry key 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\OS Integration'
Unable to read registry value
Not setting value for property 'DotNetFull_OSIntegrated'
The following properties have been set for package 'Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (x86 and x64)':
Property: [DotNetFull_Release] = 528049 {int}
Running checks for command 'DotNetFX472\NDP472-KB4054530-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe'
Result of running operator 'ValueEqualTo' on property 'InstallMode' and value 'HomeSite': true
Result of checks for command 'DotNetFX472\NDP472-KB4054530-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe' is 'Bypass'
Running checks for command 'DotNetFX472\NDP472-KB4054531-Web.exe'
Result of running operator 'ValueNotEqualTo' on property 'InstallMode' and value 'HomeSite': false
Result of running operator 'ValueGreaterThanEqualTo' on property 'DotNetFull_Release' and value '461808': true
Result of checks for command 'DotNetFX472\NDP472-KB4054531-Web.exe' is 'Bypass'
'Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (x86 and x64)' RunCheck result: No Install Needed
Launching Application.
URLDownloadToCacheFile failed with HRESULT '-2146697208'
Error: An error occurred trying to download 'https://skyline.gs.washington.edu/software/Skyline-release-64_21_1/Skyline.application'.

 
 
Nick Shulman responded:  2021-09-15 07:00
This same error was reported by a different user (with a similar username) about a year ago:
https://skyline.ms/announcements/home/support/thread.view?rowId=48942

I posted a few ideas of things to try but I never heard back as to whether any of those ideas were good.

Here are the same suggestions with the URLs updated for Skyline version 21.1:

The error that you are getting is:
URLDownloadToCacheFile failed with HRESULT '-2146697208'
Error: An error occurred trying to download 'https://skyline.gs.washington.edu/software/Skyline-release-64_21_1/Skyline.application'.

We believe that this error has something to do with networking or firewall issues. You might need to contact your IT department in order to allow your computer to download the necessary files.

One thing that you could do is to try downloading that problematic file directly. Do you see any sort of error message when you click on the following link?:
https://skyline.gs.washington.edu/software/Skyline-release-64_21_1/Skyline.application
It is also possible you will get a better error message if you try clicking on that link in Microsoft Edge, because the way that Edge downloads things is more similar to what is happening when you are trying to install software.

A different thing that you could try is to install Skyline using the "Unplugged" installer from this page:
https://skyline.ms/wiki/home/software/Skyline/page.view?name=install-64-disconnected_21_1

The Unplugged installer requires that you download a .zip file.
Step 1: After you download that .zip file you should right-click on the .zip file in Windows Explorer and choose "Properties". If there is a checkbox near the bottom of the Properties dialog which says "Unblock", then you should check that checkbox (see attached picture "UnblockCheckbox.png") and then press "OK". If you do not see a "Unblock" checkbox, then this step was not necessary and you do not need to worry about it.
Step 2: Right-click on the .zip file in Windows explorer and choose "Extract All".
Step 3: Run "Setup.exe" from inside your newly extracted folder.

The Unplugged installer is almost as good as the regular installer, except that it does not know how to automatically check for updates.

-- Nick
 
Niyatti responded:  2021-09-16 01:21
Hi Nick,

Thanks for your response. I tried both the options and the second one is worked for me i.e. installing the" Unplugged" installer from the given link.