.NET 4.51 prerequisites different sizes

[frank5625]

Hi!

I have trouble installing .NET 4.51 with my application. The installation of the runtime fails. I've noticed that if I build the .NET 4.51 runtime on a Windows 8 build machine, it won't have the same size as building it on a Windows 7 build machine.
We usually build the runtime the first time and place it on a ftp server so we don't have to build it every day.
Let's say I build the runtime on my Windows 8 machine, installation will fail with an InstallAware app built on a Windows 7 machine ... and vice-versa.
Since we always maintain two different versions of our application which are both built on different build machines (Win 8 and Win 7) it's an issue for us.

Please see attachment for error.

I am using InstallAware version 18.03 (on both machines).

To test, you simply need an empty InstallAware Win64 project for example.

Any clue?


Thanks,
François

[FrancescoT]

Dear François,

The compiled WEB MEDIA BLOCKS are machine dependent and it is in this way by design.
The failure you reported with using a web media block generated using a different OS, it also happens if you use a different machine that has same OS.

Hope this clarifies your doubt.

Regards

[frank5625]

Hi!

Thanks for your answer.
That is what I thought.
Though, I usually didn't have any problem with the WEB MEDIA BLOCKS in the past. Back in 2013 we we're still using 2 different build machines but with exact same OS (Win 7).
Using different OS seems to be a problem for sure.

Regards

François

[FrancescoT]