Description of problem: liveusb-creator.exe reports it can't find 7z and says to extract all contents -- but all contents have been extracted, and provided 7z is in path Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): After installing liveusb-creator-3.10.0-setup.exe on Windows XP Pro How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 1) During installation of liveusb-creator-3.10.0-setup.exe, select location to install as c:\opt\LiveUSB Creator 2. Add both c:\opt\LiveUSB Creator and c:\opt\LiveUSB Creator\local to PATH 3. Open cmd window in any directory. Verify both 7z and liveusb-creator.exe are in the path (running 7z will output its help message). 4. Download Fedora-14-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso to some local directory. 5. Run c:\opt\LiveUSB Creator\liveusb-creator.exe and specify iso downloaded in Step 4. 6. Select USB 7. Select some bytes for persistence Actual results: Complains about not finding 7z, and says to extract all contents Expected results: A live F-14 USB Additional info: Was able to get F-14 live USB with pendrivelinux.com's Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.3.4.exe
At one point I was able to find a workaround but was much too frustrated at the time to file a bug report, I regret it. I hope this will greatly help whoever owns this bug: http://lynxlee.blogspot.com/2011/05/cannot-find-7z-fedora-liveusb-creator.html it's as simple as it doesn't work if it is not installed in the default programs directory. For a tool that is supposed to be the first impression for would-be Fedora users it's disheartening that it's been like this for 2+ years now.
I believe I fixed this issue in https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/changeset/18aad7c1d32892c565c816fe4977dabe98779a4d I'm spinning up a fresh Windows virtual machine to compile a new release.
https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/liveusb-creator/liveusb-creator-3.12.0-beta-setup.exe This beta should work when the liveusb-creator is installed to non-default locations. Testers appreciated! If this does the trick, I'll do an official release shortly.
Works on my system installing to anywhere now! looking at the diff quickly, wouldn't: paths = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..'), '.'] mean you don't need this line anymore?: paths = [os.path.join(x, folder) for x in (prgmfiles, prgmfiles + ' (x86)')]
@Luke, I can confirm the beta working after previously having the issue with 3.11.1. Fedora 15 USB disk created properly.
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