Download and run of msi file has error

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Download and run of msi file has error

imagineer64 opened this issue 2 years ago · comments

My guess is if someone has never installed an External Tool then the installer fails because there is no path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Power BI Desktop\External Tools

I also believe the above path is only if you chose "install everyone" option and maybe a different path for "install only me".

As a workaround I manually created the above path and the installer worked as expected.

Greg Deckler · Answer 1 · Fri Feb 25 2022 06:21:58 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I have updated the installer to create the necessary directory structure if it does not exist. The installer now checks if the "Power BI Desktop" directory exists within the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared" directory and if it does not, creates it. Also the installer then checks to see if the "External Tools" directory exists within the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Power BI Desktop" directory and if it does not, creates it.

Thanks for this issue report, I just ran into this with someone else!

imagineer64 · Answer 2 · Tue Mar 01 2022 14:32:05 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks @gdeckler!
Another note is that I think the install location is different depending on if someone chooses to install for everyone or just the primary user ie I think shared is used for the everyone option.

Greg Deckler · Answer 3 · Tue Mar 01 2022 22:50:07 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I tested this. It appears that regardless of the installation mode, Everyone or Just Me, that the following path is used for both options.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Power BI Desktop\External Tools
If there is some nuance to this I'll have to wait for someone to find it as I can't currently reproduce any alternate path for where the external tool json files need to be located.