fail to install adobe brackets on my win8.1

Question

I wanna install Adobe Brackets on my Windows 8.1 PC. But when it come to the installation directory , no matter where I choose, it keeps poping up a dialog that tells me "Installation directory must be on a local hard drive". Don't know why. Even the default directory C:\program file(x86)\Brackets\ is not working.

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I fixed it following this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd1zCyr8nY0

Just execute at cmd (as admin):

msiexec /i "Path\To\Installer\Brackets.Release.1.0.msi"

Replace Path\To\Installer with your own path.

Answer 2

Try making this your MSI command you type in:

msiexec /i "Path\To\Installer\Brackets.Release.1.0.msi" WIXUI_DONTVALIDATEPATH="1"

Caveat - You must TYPE IN the path you wish to install to fully.

If you try and change it change the Change Folder dialog you will get the error "installation directory must be a local hard drive"

This is a WiX bug and is scheduled to be fixed in WiX 4.0 - https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/4737

Healy

Answer 3

copy the installer to the root of C: