New windows installers (2.3.6, both 32 and 64 bit) do not start installation

[Andrew Parsloe]

On 10/12/2020 2:50 pm, Lorenzo wrote:
>
> Yu Jin <yu_jin at lyx.org> escribió:
>
>> Am Mi., 9. Dez. 2020 um 00:12 Uhr schrieb Lorenzo 
>> <loherde at doctor.upv.es>:
>>
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> New windows installers (2.3.6, both 32 and 64 bit) do not start
>>> installation on my system; in fact they not even request admin
>>> permission to start; simply nothing happens when I double click the
>>> installer. Also nothing happens if I try to execute both of them as
>>> admin.
>>>
>>> BTW I have not had any issue with 2.3.5.2 versions or older with Miktex
>>>
>>> My system is Windows 10 64 bit.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much in advance,
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>
>> Did you check in the task manager if the process (in the details tab) 
>> shows
>> up in there?
>> -- 
>>     Eugene
>
> Uninstalled 2.3.5.2 and tried back to install:
> LyX-236-Installer-1-x32 ==> Nothing happens. The process/program is 
> not shown under "Details" tab at the Task Manager
> LyX-236-Installer-1-x64 ==> Program is shown under "Details", admin 
> permit is requested and installation starts (and finishes successfully)
>
> Not sure if uninstallation of 2.3.5.2 was related to success of 2.3.6 
> x64 installation. Additionally I have tried to install the 2.4.0dev 
> versions with same results as LyX-236-Installer-1-x32 (Nothing 
> happens. The process/program is not shown under "Details" at the Task 
> Manager)
>
> Regards,

Just to provide another data point, I had no problem installing 2.3.6 
32-bit over the 2.3.5.2 that was there. I too use MiKTeX and 64-bit 
windows 10. In an absent-minded way I have sometimes been confused in 
the past right at the start of installation by the admin-permit request 
being out of sight in the task bar at the bottom of the screen which I 
have on an auto-hide setting.

Andrew