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xavierk
2009-02-15, 05:04
Spybot 1.6.2.46 is broken on Windows Vista 64bit. It seems to have installed fine, but after downloading updates, it went to install them and since then, now i get:
Please select some update files from the list first.

I assume it has to do more with Windows 64 bit more then anything. It appears when trying to update, it isn't looking in the proper folder... "C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy"

I tried to add quotes around the "LocalFile" path in "downloaded.ini" to see if that would resolve the issue, but doesn't seem to affect it either way.



Thank you!


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Tom.K
2009-02-15, 08:02
Is there anything checked in list for updating?
downloaded.ini should be only a log.
Have you tried to reinstall Spybot-S&D?
Did you have this problem in earlier versions?

xavierk
2009-02-15, 09:05
There is no list, it never lets be bring the list back up. This was never an issue before. This is new to the latest version. I have not tried a reinstall yet, but others are reporting the same issue. This is not specific to my machine as you'll see in this post: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=44964


Xavier

tiffmc
2009-02-15, 12:32
It isn't a Vista 64bit issue. I'm having the same problem and I am using vista 32bit.

xavierk
2009-02-20, 14:50
Since there has been no official response, a bug report has been submitted via email. Hopefully we'll soon receive some information.


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md usa spybot fan
2009-02-20, 16:32
Download (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html) and reinstall Spybot 1.6.2.46 making sure to run the installation program (spybotsd162.exe) with elevated Administrator rights:
Instead of just left-clicking to start spybotsd162.exe, Right-click and selest "Run as administrator" from the context menu.

xavierk
2009-02-21, 08:22
I have the security disabled. That wasn't the issue. Although a clean wipe and reinstall did seem to resolve the error I was receiving. Which is interesting that it didn't work last time.........



TY,

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xavierk
2009-02-23, 08:23
Well that was short lived. Later that night, the error came back. This is still considered an active bug with Vista.


Xavier

jeffw_00
2009-07-11, 17:58
I'm having the same problem in WINXP-Home SP3 - I hae 5 machines configured similarly, and 3 of them have the problem. The patch updater doesn't seem to help. Help?
/j

Matt
2009-07-11, 19:49
I'm having the same problem in WINXP-Home SP3 - I hae 5 machines configured similarly, and 3 of them have the problem. The patch updater doesn't seem to help. Help?
/j
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