The UI based launcher doesn't work on windows 7. You can still install using the text-mode installer, however.
I'm just recording that the reason for this is:
On Windows 7, the "job object" registration fails
the "job object" was introduced to make sure that when you close the installer UI, the aria2c process is killed (so that it doesn't keep downloading in the background). This is only necessary when using the UI, as when using console/text mode installer, closing the console window will terminate aria2c automatically
Therefore, even if the UI works, if the job object registration fails, we use the console/text mode installer, to make sure aria2c is killed if you close the installer (well, close the terminal). If we allowed the UI, we'd also be allowing the aria2c process to run in the background if you closed the UI window.
TODO:
[ ] Note this in the wiki
[ ] Add option to text mode installer to run from temp folder? This option is not given in the text mode installer.
The UI based launcher doesn't work on windows 7. You can still install using the text-mode installer, however.
I'm just recording that the reason for this is:
Therefore, even if the UI works, if the job object registration fails, we use the console/text mode installer, to make sure aria2c is killed if you close the installer (well, close the terminal). If we allowed the UI, we'd also be allowing the aria2c process to run in the background if you closed the UI window.
TODO: