Adapt It installation fails on Vista machines

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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by bussa5...@gmail.com on 20 Aug 2008 at 2:03

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This problem has been reported by several users. See the attached file for 
details 
and potential work arounds. It seems to be an issue with the way Vista 
creates "shadow" files.

At some point in the installation process, Vista indicates that the Adapt It 
Work 
Folder already exists and then it cancels the installation.

Original comment by bussa5...@gmail.com on 20 Aug 2008 at 2:12

• Changed title: Adapt It installation fails on Vista machines
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Here are some comments about the problem by Bruce Waters that amplify on the 
comment 
above.

Early in the installation process when Adapt It is run for the first time on 
the 
Vista machine, Vista indicates that a file with name "Adapt It Work", or "Adapt 
It 
Unicode Work" if launching the Unicode version, already exists on the hard 
drive - 
and then it aborts the launch giving an error message. (Vista itself creates 
that 
nuisance file. The download file explains how to get round this problem.)

Original comment by bussa5...@gmail.com on 22 Aug 2008 at 9:27

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This has not been reported in version 4.x.x of Adapt It WX. Please open a new 
issue
if you experience this problem with version 4.x.x installed on Windows Vista.

Original comment by adaptitbill@gmail.com on 2 Mar 2009 at 4:11

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See previous closing comments.