[Qgis-user] Very strange installation problem QGIS 3.20.3

[Nicolas Cadieux]

Perhaps this?

https://www.thefreewindows.com/19928/fix-error-installation-directory-local-hard-drive/

I would try the OSGEO4W installer instead of the easy installer.

Nicolas Cadieux
https://gitlab.com/njacadieux

> Le 12 oct. 2021 à 07:31, Mats Elfström <mats.elfstrom at giskraft.se> a écrit :
> 
> 
> Hi Nicolas!
> That is not an option. I have had QGIS installed in 'dotted' paths since 2.xx
> Currently 3.10, 3.16 and 3.20.1, all suggested by the installer.
> Dots in paths and folder names are perfectly valid and has nothing to do with 'local hard drive'.
> 
> 
> Den tis 12 okt. 2021 kl 13:06 skrev Nicolas Cadieux <njacadieux.gitlab at gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> My first reaction is that a LTR can be installed with a developer version but 3.20.1 and 3.20.3 not.  I would need to test if this is still true.  Before checking that, I would remove the dots “ . “ from the path and try again.
>> 
>> Nicolas Cadieux
>> https://gitlab.com/njacadieux
>> 
>>> Le 12 oct. 2021 à 05:47, Mats Elfström <mats.elfstrom at giskraft.se> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> I was going to install 3.20.3 in parallel with 3.20.1 when I got the strangest installation error.
>>> "Installation directory must be on a local hard drive."
>>> I can think of nothing more local than C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.20.3\
>>> which is what the installer suggested.
>>> What is going on here? I have never come across anything similar.
>>> This is a Windows 10 machine with a current Microsoft subscription.  
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> 
>>> GisKraft, Geodatakonsult
>>> 
>>> Mats Elfström, Marsvinsholms stationsväg 80, 271 93 Ystad, Sweden
>>> tel: +46 70 595 39 35 / www.giskraft.se
>>> 
>>> <QGIS3203_install_error.png>
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> GisKraft, Geodatakonsult
> 
> Mats Elfström, Marsvinsholms stationsväg 80, 271 93 Ystad, Sweden
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