<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Nicolas!<div>I appreciate you trying to help. </div><div>For now, I’ll just relax and wait for a fix which will come eventually. I am not in the mood for guessing what the false error message is trying to say. </div><div>And the OSGEO4W installer has a download cycle that takes hours, even on my 100 Mbit connection. And clutters my hard drive. Been there, won’t go again. <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Hälsning / Regards</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Mats.E</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>Skickat från min / Sent from my iPad, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Ursäkta att jag är kortfattad / Excuse my brevity. </span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">12 okt. 2021 kl. 21:30 skrev Nicolas Cadieux <njacadieux.gitlab@gmail.com>:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Perhaps this?<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.thefreewindows.com/19928/fix-error-installation-directory-local-hard-drive/">https://www.thefreewindows.com/19928/fix-error-installation-directory-local-hard-drive/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I would try the OSGEO4W installer instead of the easy installer.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Nicolas Cadieux<div><a href="https://gitlab.com/njacadieux">https://gitlab.com/njacadieux</a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">Le 12 oct. 2021 à 07:31, Mats Elfström <mats.elfstrom@giskraft.se> a écrit :<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Nicolas!<div>That is not an option. I have had QGIS installed in 'dotted' paths since 2.xx</div><div>Currently 3.10, 3.16 and 3.20.1, all suggested by the installer.</div><div>Dots in paths and folder names are perfectly valid and has nothing to do with 'local hard drive'.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Den tis 12 okt. 2021 kl 13:06 skrev Nicolas Cadieux <<a href="mailto:njacadieux.gitlab@gmail.com">njacadieux.gitlab@gmail.com</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto">Hi,<div><br><div>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.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Nicolas Cadieux<div><a href="https://gitlab.com/njacadieux" target="_blank">https://gitlab.com/njacadieux</a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">Le 12 oct. 2021 à 05:47, Mats Elfström <<a href="mailto:mats.elfstrom@giskraft.se" target="_blank">mats.elfstrom@giskraft.se</a>> a écrit :<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi!<div>I was going to install 3.20.3 in parallel with 3.20.1 when I got the strangest installation error.</div><div>"Installation directory must be on a local hard drive."</div><div>I can think of nothing more local than C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.20.3\</div><div>which is what the installer suggested.</div><div>What is going on here? I have never come across anything similar.</div><div>This is a Windows 10 machine with a current Microsoft subscription. </div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p><b><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1sRHl_CnQrtHqnEvCnblOPhzklqxxeH5J&export=download" data-unique-identifier=""><br></b></p><p><b>GisKraft</b>, Geodatakonsult</p><p>Mats Elfström,
Marsvinsholms stationsväg 80, 271 93 Ystad, Sweden<br>tel: +46 70 595 39 35
/ <a href="http://www.giskraft.se" target="_blank">www.giskraft.se</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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