Foobar Wont Install - Noob Question

[savedbythebell]

Gents,

When i get to the point of Installing Foobar, On the 'Install Type' page and I select 'Standard Installation', when I hit 'next' im getting an error message 'This file does not have a file associated with it for performing this action, create an association in the Set Associations control panel'.

Ive googled and searched for a fix, ive found some info but nothing i could understand! At this point I cant get Foobar to even install on my laptop which is running with Vista.

Can you guys point me in the right direction?

Cheers.

 

[olblueyez]

Just a shot in the dark here but it may be possible your copy of the foobar installer is courupt. Download it again and try.

 

[savedbythebell]

Ive just downloaded the previous version and tried that with no luck either, any other ideas??

 

[olblueyez]

Can you post a screenshot of the error message? I just inastalled it on my XP machine, went without a hitch. Was hoping to get same results.

 

[savedbythebell]

I think it must be a VISTA issue, here is my screenshot of the Error message.

 

[krmathis]

No idea really, but notice you are not using the latest Foobar2000 version. The website refer to v0.9.6.3, while you try to install 0.9.6.1
foobar2000: Download foobar2000 and optional components

Alternatively I think you can use 7-Zip to unpack the installer, so you can install manually.

 

[savedbythebell]

Ok i finally have it installed, I Had to use the custom Install and it has worked, why ive no idea! Ohh and I have the new version installed now, but i was getting the error with all versions previously, cheers.

 

[olblueyez]

Cool, glad it is working for you.

 

[m0ofassa]

Quote:

Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif No idea really, but notice you are not using the latest Foobar2000 version. The website refer to v0.9.6.3, while you try to install 0.9.6.1 foobar2000: Download foobar2000 and optional components Alternatively I think you can use 7-Zip to unpack the installer, so you can install manually.

but the new version has less third party stuff (!!!)

 

[milkweg]

Quote:

Originally Posted by savedbythebell /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ok i finally have it installed, I Had to use the custom Install and it has worked, why ive no idea! Ohh and I have the new version installed now, but i was getting the error with all versions previously, cheers.

Maybe because you didn't give it admin rights when you installed it. Lots of apps and games require admin rights to install correctly on Vista so you right click the file and select run as admin. Alternatively, you could have got the portable version of foobar which has no installer or registry entries and is self contained within its own folder. That's the version I use and prefer.

 

[krmathis]

Quote:

Originally Posted by m0ofassa /img/forum/go_quote.gif but the new version has less third party stuff (!!!)

Third party stuff wont do you any good if you can't get Foobar2000 installed in the first place.
Which is why I pointed it out, cause the obvious first thing to try when running into issues are to use the latest version. In case its a fixed issue..

savedbythebell. Nice to see you got it installed!

 

[olblueyez]

BTW, the Alpha looks good in white.

 

[savedbythebell]

Alfa Romeos are just beautiful, yes, so now ive got foobar running, but the clicks during playback is driving me crazy, ive tried all the usual stuff with buffer size ect with no joy, seriously im beginning to wonder if my laptop as source is worth it!!

 

[olblueyez]

You go through my Foobar thread?

 

[savedbythebell]

Cheers, im working my way through it as we speak.