I am posting this in case it might be helpful to others. The attached document contains five screenshots showing the sequence of events as I tried to install FreeOffice on my new Windows 11 Pro machine (and this is NOT a Windows 11 problem).
The first issue I encountered was a reference to an invalid drive G: (Figure 1). Clicking on OK resulted in the installation ending prematurely (Figure 2). My first thought was that drive G: used to be my Google Drive until I changed it to drive P: Sure enough, searching the registry turned up some references to G:\My Drive\Documents (Figures 4 and 5). I edited these values so that they reflected the new drive letter P.
I then started the installation again, thinking that everything would now be fine. Towards the end of the installation a problem arose due to "insufficient privileges" on Drive P. The installation then terminated.
I then attempted to run FreeOffice2021.MSI as administrator - PowerShell (Admin) or Terminal (Admin). I still encountered the "insufficient privileges" problem. What to do next?
First of all, quit Google Drive which means drive P is no longer present. Then create a local folder C:\Temp\My Drive\Documents and use the following
in a normal (non-Admin) Terminal window
SUBST P: C:\Temp\
Ran the installation successfully! Then cleaned up (SUBST P: /D) and reinstated Google Drive.
When I ran TextMaker for the first time, it successfully created P:\My Drive\Documents\SoftMaker and sub-folders.
If you find this useful, or think others may find it useful, I would be grateful if you commented accordingly. Many thanks.
Failed installation when Documents folder on Google Drive [SOLVED]
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Re: Failed installation when Documents folder on Google Drive [SOLVED]
Are you reporting on SoftMaker Office 2021, or on FreeOffice?
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Re: Failed installation when Documents folder on Google Drive [SOLVED]
Which Forum are we in? That should answer your question and explain why I didn't specifically mention the product version in my post ...
Re: Failed installation when Documents folder on Google Drive [SOLVED]
Thanks for your post but it was in the wrong forum of SoftMaker Office for Windows which I moved here as this is the right place.
Re: Failed installation when Documents folder on Google Drive [SOLVED]
Actually, in the middle of your post you did mention FreeOffice, but you posted the question in the SoftMaker Office 2021 discussion area -- hence my question. We are now in the FreeOffice 2021 discussion area, because a staff person moved the discussion thread, but that is not where we were when I asked my question.paul.newton wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:36 pm Which Forum are we in? That should answer your question and explain why I didn't specifically mention the product version in my post ...
Thanks for the tip. It appears the increasing use of cloud services for primary storage is resulting in myriad unanticipated issues.