Hello,
I'm trying to install Flex Builder 2 onto a Vista x64 machine. The installation fails, but I found this solution on the internet:
The real problem is Vista’s use of the new directory junction point concept. Both the installer and the actual app for Flex Builder need to write into the user’s home directory My Documents folder. However, in Vista, My Documents isn’t a real directory. It is a junction point. Apparently Flex Builder (and Windows Explorer itself) cannot handle junction points. If you run the installer, it will say it finished with errors. If you check the log, sure enough it failed writing to the My Documents folder. I fixed the problem by deleting the My Documents junction point and creating a directory symbolic link to the real Documents folder. This Documents folder is where the My Documents junction point is supposed to be pointing to. Anyway, using:
mklink /d “My Documents” Documents
from inside my home directory solved the problem
How do I go about doing this? Typing mklink /d “My Documents” Documents gives me the following error: "The syntax of the command is incorrect"
I also have no idea how to delete a junction point.
Help!
I'm trying to install Flex Builder 2 onto a Vista x64 machine. The installation fails, but I found this solution on the internet:
The real problem is Vista’s use of the new directory junction point concept. Both the installer and the actual app for Flex Builder need to write into the user’s home directory My Documents folder. However, in Vista, My Documents isn’t a real directory. It is a junction point. Apparently Flex Builder (and Windows Explorer itself) cannot handle junction points. If you run the installer, it will say it finished with errors. If you check the log, sure enough it failed writing to the My Documents folder. I fixed the problem by deleting the My Documents junction point and creating a directory symbolic link to the real Documents folder. This Documents folder is where the My Documents junction point is supposed to be pointing to. Anyway, using:
mklink /d “My Documents” Documents
from inside my home directory solved the problem
How do I go about doing this? Typing mklink /d “My Documents” Documents gives me the following error: "The syntax of the command is incorrect"
I also have no idea how to delete a junction point.
Help!