Saturday 29 April 2017

Installing GitHub for Windows failed - Resolved

Installing github for windows sometimes failed, in this post we are going to see how to resolve this issue and make a successful installation, This installation may fail after 80% or 95%, now we see what kind of error it is.

Application installation did not succeed.  Cannot locate application files on the server.  Contact the application vendor or your administrator for assistance.

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PLATFORM VERSION INFO
    Windows             : 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT)
    Common Language Runtime     : 4.0.30319.18034
    System.Deployment.dll       : 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
    clr.dll             : 4.0.30319.18034 built by: FX45RTMGDR
    dfdll.dll           : 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
    dfshim.dll          : 4.0.41209.0 (Main.041209-0000)

SOURCES
    Deployment url          : http://github-windows.s3.amazonaws.com/GitHub.application
    Server                         : AmazonS3
    Application url           : http://github-windows.s3.amazonaws.com/Application%20Files/GitHub_1_0_47_0/GitHub.exe.manifest
     Server                        : AmazonS3

IDENTITIES
    Deployment Identity     : GitHub.application, Version=1.0.47.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=317444273a93ac29,
    processorArchitecture = x86
    Application Identity        : GitHub.exe, Version=1.0.47.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=317444273a93ac29,
    processorArchitecture = x86, type=win32


Now we see how to resolve this issue,
Download the github from the following url in Internet Explorer, Internet explorer only give a success installation

https://github-windows.s3.amazonaws.com/GitHub.application


From this post you can install the github for windows

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