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How to: Install FastSCP 3.0.1.266 on Windows 7 (x86/x64)

I was planning on installing FastSCP on my Windows 7 workstation so I started up the installation file (veeam_fastscp_3.0.1.266.exe) till this error message suddenly showed up:

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Too bad, and when you press OK in this screen it stops the installation.

No worries, I found a workaround to install this one relatively easy (supported or unsupported).

When you start the installation file once again you see the following windows preceding the error message:

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This message actually shows the original installation executable extracts its installation files to a temporary directory.

So when the error-message pops op again, just don’t press OK and leave it there for a moment.

In the meantime you open your Windows Explorer and you open the following folder: “C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Temp\” and you look for a directory that is named somewhat like “IXP000.TMP”.

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In this directory you will find the following files from which you will start the FastSCPSetup executable to initiate the installation and install FastSCP without problems.

NOTE: In case of missing or not properly working functionality within FastSCP after installing you will still have to wait for a proper Windows 7 version. Remember: this is a -somewhat- dirty workaround. It works for me, but it is not supported and  might as well not work for you.

2009
09/17
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PowerGUI Script Editor – Empty Your Runspace

Here’s a useful tip for anyone who enjoys the handy debugger in the PowerGUI Script Editor during their intensive PowerShell scripting activities ;)

Variables

The most useful feature while debugging is the “Variables” window in the editor.

It allows you to see all the variables/objects that you declared and look inside them to see what data they contain.

 

 

 

The only problem is if you work in a script, making a lot of changes in the process, the Variables window will keep on filling up with all the variables that are used in the scripts even though some variables are not even used anymore.

This causes a mess in the Variables window so you kind of lose track of the things that actually matter and are worth keeping an eye on. So, I went looking in the Options (menu Tools > Options) and I found an option that resets the debug/variables windows (Runspace) every time you start a new debugging session. 
 
imageSimply select the “Reset PowerShell runspace each time debugging is started.” option, press OK and you will have a nice and tidy runspace (variables/debug window) from now on.

2009
06/03
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PowerGUI Script Editor
PowerShell
Quest
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Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to my first blog post on my own blog page. This finally gives me the opportunity to write a bit more and add a bit more imagery than I can do on just Twitter. Now that being said, let’s get to where this post is about :)

Microsoft finally release the first Beta of Visual Studio 2010. Now I’m not a fulltime developer, but I enjoy to develop a thing or two every now and then. Besides that I really love to see what’s new in new versions.
So I downloaded the ISO-image from Microsoft’s MSDN and I started instaling it on my Windows 7 RC installation. The installation is no other than 2008 except the only difference is that it starts installing the Beta version of the .NET 4.0 Framework which I suppose should offer a bit more features than 3.5 did.

After the installation -and the inevitable reboot- I ran Visual Studio 2010 and configured the environment for Visual C# usage, simply because that’s the language I’ll be developing in ;)

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2009
05/24
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