Boinc self-destructs and new install throws a really stupid error.

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Dougga

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Message 107240 - Posted: 2 Mar 2022, 3:12:38 UTC

I left boinc running on my machine 10 days ago.
I return and it's no longer installed on this machine.
I download the new install file and it throws an error indicating an invalid character was found in the target directory.

Have all the engineers been replaced by children?
Did all the testers go to fight in Ukraine?

What's going on?
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Bryn Mawr
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Message 107241 - Posted: 2 Mar 2022, 5:00:06 UTC - in response to Message 107240.  

I left boinc running on my machine 10 days ago.
I return and it's no longer installed on this machine.
I download the new install file and it throws an error indicating an invalid character was found in the target directory.

Have all the engineers been replaced by children?
Did all the testers go to fight in Ukraine?

What's going on?


How do we know? You’ve given us no information to go on.

What operating system?

What is the error message?

Which version on Boinc? From where?

Etcetera.
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Profile Dave
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Message 107242 - Posted: 2 Mar 2022, 8:02:25 UTC - in response to Message 107240.  

I left boinc running on my machine 10 days ago.
I return and it's no longer installed on this machine.
I download the new install file and it throws an error indicating an invalid character was found in the target directory.

Have all the engineers been replaced by children?
Did all the testers go to fight in Ukraine?

What's going on?


Has someone accessed your computer during those ten days? ;)
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robsmith
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Message 107244 - Posted: 2 Mar 2022, 9:40:02 UTC

Has your anti-virus software blocked or removed BOINC?
Anything else on that computer playing up?

And as has already been said, operating system, version of BOINC, source of your latest download of BOINC and so on...
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Dougga

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Message 107248 - Posted: 2 Mar 2022, 16:20:19 UTC - in response to Message 107241.  

I'm the stupid one.
Absurd user error.

Never mind
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Profile Dave
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Message 107251 - Posted: 2 Mar 2022, 21:17:14 UTC - in response to Message 107248.  

I'm the stupid one.
Absurd user error.

Never mind

Most of us have been there!
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