SAP GUI 7.50 Installation Errors

[former_member539892]

I have downloaded & installed the latest SAP Gui 7.50. Previously there was no gui installed on Windows 10 64 bit laptop.

When I try to launch the app, I get a lot of errors regarding missing .dll files. I have updated the C++ environment & checked that all of the missing .dll files are now present. Yet this problem persists.

[former_member186752]

We are also facing the same behaviour.

The setup is: new laptop with a fresh win10 installation.

I've spent a couple of hours installing all the .NET Frameworks (2,3,4,4.5,4.6) and also the Microsoft C libraries and I've managed to reduce the number of errors to 19.
Also tried to perform a clean deinstall and reinstall SAPGui 7.5 (cleaned the registry entries) but the installation is always ending with errors.

After reducing the number of errors to 19 the SAPGui is starting, analyzer is also working but it just doesn't feel right (knowing that the installation process completed with errors).

[former_member541723]

Marian and Russell,

I am have the same problem. Were you able to resolve the issue?

Thanks,

Jim

[former_member920492]

After Windows fall creators update SAP GUI no longer installs correctly, I'm not sury why.

I tried on 2 PCs with windows 10, one with a Fresh Install and another that was updated.

Both have the same issue and returns a lot of errors and both machines didn't have the Sap Gui installed before.

If you have the GUI 750 before the Fall Creators Update it'll work normally.

I'm not sure If SAP wil lhave to do something or Microsoft.

[former_member541723]

Alex,

Thank you for responding.

What is the "Windows fall creators" and the "Fall Creators Update" references?

Should we revert to an earlier version of Windows 10?

Best Regards,

Jim

[former_member541723]

Folks,

Is it possible that SAP Setup is using the wrong version of regsvr32.exe to try to register the DLLs and OCXs?

[former_member541723]

Alex,

Never mind. I found out what the Fall Creators Update was.

Unfortunately, I updated my Windows more than 10 days ago and I can't revert the update.

I think the problem has something to do with the new versions of regsvr32.exe

Thanks,

Jim

[former_member340466]

did someone found an work around for this issue? I've tried to update my Gui here and now it's all crashed.

[former_member541723]

I found a work-around.

I copied the installation folder to a slow thumb drive and I installed SAP GUI from there.

Try it,

Jim

[former_member252527 · Accepted solution]

Are you on windows 10 patch 1709? Looks like patch 1709 has some weird security features which is preventing from writing certain files to the Windows folder.

Please follow SAP note 2578664 to fix the issue.

- Open a PowerShell and navigate to the folder that contains the installation source files.
- Run the following command: Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Unblock-File

Regards

Shibin Yohannan

[former_member550287 · Accepted solution]

I am on Win10 Patch 1709.

[Sven · Accepted solution]

Thank you. Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Unblock-File - worked for me.

[patrick_culliton2 · Accepted solution]

I can confirm that this solutions works. Without the workaround above I tried the install 3 times with the same results no matter how I completed the install. Applied the workaround above and the install worked first time!!

Thank you Shibin

[darryl_rees2 · Accepted solution]

The dos command - dir /R can be used to display the "alternate date streams" (this is a feature of NTFS) that can be removed by the powershell Unblock-File command.

Display Alternate Data Streams (ADS)

The /R switch displays any alternate data streams (ADS) that files might contain. ADS are a feature of the NTFS file system that let files contain additional metadata for locating files by author and title.

dir /R

Regards,

Darryl Rees

[Former Member]

Hi, I'm running into the same issue, however, installing via a USB drive or local device isn't an option based on the fact that we are using MDT to image these systems, and installing the application via the MDT applications feature. This means it will install on a target machine using the network. One of the responses indicated you can run a Powershell command to essentially unblock files. However, I tested this and it did not work running from the network share that houses the installation source files.

The unblock-file feature does allow you to run files that would otherwise not be trusted based on the zone identifier. With that said, I was able to copy the source files to the local OS drive, run the unblock-file on those, and successfully install the product. I'm guessing that MS has introduced additional security features with 1709. I'm going to play with this more and see if I can focus on what the unblock feature is actually doing to allow for the installation over a network share. Otherwise I will have to copy the source files to my image, then run the unblock and then the install.

Update: I worked on this more after posting and discovered that it appears quite a few files in our SAP setup source had zone.identifiers (streams) attached to them. If you do a dir /r on the folder containing source files, you would see a filename, then another identical filename with :Zone.Identifier:$DATA. You can then check the zone identifier by typing notepad.exe <filename:Zone.Identifier> in the cmd prompt. If you see Zone 3 or 4, then it will most likely cause problems (I haven't tested other zones yet). I ran the powershell command recommended in this thread on the local system hosting those source SAP files. I was then able to install SAP from the network source successfully and there were no DLL errors when running.

We have many source applications on our imaging system so I'm not sure why the ones for SAP 7.5 happen to have these streams attached to them. Either way, removing those solved the issue.

[mirceacr]

It works perfect if you install from a USB stick.

[mirceacr]

I confirm it works using this method !

[former_member550287]

Mircea Cristian is right. I also confirm that it works by installing from a flash disk. It seems that SAPGUI installer expect it to be installed from a removable disk like a CD or flash disk.

[jude_bradley]

Can you please raise a tickt for this as it's important that a permanent solution be provided.

[Former Member]

Can confirm, USB Solution is working.

Install from Network-drive also not possible. - gave me much headache...

[ramgopalyadav]

Installing from a USB worked fine for me as well

[former_member541723]

Folks,

I found a work-around.

I copied the installation folder to a slow thumb drive and I installed SAP GUI from there.

Try it,

Jim

[former_member340466]

Thanks James. Your solution worked for me. I've just put the setup in a pen drive and put it in a usb 2.0 port and works fine.