OnCourse Software

I haven't been able to use the PF3 auto-updater for a long time now, so I always manually install updates from the 'maintenance release' files you provide. I did this yesterday and PF3 shows v.3.17.

However, whenever PF3 now checks for an update, I get a message box (screenshot). Is this a new requirement? I already had all the necessary Microsoft (etc) files installed for PF3 to run and check updates properly: when I clicked on the same Update button yesterday, before running the manually downloaded updater file, no such message appeared - I was just informed that there was an update available.

Is this an error in PF3, or do is there a new requirement from PF3 3.17 onwards and I need to download more .NET files (windowsdesktop-runtime-3.1.28-win-x64.exe?)? I don't want to be adding runtimes unnecessarily, if this is an error within PF3.

Thanks

Getting the same thing for two days now, and I have installed 3.17 three times.

It would appear some systems are missing some core .Net runtimes...

This from the developer (Martin), taken from an earlier post:

Quote:

My apologies, I built the new PF3 update routine in the same way as Web Display, so it too requires the .Net 3.1 runtime library.
Unfortunately it does seem to be missing from a fair number of systems.

The correct version of the runtime can be downloaded from the Microsoft website using the following link:

https://download.visualstudio.microsoft ... n-x86.exe

Run the downloaded file (windowsdesktop-runtime-3.1.28-win-x86.exe) to install the runtime library; this should resolve any issues.

Another user (Mark, mwa05) has pointed out that I have mistakenly given the link for the wrong runtime library; the new updater requires Windows Desktop Runtime for x86 (windowsdesktop-runtime-3.1.28-win-x86.exe); it can be obtained here:
https://download.visualstudio.microsoft ... n-x86.exe

My apologies, I wasn't aware of this until users started to hit problems as my test system didn't flag the requirement, it must have already been installed.

Martin

That fixed it, thanks.

Yes, installing from the file windowsdesktop-runtime-3.1.28-win-x86.exe fixes the problem. Thanks.