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CraeteProcess failed with error 2 on upgrading pdfcreator
  • Hello,

    I'm having this very annoying issue on upgrading pdfcreator on an XP machine with SP3.

    I succesfully installed pdfcreator 1.4.2 but when I upgrade to 1.4.3 I always (I've tried many times) obtain the following error (in italian):

    "Impossible to execute the file

    CreateProcess failed with error 2

    the system cannot find the file specified"

    The real problem is that when I try to execute a working excel containing macros that print pdf through pdfcreator library it does not work anymore!

    More specifically, when I run the macro I see pdfcreator process running with 100% CPU forever and I have to manually kill it.

    Thanks for your help

  • Hi,

     

    have you tried manually uninstalling and removing all of PDFCreators components, restarting your machine and installing afterwards?

     

    regards,

     

    Robin

    Robin
    Team pdfforge
  • Yes, I've tried every combination of:

    - installing 1.4.3

    - uninstalling every pdfcreator component (with also manual removing of every register occurrence of pdfcreator instance)

    - rebooting

    - installing 1.4.2

    Two strange things happen:

    - even the installation of 1.4.2 now ends up wih the same error

    - no problem occurs on a different machine where the only relevant difference was the SP2 installed instead of SP3

    Please let me know if you need some other information.

    Thanks

  • Hi,

     

    please post your setuplog.txt here it will help troubleshooting.

     

    regards,

     

    Robin

    Robin
    Team pdfforge
  • I'm installing pdfcreator in italian and I'm not installing neither images2pdf, pdfarchitect and examples com; only pdfcreator ad ghostscript.

    This is setuplog.txt after a fresh installation of pdfcreator 1.4.3 (with the same error "createprocess failed with error 2):

    Error 2

     


    ----- Setup - Start: 2012-08-09 09:44:23 -----
    Install PDFCreator: 1.4.3
    InstallerDirectory: H:\Michele\Varie\Programmi
    X64: no

    Start AnalyzeCommandlineParameters
    Parameter /VERYSILENT: false
    Parameter /SILENT: false
    Parameter /FORCEINSTALL: false
    Parameter /REMOVEOPTIONS: false
    Parameter /DONTINSTALLPRINTERS: false
    Parameter /EXPERT: false
    No Parameter /LoadInf
    No Parameter /SaveInf
    No Parameter /REGFile
    No Parameter /PPDFile
    No Parameter /Printername
    End AnalyzeCommandlineParameters

    OP: 1
    Update: 0
    Installed PDFCreator version: 0.0.0
    Installed PDFCreator version is lower 1.3.1 = true
    nationCode: 118
    InstallPDFCreatorPrinter = true
    OS: 1
    AppPath: C:\Program Files\PDFCreator
    InstalledPDFCreatorVersion: Not installed
    DontInstallPrinters: false
    SPT: false

    Printerstatus before installing:
    Spooler service: is running
    Printermonitors [3]:
    Standard TCP/IP Port
    Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Monitor
    Local Port

    Printerports [10]:
    Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
    COM1:
    COM2:
    COM3:
    COM4:
    FILE:
    LPT1:
    LPT2:
    LPT3:
    XPSPort:

    Printerdrivers (Windows 4.0) [0]:

    Printerdrivers (Windows NT x86) [9]:
    PR2E Emul. ibm4722 PARALLEL Text Only
    Microsoft XPS Document Writer
    Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver
    IBM 4722 Text Only
    HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (v5.2)
    HP Universal Printing PCL 5
    HP Color LaserJet 3700 PCL 6
    CompuprintSP40Plus
    CompuprintSP40

    Printerdrivers (Windows x64) [0]:

    Printerdrivers (Windows IA64) [0]:

    Printerdrivers (Windows NT Alpha_AXP) [0]:

    Printers [4]:
    PR2E_CPR_printmanager
    Microsoft XPS Document Writer
    Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
    IBM4722_printmanager

    Printerdriver-Directory (Environment: Windows 4.0):
    Result: Success = C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\WIN40

    Printerdriver-Directory (Environment: Windows NT x86):
    Result: Success = C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86

    Install printerport:
    Portname : pdfcmon
    Result: Success

    InstallMonitor:
    Monitorname : pdfcmon
    Environment : Windows NT x86
    Result: Success

    Install printerdriver for Win2kXP2k3 (32bit):
    Drivername : PDFCreator
    Environment : Windows NT x86
    Result: Success

    InstallPrinter:
    Printername: PDFCreator
    Drivername : PDFCreator
    Portname : pdfcmon
    Result: Success

    Printerstatus after installing:
    Spooler service: is running
    Printermonitors [4]:
    pdfcmon
    Standard TCP/IP Port
    Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Monitor
    Local Port

    Printerports [11]:
    pdfcmon
    Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
    COM1:
    COM2:
    COM3:
    COM4:
    FILE:
    LPT1:
    LPT2:
    LPT3:
    XPSPort:

    Printerdrivers (Windows 4.0) [0]:

    Printerdrivers (Windows NT x86) [10]:
    PDFCreator
    PR2E Emul. ibm4722 PARALLEL Text Only
    Microsoft XPS Document Writer
    Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver
    IBM 4722 Text Only
    HP Universal Printing PCL 6 (v5.2)
    HP Universal Printing PCL 5
    HP Color LaserJet 3700 PCL 6
    CompuprintSP40Plus
    CompuprintSP40

    Printerdrivers (Windows x64) [0]:

    Printerdrivers (Windows IA64) [0]:

    Printerdrivers (Windows NT Alpha_AXP) [0]:

    Printers [5]:
    PDFCreator
    PR2E_CPR_printmanager
    Microsoft XPS Document Writer
    Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
    IBM4722_printmanager


    --- Systeminformation - Start ---
    Windowsversion: 5.01.2600
    WinDir: C:\WINDOWS
    Win64: false
    ProcessorArchitecture: X86
    .Net 2.0: true
    .Net 2.0 regasm.exe:
    SystemDir: C:\WINDOWS\system32
    TempDir: C:\DOCUME~1\A430733\LOCALS~1\Temp\
    CurrentDir: C:\WINDOWS\system32
    Computername: WD90883
    Username: A430733
    UILanguage: 1033
    Internet Explorer version: 8.0.6001.18702
    Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\NTreskit;c:\OLIMENU;c:\fndnt\bin;c:\fndnt\sys;c:\fndnt\help;w:\bin;Z:\Bin;Z:\secnew.apl\DLL;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Blat\full
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\Wbem\framedyn.dll: found
    framedyn.dll: found in path
    --- Systeminformation - End ---

    --- Environment - Start ---
    ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
    APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\A430733\Application Data
    CLIENTNAME=Console
    CODBALIAS=DBSECNEW
    CodFil=0000
    CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
    COMPUTERNAME=WD90883
    ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
    COTRNFILE=w:\bin\TrnFiles.dat
    DEFLOGDIR=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\DesktopProtection
    FCPserver=S1882001
    FNDBASE=C:\FNDNT\INST
    FNDINST=CLIENT
    FNDROOT=C:\FNDNT
    FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
    HOMEDRIVE=C:
    HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\A430733
    LOGONSERVER=\\S33DCC15
    MMFILE=W:\HLPFILES\HelpFile.dat
    NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
    OS=Windows_NT
    Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\NTreskit;c:\OLIMENU;c:\fndnt\bin;c:\fndnt\sys;c:\fndnt\help;w:\bin;Z:\Bin;Z:\secnew.apl\DLL;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Blat\full
    PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.PSC1
    PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
    PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1, GenuineIntel
    PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
    PROCESSOR_REVISION=0401
    ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
    PSModulePath=C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\
    SESSIONNAME=RDP-Tcp#1
    SystemDrive=C:
    SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
    TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\A430733\LOCALS~1\Temp
    TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\A430733\LOCALS~1\Temp
    USERDNSDOMAIN=<removed>
    USERDOMAIN=<removed>
    USERNAME=A430733
    USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\A430733
    VSEDEFLOGDIR=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\DesktopProtection
    windir=C:\WINDOWS
    --- Environment - End ---

    ----- Setup - End: 2012-08-09 09:46:35 -----

    I must admit that I've been forced to switch to the "save as pdf" feature of excel 2007 so by now I'm not using anymore pdfcreator.

    Thanks for your support.

  • Printscreen of the error:

    flic.kr/p/cNpVcm