SOLVED - PDFCreator 1.0 Will Not Install PDFPrinter or Driver (Error=2)

After numerous attempts to install new version 1.0.0, the installation program fails to find necesary install file (Error 2 = The system cannot find the file specified) to complete installation (See complete SetupLog below).

The previous versions installed with no problems.

Can anyone out there help me with this?

Thanks!

=================================================== SetupLog.txt

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

Printerports [15]:
 USB002
 USB001
 Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
 COM1:
 COM2:
 COM3:
 COM4:
 FILE:
 LPT1:
 LPT2:
 LPT3:
 \\\\USER-MXWS5GCHY0\\Printer
 COM6:
 SNAGIT7
 XPSPort:

Printerdrivers (Windows 4.0) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows NT x86) [8]:
 SnagIt 7 Printer
 Microsoft XPS Document Writer
 Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver
 HP DeskJet 820Cxi
 HP DeskJet 820Cse
 HP Deskjet 6500 Series
 CAPTURE FAX BVRP
 Canon Bubble-Jet BJC-2000

Printerdrivers (Windows x64) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows IA64) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows NT Alpha_AXP) [0]:

Printers [5]:
 SnagIt 7
 Microsoft XPS Document Writer
 Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
 HP Deskjet 6500 Series (Front)
 HP Deskjet 6500 Series (Back)

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

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

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

Install printerport:
 Portname : PDFCreator:
 Result: Success

Install printerdriver for Win2kXP2k3 (32bit):
 Drivername : PDFCreator
 Environment : Windows NT x86
 Result: Error 2 = The system cannot find the file specified

InstallPrinter:
 Printername: PDFCreator
 Drivername : PDFCreator
 Portname   : PDFCreator:
 Result: Error 1797 = The printer driver is unknown

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

Printerports [16]:
 PDFCreator:
 USB002
 USB001
 Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
 COM1:
 COM2:
 COM3:
 COM4:
 FILE:
 LPT1:
 LPT2:
 LPT3:
 \\\\USER-MXWS5GCHY0\\Printer
 COM6:
 SNAGIT7
 XPSPort:

Printerdrivers (Windows 4.0) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows NT x86) [8]:
 SnagIt 7 Printer
 Microsoft XPS Document Writer
 Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver
 HP DeskJet 820Cxi
 HP DeskJet 820Cse
 HP Deskjet 6500 Series
 CAPTURE FAX BVRP
 Canon Bubble-Jet BJC-2000

Printerdrivers (Windows x64) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows IA64) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows NT Alpha_AXP) [0]:

Printers [5]:
 SnagIt 7
 Microsoft XPS Document Writer
 Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
 HP Deskjet 6500 Series (Front)
 HP Deskjet 6500 Series (Back)

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Windowsversion: 5.01.2600
WinDir: E:\\windows
Win64: false
ProcessorArchitecture: X86
.Net 1.1: true
.Net 1.1 regasm.exe:E:\\WINDOWS\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\RegAsm.exe
SystemDir: E:\\windows\\system32
TempDir: E:\\DOCUME~1\\User\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\
CurrentDir: E:\\windows\\system32
Computername: USER-TXEOYOFT1M
Username: User
UILanguage: 1033
Internet Explorer version: 8.0.6001.18702
Path: E:\\Program Files\\Windows Resource
Kits\\Tools\\;E:\\windows\\system32;E:\\windows;E:\\windows\\System32\\Wbem;E:\\Progr
am Files\\Common Files\\Roxio Shared\\DLLShared;"E:\\Program Files\orton
SystemWorks\orton Ghost\\";E:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\DivX
Shared\\;E:\\Program Files\\QuickTime Alternative\\QTSystem
E:\\windows\\system32\\Wbem\\framedyn.dll: found
framedyn.dll: found in path
Environment:
ALLUSERSPROFILE=E:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users
APPDATA=E:\\Documents and Settings\\User\\Application Data
CLASSPATH=.;E:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.6.0_07\\lib\\ext\\QTJava.zip;E:\\Program
Files\\Java\\jre6\\lib\\ext\\QTJava.zip
CLIENTNAME=Console
CommonProgramFiles=E:\\Program Files\\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=USER-TXEOYOFT1M
ComSpec=E:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe
DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=E:
HOMEPATH=\\Documents and Settings\\User
LOGONSERVER=\\\\USER-TXEOYOFT1M
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=E:\\Program Files\\Windows Resource
Kits\\Tools\\;E:\\windows\\system32;E:\\windows;E:\\windows\\System32\\Wbem;E:\\Progr
am Files\\Common Files\\Roxio Shared\\DLLShared;"E:\\Program Files\orton
SystemWorks\orton Ghost\\";E:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\DivX
Shared\\;E:\\Program Files\\QuickTime Alternative\\QTSystem
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0209
ProgramFiles=E:\\Program Files
QTJAVA=E:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre6\\lib\\ext\\QTJava.zip
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=E:
SystemRoot=E:\\windows
TEMP=E:\\DOCUME~1\\User\\LOCALS~1\\Temp
TMP=E:\\DOCUME~1\\User\\LOCALS~1\\Temp
USERDOMAIN=USER-TXEOYOFT1M
USERNAME=User
USERPROFILE=E:\\Documents and Settings\\User
windir=E:\\windows
 ===================================================

SOLVED:

Although I figured out the solution myself, I do not believe a user should be required to go thru so much just to get this software installed. This does not speak well for developer support (= ZERO).

Anyway, if you run into this problem do the following:

(1) Create a BAT file called "PDFCreator-1_0_1_setup.bat" with the following command line (as ONE line):

PDFCreator-1_0_1_setup.exe /SP /SILENT /NOCANCEL /NORESTART /LOADINF="PDFCreator.inf"

 

(2) Create an INF file called "PDFCreator.inf" with the following code using Windows Notepad (or similar):

NOTE: You may change values of each parameter as you need. (For example,  Lang=french).

 

[CODE]

[Setup]

Lang=english
Dir=E:\\Program Files\\PDFCreator
Group=PDFCreator
NoIcons=0
SetupType=custom
Components=program,ghostscript,comsamples,helpfiles,helpfiles\\english,languages,languages\\english
Tasks=winexplorer
Printername=PDFCreator
ServerInstallation=0
Win9xPrinterdriver=0
WinNtPrinterdriver=1
Win2k32bitPrinterdriver=0
Win2k64bitPrinterdriver=0

[/CODE]
 

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(3) Make sure all three files "PDFCreator-1_0_1_setup.bat" -AND- "PDFCreator.inf" -AND - "PDFCreator-1_0_1_setup.exe" are in the same directory (folder).

 

(4) Execute BAT file "PDFCreator-1_0_1_setup.bat".

 

(5) Installation should be succesful in a minute or so if you have a similar computer configuration and ERRORs using the install file by itself.

 

(6) Good Luck!