Client Export Utility installer doesn't install in Windows 8
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I did an install on Windows 8 within the last week and it worked fine, no differently than Win 7. Seeing that on multiple systems? Anyone else seeing it?
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How large is your exported exe file? It sounds like what happens when the actual installer exe isn't getting into the bundle.
That's happened before but only when I was doing development on the package and never in a version that was released that I'm aware of.
Uninstall the export package (from pfSense, not windows), then install it again, and see if it persists.
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I have had the 2.3-x86 client package installed on a Windows8 laptop for a month OK.
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Installed on two Windows 8 without any problem..
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I am wondering, I've got pfSense2.0.2 running and Client Export util 1.0.5 but on the Client Export tab, I only see options for 2.2 or 2.3-x86 (no x64 bundle)
Is there some extra setup or voodoo I need to do to allow for an x64 compatible bundle to appear here?screenshot:
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just use the 2.3-x86 no harm in using that on windows x64.
Last time I tried the x64 installer it just didn't work. I'm not sure if it needs some other config embedding trickery or what, but it was quite broken.
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But does the x86 installer come with the 64-bit TAP drivers? I would think 'no' – tbh I have not tried.
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But does the x86 installer come with the 64-bit TAP drivers? I would think 'no' – tbh I have not tried.
The tap installer is a separate file included inside the OpenVPN installer. As far as I can see, that does have drivers for both architectures in it. At least it's never complained for me on x64 Windows 7 or Windows 8, and looking at the various strings in the driver details I see amd64 mentioned.
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Hmm you seem to be right – I downloaded openvpn-install-2.3.1-I001-i686.exe just now, and extracted all of its contents using 7zip. The installer contains both the x86 and x64 flavors of the tap driver. I didn't try to install it but it seems that it would work... not sure why they even roll a separate 64-bit installer then?
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IIRC it's for the native windows OpenVPN GUI's 64-bit version and underlying binaries, not for the drivers.
