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Error patching Comsol 4.1 (Windows)

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Hi all,

(this time I work on a windows machinge)
Trying to apply the newest patch for Comsol 4.1 on windows does not work..
I checked, that we are running at least the version, which is mentioned on the download page and tried to unzip the patch into the Comsl installation directory.

Following error occurs:
can`t create output file /Comsol41/lib/win64/flarray.dll

Anyone had this before and solved that?

Thanks a lot and have a nice evening,
Juergen

6 Replies Last Post 11.02.2011, 19:46 GMT-5

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Posted: 1 decade ago 17.01.2011, 15:13 GMT-5
Hello Juergen,

I've successfully installed the update on a 32-windows machine... though I see you have 64. I may need to do so on 64 too. Please update us on this issue

Good luck!
Stephan
Hello Juergen, I've successfully installed the update on a 32-windows machine... though I see you have 64. I may need to do so on 64 too. Please update us on this issue Good luck! Stephan

Ivar KJELBERG COMSOL Multiphysics(r) fan, retired, former "Senior Expert" at CSEM SA (CH)

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Posted: 1 decade ago 17.01.2011, 15:43 GMT-5
Hi

I installed the 4.1.0.112 patch on both 32 bit and 64 bits Win-7 without any trouble, several months ago. Has anyting changed with the OS since ? as now everything gets so interconnected ?

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Good luck
Ivar
Hi I installed the 4.1.0.112 patch on both 32 bit and 64 bits Win-7 without any trouble, several months ago. Has anyting changed with the OS since ? as now everything gets so interconnected ? -- Good luck Ivar

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Posted: 1 decade ago 18.01.2011, 07:38 GMT-5
I have emailed the comsol support team. As soon as I get an answer and the patching works, I will post the right steps here.

Thanks all,
Juergen
I have emailed the comsol support team. As soon as I get an answer and the patching works, I will post the right steps here. Thanks all, Juergen

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Posted: 1 decade ago 19.01.2011, 16:57 GMT-5
I just installed the patch on my Win-7 32 bit machine. However I received the same "unable to create .." error message with my Win XP 64 bit machine.
I just installed the patch on my Win-7 32 bit machine. However I received the same "unable to create .." error message with my Win XP 64 bit machine.

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Posted: 1 decade ago 20.01.2011, 08:39 GMT-5
Hi all,

the comsol support wrote a very helpful email.
You need to stop all running comsol processes.
Although the Comsol program window was closed, the windows task manager still showed a running "comsol zombie" process.
When I stopped that one, I could install the patch successfully without that strange error message.

Hope that helps,
Juergen
Hi all, the comsol support wrote a very helpful email. You need to stop all running comsol processes. Although the Comsol program window was closed, the windows task manager still showed a running "comsol zombie" process. When I stopped that one, I could install the patch successfully without that strange error message. Hope that helps, Juergen

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Posted: 1 decade ago 11.02.2011, 19:46 GMT-5
Jurgen,
Thanks for the tip. I rebooted, then ran the installer again, and everything was able to unzip and install. I didn't have to kill any processes.
- Bob
Jurgen, Thanks for the tip. I rebooted, then ran the installer again, and everything was able to unzip and install. I didn't have to kill any processes. - Bob

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