Unable to install Flash Builder 4; unable to extract newer versions

[senilegenius]

I am running Windows 7 64 bit on a network where My Documents and my Desktop are linked to a roaming profile where space usage quotas are enforced. I was unable to install Flash Builder 4 because of that issue, which Adobe is aware of and has apparently fixed (thanks, Chris A.).

However, I can't even extract Burrito or the pre-release version of FB4.5 because the installer exes automatically extract to the Desktop. On 4.0, I could change the extraction location.

Is there any way around this problem?

Thanks,

Ron

[syb3d]

I donwloaded the flash builder 4 trial today.  The install extracts all of the files and then dies.

[C__Agruss__Adobe_ · Accepted solution]

@Ron - thanks for letting us know. I'm surprised that nobody has run into that limitation before now.

Fortunately, there's a workaround:

- open a command window, and cd to the location of the self-extracting exe you downloaded

- run the exe with the /d option (destination), that allows you to customize the path to which the installer is extracted.

In my case, the full syntax string looked this way:

FlashBuilder_4_5_LS10.exe /d c:\customExtractionFolder

-Chris

[senilegenius]

@Chris, Yes, the command line install solved the extraction problem and I was able to install 4.5 on a Windows 7 box with a roaming profile.

Thanks to you and Andrew for your help.

Ron