I am trialling Mindjet with a view to switching from another product. The first trial on a windows 10 laptop is proceeding excellently. The second trial on a windows 10 desktop fails. Mindjet will not open even after re-installation. The error message is 'The program can't start because mfc120u.dll is missing from your computer'. Running sfc / scannow reveals no problems. Kind of a show-stopper so advice welcomed.
Posted 4 years ago
Marian Kocmanek, Official Rep
Shouldn't such libraries be included in the install? Sounds like a packaging bug to me!
That's probably how the other machine got the dll during an installation of another product where it was properly bundled. But if it is not part of MM installation, MM will stop to work when the other product is uninstalled. Windows cannot know that it is used by MM as well, if not part of the setup.
That's probably how the other machine got the dll during an installation of another product where it was properly bundled. But if it is not part of MM installation, MM will stop to work when the other product is uninstalled. Windows cannot know that it is used by MM as well, if not part of the setup.
Marian Kocmanek, Official Rep
HI Lars-Erik,
We do package all of the required components in the MindManager executable but sometimes these components fail to install due to the users permissions on the system. Running the MindManager installer as an Admin or installing the required components separately are the best solutions.
We do package all of the required components in the MindManager executable but sometimes these components fail to install due to the users permissions on the system. Running the MindManager installer as an Admin or installing the required components separately are the best solutions.
Rediculous. Any well programmed installer should prompt for missing prerequisits.
Absolutely. Mindjet cannot give excuses and have to fix this installer bug.
When I install MindManager on any machine I always click on NEXT, NEXT etc until I am done and never had this issue since MindManager 2002 and all subsequent updates nor upgrades.
That may be so, I too have been installing it for years without any problem until recently, but it does not help to resolve the problem at hand. I have posted a possible solution above, and that is something which should be easy to test.
