MOC Lab Launcher Fixer for Windows 7
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Windows 7 has arrived, and everything is fine!
We only have one problem.
Many of the MOC Course Material is using the “Lab Launcher”.
The MSI for the “Lab Launcher” is not supported by Windows 7.
To Fix this problem a Hack/Edit of the MSI is needed.
Read this blog post for info about how to do it manually:
http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2009/08/windows-7-and-virtual-server.html
Big Thanks to Thomas Lee for the great tutorial!
I am facing the same problem as him a lot these days, and i usually did the Edit manually.
Therefore i decided to make a small utility that does the job for me!.
Usage:
1. Extract all files to a folder on your harddrive
2. Open LabLauncherWin7Installer.exe
3. Open the MSI and the tool does the rest.
This version does the edit on the original file. I first created a version which copies it to a new file before changing it. Please tell me if you want that version instead.
The reason for changing it, was performance, since it takes a little while to copy the 200+mb msi file to the new name.
PLEASE NOTICE!
This is just a workaround, untill we get a better solution!
It is NOT supported by Microsoft
marie rodley:
Excellent, thanks for that. Worked perfectly for me, now I can stay on Win7 to prep MCT courses.
28th August 2009, 05:10I love Win7.
Andrews:
Great work! You saved me a lot of time.
Thank you.
16th September 2009, 10:07kf:
By using this tool, do we still require VS to be installed in Windows 7? Or with VPC in Windows 7 that is enough?
10th November 2009, 06:29Jakob Gottlieb Svendsen:
Hello kf
Unfortunately you will need to get VS installed.
and you might still experience problems, in having VS running.
Best Regards
10th November 2009, 10:22Jakob
Barra:
How long it takes?
15th December 2009, 11:37coz i try it, but nothing happen til 1 hour running that tools.
Before that, i try to edit manually. is it make a problem?
Barend:
How about a version for Server 2008 X64 Please!!
19th January 2010, 10:38Jakob:
Barend:
Have you tried it on Server 2008 X64 ?
I dont see why it shouldnt work.
5th February 2010, 15:07nicferr:
Very useful. Thank you very much!!!!
7th February 2010, 11:33Barend:
I have tried it on Server 2008 R2 x64 without success, gives me a application stopped responding error on double clicking the app. Have tried Troubleshooting and running as Administrator….
17th April 2010, 12:40davtup:
Useful tool,
27th April 2010, 11:23Thanks very much!