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Install SharePoint Foundation on Windows 8

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Hi,
I cannot install SPF 2010 on my system with the following specs:
Windows 8 Enterprise x64 - 2Duo CPU 2 GHz - 4GB RAM
When I try to run the setup application, it does not do anything. It only opens a file called Splash.hta on Visual Studio. Anyone can help?
Monday, August 27, 2012 7:14 PM
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Steps
1)Run SharePoint-foundation-2013.exe as administrator
(It will show and extracting window after that it will go to VB window)
2)Close the "Visual basic opened script "
3)Go to C\programfilesX86\MSECache\SharePoint2010
click mouse right button on "splash.hta file " and "open with " select other default program and browse for Windows\system32\mshta.exe
4)Do the step 1 again it will start with normal set up window.
5)"Install sharepoint prerequisites"
6)install share point foundation
- Proposed as answer by Mukesh_4Microsoft Tuesday, January 7, 2014 7:42 PM
- Marked as answer by Hemendra AgrawalModerator Monday, May 5, 2014 10:01 AM
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 7:41 PM
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Are you following the instructions for installing on Windows 7 X64? Have you edited the config.xml file and manually installed the prereqs? Check my blog post on the install steps for windows 7 x64. YOu need to extract the files and run from a subdirectory. You can't run the install from the DVD.
http://www.dontpapanic.com/blog/?p=96
Paul Stork SharePoint Server
MVP Senior Solutions Architect: BlueChip Consulting Group
Blog: http://dontpapanic.com/blog
Twitter: Follow @pstork
Please remember to mark your question as "answered" if this solves your problem.Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:06 AM -
You also get this behavior on Windows 2012 (R2) Server.
Reason is a missing application association for .hta files on those platforms. So all you must do is to associate .hta with mshta.exe, normally found under "c:\windows\system32".
If you start SharePoint-foundation-2013.exe (or SharePointFoundation.exe for 2010) the setup first extracts the files (normally to C:\Program Files (x86)\MSECache\SharePoint2010) and start the UI by opening splash.hta in this directory. So start the setup and wait until it shows the error above. Select "Microsoft HTML Application host" in the "open with" Dialog (and not Visual Studio)
- Proposed as answer by Mukesh_4Microsoft Tuesday, January 7, 2014 7:26 PM
- Unproposed as answer by Mukesh_4Microsoft Tuesday, January 7, 2014 7:26 PM
Friday, October 25, 2013 7:59 AM -
Steps
1)Run SharePoint-foundation-2013.exe as administrator
(It will show and extracting window after that it will go to VB window)
2)Close the "Visual basic opened script "
3)Go to C\programfilesX86\MSECache\SharePoint2010
click mouse right button on "splash.hta file " and "open with " select other default program and browse for Windows\system32\mshta.exe
4)Do the step 1 again it will start with normal set up window.
5)"Install sharepoint prerequisites"
6)install share point foundation
- Proposed as answer by Mukesh_4Microsoft Tuesday, January 7, 2014 7:42 PM
- Marked as answer by Hemendra AgrawalModerator Monday, May 5, 2014 10:01 AM
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 7:41 PM -
Thanks a Lot savedmy hours..!! Cheers
Mukund_SP2010
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 8:30 AM