I am having trouble installing the portable apps platform. I downloaded PortableApps.com_Platform_Setup_11.2.exe. I am running a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro with Windows 8.1.
When I try to run the installer, it just says "This App can't run on your PC. To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher."
I think I saw that it supports windows 8.1, so I'm not sure what's going on. Any thoughts?
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Are you sure it's Windows 8.1 Pro and not Windows 8.1 RT (aka fake Windows)? I think that message only shows up when you try and run a real Windows installer or app on fake/light/RT Windows.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's real windows. Here's what the computer properties show:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mldelp7qtho8sm5/Screenshot_021814_091050_AM.jpg
There are two possibilities, then. Either you're somehow trying to run it from the hobbled Metro interface or Metro IE (hint: run it directly from the Desktop) or the download is corrupt and Windows 8 shows you this horribly unhelpful error message instead of letting the app tell you that.
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You're right, corrupted file. The location I was trying to download from had some kind of firewall on the network. It's weird that it looked like the file was downloaded even though it actually failed. I downloaded it from another network and it ran immediately.
Thanks for the help!