[tex-live] Unable to use install-tl-windows.exe: "Windows XP earliest supported version; aborting..."

[Uwe Ziegenhagen]

How does the Script determine the windows version it is running on? I would assume windows 7 Enterprise is using a Different identifier than win7 home Or Professional. 

Uwe

Von meinem iPhone gesendet

> Am 02.06.2016 um 16:05 schrieb Siep Kroonenberg <siepo at cybercomm.nl>:
> 
>> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 02:06:52PM -0500, Jon Hood wrote:
>> When trying to run install-tl-windows.exe from
>> https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html I receive an
>> immediate pop-up stating, "Windows XP earliest supported version;
>> aborting..."
>> 
>> My platform: Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1 64-bit
>> 
>> Current workaround: open install-tl-windows.exe in 7zip and extract
>> the install-tl-20160405 folder. Run install-tl-windows.bat from the
>> extracted folder
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jon
> 
> I cannot reproduce this with a freshly-downloaded
> install-tl-windows.exe on Windows 10 64-bit, and have no idea what
> may have caused this.
> 
> -- 
> Siep Kroonenberg