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Greetings,

I am attempting to setup Civi 4.1 beta 3 on WordPress 3.3.1, MySQL 5.x (I have not found on our web host what x equals), PHP 5.3.3 and Windows 64bit

I am getting 2 errors -

Is the E:\Spaces\Betel of Britain1\crm.betel.co.uk\wwwroot/wp-content/plugins\files folder writeable?   The user account used by your web-server needs to be granted write access to the following directory in order to configure the CiviCRM settings file:
/E:\Spaces\Betel of Britain1\crm.betel.co.uk\wwwroot/wp-content/plugins\files

and

Is the E:\Spaces\Betel of Britain1\crm.betel.co.uk\wwwroot/wp-content/plugins\civicrm folder writeable?   The user account used by your web-server needs to be granted write access to the following directory in order to configure the CiviCRM settings file:
/E:\Spaces\Betel of Britain1\crm.betel.co.uk\wwwroot/wp-content/plugins\civicrm

My web host has verified the permissions on the folders.

Their question/response to me is "contact the developer of the software you use to ensure it works on windows 64 bit and php5.3.3 the permissions are set correct on your account directories, you can re-check them in filemanager in the control panel."

Is Windows 64 a deal killer?

Thank you,
Baz

It's a bug, but one that only affects Windows, not any Linux/Unix/MacOS boxes.

Here's the bad code, in drupal/sites/all/modules/civicrm/install/index.php

        foreach ( $writableDirectories as $dir ) {
            $this->requireWriteable( CIVICRM_DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $dir,
                array("File permissions", "Is the $dir folder writeable?", null ),
                true );
        }


The problem is the bit 'CIVICRM_DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .' which tacks a / on the front of any filename. If the file path is absolute, that will put an extra / on the front of it. Unix-like filesystems ignore it. On Windows, though, it's now iinvalid. You can see the slash in the output on the web page. Just take that bit out, and it will work. I don't think it will hurt on Unix either, though I don't quite understand why it's there in the first place so I'm not certain of it.

By the way, either / or \ works as a directory separator on Windows; in fact, CiviCRM forces it to / in some of its own code just to keep things sane. It's only certain applications like the Explorer and shell that insists on \; internally, / is file.

Also, I'm installing myself on a Windows 64 bit system, and so far it's fine except for this bug I just tracked down.

I have the same problem, trying to install CiviCRM in WordPress in a Wampdeveloper environment.  I've tried on a couple different versions of Windows (Windows Server 2008 and Windows XP).  The installation complains about the Files folder that needs to be in the Plugins folder. 

The fix suggested above seems to work.