Valid for Sitecore
6.x
Installation Guide
Select the following link to download Sitecore CMS 6.3 installation guide.
Select the following link to download Sitecore CMS 6.2 installation guide.
Select the following link to download Sitecore CMS 6.1 installation guide.
Select the following link to download Sitecore CMS 6.0 installation guide.
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Installation Program Known Issues
This section contains the list of known issues related to the setup executable installaiton program.
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The “IIS 6 Scripting Tools” feature required
The installation program checks the “IIS6 compatibility mode” prerequisite incorrectly. It is required to enable the “IIS 6 Scripting Tools” feature in order to pass this step, though it is NOT necessary for the installation program functionality. The wizard lets you continue the installation with this feature turned OFF, however the process will stop at a later stage (unless you have selected the “Database Only” option).
Workaround: Enable the “IIS 6 Scripting Tools” feature in the Windows Features dialog box in the section “Internet Information Services > Web Management Tools > IIS 6 Management Compatibility”.
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The "Extracting" dialog might be displayed incorrectly
Reference numbers: 330619, 331052
The "Extracting" dialog at the beginning of the installation may display broken text or use language different from the Display Language of the operating system. This does not affect the actual installation and appropriate Display Language is used in all other dialogs.
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The “Database Prefix” dropdown is empty when using the “Client Only” installation mode
Reference number: 330305
The option “Client Only” is included into the installation program in order to make it possible to connect to the databases on another server. Usually it is a good idea to install the databases to a DB server (using “Database Only” option) first, and later on install the “Client Only” instance on a workstation (application server).
During “Client Only” installation the user should be able to select a prefix of already installed “Database Only” instance form the dropdown to connect to, but due to this issue, the dropdown will be empty.
Workaround: Enter the correct prefix manually – the dropdown is editable.
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Uninstallation process always uses the same language as the installation process
Reference number: 330618
Uninstallation process always uses the same language as used during the installation process, even if the system language is changed after Sitecore is installed.
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When removing a Sitecore instance using the Sitecore setup.exe, one or more Sitecore databases may stay attached after uninstall
Reference number: 322421
This can lead to a situation when you select a previously used but now uninstalled InstanceName – which will be recognized as unique – but will cause an error when attaching to the database: “Can’t attach database - it already exists”. A this point, the installation will fail and roll back.
Workaround 1 (safe): When removing a Sitecore instance using the Sitecore setup.exe, after the uninstall, check the databases with the SQL Management Studio. If there are broken references, remove them.
Workaround 2 (for development environments only): When removing a Sitecore instance using the Sitecore setup.exe, when the installation program asks which option to use to close the SQL connection, manually restart the MS SQL service and then choose “Automatically close applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete”.
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The executable installation program is not compatible with Windows 7
Sitecore cannot be installed on Windows 7 Home Premium edition using the executable installation program.
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The installation program may throw a warning “ASPNET user is not found”
On the early steps of the installation process, the installation program may throw a warning “ASPNET user is not found” in some environments. If you are absolutely sure the ASPNET account on this machine exists, you can ignore the warning and press YES to continue the installation. In order to verify the presence of the ASPNET account manually, right-click My Computer, select Manage in the context menu, browse for System Tools » Local Users and Groups » Users in the tree on the left and make sure the user list contains the ASPNET account.
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The installation program does not detect the mode IIS 6 is currently running and set the x64 component up if the OS is 64-bit
Valid for Sitecore CMS 6.0 rev.080627 setup executable.
The installation program does not detect the mode IIS 6 is currently running and set the x64 component up if the OS is 64-bit. This can cause the following error:
“Attempted to load a 64-bit assembly on a 32-bit platform. Use ReflectionOnlyLoad() instead if trying to load for reflection purposes.”
In order to fix this manually, replace the system.data.sqlite.dll in the bin folder of your site with the file provided on this page.
Download system.data.sqlite.zip file.