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Darktable 5.4.1 won't install on Windows 11

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Description

Is there an existing issue for this?
  • I checked and did not find my issue in the already reported ones
Describe the bug

When I try to install Darktable 5.4.1, I get the following error: darktable Setup

Error opening file for writing:

C:\Program Files\darktable\bin\gdbus.exe

Click Abort to stop the installation,
Retry to try again, or
Ignore to skip this file.

Abort Retry Ignore

Steps to reproduce

Double click on "darktable-5.4.1-win64"
Also tried running as Administrator, same error

Expected behavior

Darktable should install

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Commit

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Where did you obtain darktable from?

darktable.org / GitHub release

darktable version

5.4.1

What OS are you using?

Windows

What is the version of your OS?

Windows 11 Home on ASUS ProArt laptop

Describe your system

None that I can think of.

Are you using OpenCL GPU in darktable?

None

If yes, what is the GPU card and driver?

AMD Radeon 890M graphics, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060,32GB Ram

Please provide additional context if applicable. You can attach files too, but might need to rename to .txt or .zip

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure on Windows 11 with the darktable-5.4.1-win64 installer and inspect how the release installer handles C:\Program Files\darktable\bin\gdbus.exe. Done means the 5.4.1 installer completes without the file-writing error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
operating-systems, release
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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