Installing GitHub for Windows

Question

I\'m trying to install GitHub for Windows. I tried installing it the normal way and got this error:

Application installation did not succeed. Cannot locate a

Answer 1

If you're using Kaspersky, disable Protection and Control first. Kaspersky Antivirus deletes all deploy files silently, giving erros like this (from install.log):

Launching Application.
URLDownloadToCacheFile failed with HRESULT '-2146697211'
Error: An error occurred trying to download 'http://github-windows.s3.amazonaws.com/GitHub.application'.

Or like this (downloading http://github-windows.s3.amazonaws.com/GitHub.application and launching manually):

* [15/09/2015 11:58:50] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
    - Unsuccessfull download at file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/Application Files/GitHub_3_0_5_2/GitHub.exe.manifest.
    - Source: System.Deployment
    - Stack trace:
        in System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
        in  System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
        in System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
        in System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadManifestAsRawFile(Uri& sourceUri, String targetPath, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
        in System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)
        in System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
        in System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
        in System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
        in System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
    --- Internal exception ---