13.0 Donation Edition can not install in Win 11

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gowntn

Today FreeFileSync show 13.0 are available,but i can not install.It show "installer file has invalid content ...Setup.key" I use win 11.
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Zenju

Downloads from outside of China frequently get corrupted because garbage TCP packages are deliberately inserted by [government agency]. There is nothing FreeFileSync could do about this. Try downloading a few times, until it works.
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gowntn

13.0 portable version work for me,I strongly suspect that there is a problem with the installation package
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hiro

Downloads from outside of China frequently get corrupted because garbage TCP packages are deliberately inserted by [government agency]. There is nothing FreeFileSync could do about this. Try downloading a few times, until it works. Zenju, 13 Sep 2023, 11:04
Same problem, even through proxy server.
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therube

...Setup.key
aka, Registered.dat, should be identical between any particular version number - regardless of packaging (.exe installer vs Portable).

You might compare the two files & see if in fact they are identical.
(Matter of fact, you could compare all the files. [You'd have to extract them from the _Setup.exe to do that.] And they should all be identical except for [the name] Registered.dat vs ..._Setup.key, & [likely] animal.dat.

[Looks like there was a silent update, so if you compare from a download of 2 days ago vs a download from today & if there are diffs there, just download the installer, again.)
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therube

Aside from the .key file, the _Setup.exe itself (on Windows) should (?) hash compare, regardless (?) (& aside from any silent updates) ?

sha1:
dbbccffaf9febd99d8ee88882ec3011eafedf194 *FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_S
etup.exe 09/13/2023 12:17:48 PM
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hiro

FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_Setup.exe -> SHA1: DBBCCFFAF9FEBD99D8EE88882EC3011EAFEDF194

The file is the same as the one on your computer. Maybe the problem is caused by Windows system.

System info:
Version Windows 11 Pro for Workstations Insider Preview
Version 23H2
Operating system version 25931.1000
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.25931.1000.0
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ShaoMinghui

I have the same problem in win10 today
C:\Users\Tom>certutil -hashfile C:\Users\Tom\Downloads\FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Setup.key md5
MD5 的 C:\Users\Tom\Downloads\FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Setup.key 哈希:
608d2dcdfe0b5f4741947e9feaa42a6b
CertUtil: -hashfile 命令成功完成。

C:\Users\Tom>certutil -hashfile C:\Users\Tom\Downloads\FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Setup.exe md5
MD5 的 C:\Users\Tom\Downloads\FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Setup.exe 哈希:
b02288ccfb61a738e46b8b27e4628590
CertUtil: -hashfile 命令成功完成。
C:\Users\Tom>certutil -hashfile C:\Users\Tom\Downloads\FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Setup.exe sha1
SHA1 的 C:\Users\Tom\Downloads\FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Setup.exe 哈希:
dbbccffaf9febd99d8ee88882ec3011eafedf194
CertUtil: -hashfile 命令成功完成。

C:\Users\Tom>certutil -hashfile C:\Users\Tom\Downloads\FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Setup.key sha1
SHA1 的 C:\Users\Tom\Downloads\FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Setup.key 哈希:
db18c24216fe0fb4e126ee29aac47f35f497a096
CertUtil: -hashfile 命令成功完成。

system info:
win 10 home 22h2 19045.3448
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Zenju

I have the same problem in win10 today
C:\Users\Tom>certutil -hashfile C:\Users\Tom\Downloads\FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Setup.key md5
MD5 的 C:\Users\Tom\Downloads\FreeFileSync_13.0_[Donation_Edition]_Windows_Setup.key 哈希:
608d2dcdfe0b5f4741947e9feaa42a6b
CertUtil: -hashfile 命令成功完成。 ShaoMinghui, 16 Sep 2023, 02:19
Can you write me an email with the address you used for the donation? Then I can check if the md5 of your key is okay.
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emile

Same problem in Win 11, and also the portable one works for me.
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Zenju

Same problem in Win 11, and also the portable one works for me. emile, 16 Sep 2023, 08:20
If you send me an email I'll reply with a test version that includes some more error details in the error message.
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emile

Same problem in Win 11, and also the portable one works for me. emile, 16 Sep 2023, 08:20
If you send me an email I'll reply with a test version that includes some more error details in the error message. Zenju, 16 Sep 2023, 08:44
I have sent you a email, please check.
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Zenju

The issue has been fixed! Please download the updated installer from the FreeFileSync homepage.

Turns out there is some weird behavior/bug: When InnoSetup searches for the 0 character via a macro (#0) on a system with Chinese locale, it returns the wrong result. Converting #0 to a Unicode string first, fixes the search. Don't ask me why.
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ShaoMinghui

Thanks ,It works~!