K2[blackpearl] – Screwed on Drives other than C:
Posted on: November 22, 2007
I spend half of the day configuring K2[blackpearl] in my dev environment.
Initially I got errors and was unable to start the K2[blackpearl] host service and my workspace emitted errors saying that the target machine actively rejected my connection.
Another panic moment …
but then after I contacted their support team, they simply confirmed that at this moment, K2[blackpearl] got some issues when installed on a hard drive that is not the C:\ drive.
Nice. I had to re-do all of the installation.
Lessons (will be updated as I venture further):
- For now, do not install K2[blackpearl] on drives other than C:\ <-- fixed in SP1
[update #1] after cleaning everything (including databases) and a re-installation, I got a successful K2[blackpearl] installation,… this time with a NON-WORKING K2 Web Designer for SharePoint.. OMG ..
[update #2] I got the K2 Web Designer working after I activate it in K2 Administrator tab on the Central Admin. My fault, my bad, sorry, okay? Now I am struggling to improvise with it.
[update #3] A very kind reader has pointed out that the non-C:\ drive installation is now fixed on SP1, as well as a bunch of other improvements.
Technical Fun 
December 18, 2007 at 11:48 am
this as well as a number of other issues was fixed with SP1 (released over the weekend). Significant performance improvements in visual studio, code editing and many new feature enhancements. all in all a much better experience if you want to see what blackpearl is capable off. Download at http://portal.k2workflow.com.