Trouble with Acquia Dev Desktop post-install step

Question

I am learning Drupal and have to use it for an upcoming project. When I try to install Acquia Dev Desktop, I get an error message:

Problem running post-install step. Installation may not complete correctly. For assistance, please finish the installation and post a new forum message to bit.ly/dd-bugs with these files: C:\Program Files (x86)\DevDesktop/installer.log C:\Program Files (x86)\DevDesktop/piscript.log

This makes me unable to run Dev Desktop. The only error messages I have noticed in those files are:

Running post install script. This may take a couple of minutes.
Executing C:\Program Files (x86) \DevDesktop\common\setup\postInstallPhp.cmd "C:\Program Files (x86)\DevDesktop\common\setup\setup.php"
Script exit code: unknown signal

Script output:


Script stderr:
 child killed: unknown signal

Answer 1

according to the Acquia blog, download an older version - https://dev.acquia.com/downloads/releases/devdesktop.

"Issues with Windows and most recent release of Acquia Dev Desktop We are investigating an issue with the latest version of Acquia Dev Desktop and Windows. At this time, Acquia recommends that Windows users experiencing errors with the most recent release revert to a previous release."

Rgds,