The Juce team advised me to use ‘git’ to grab any files I need. As the Zip may be unreliable for some reason. It’s really worth using it TBH.
My issue is completely solved by simply building Projucer.exe directly from the VS solutions file. I have been using the new JUCE 5.4.5 version all day with no issues.
I am concerned to hear that the JUCE Zip downloads may be “unreliable”. I am sure I am not the only one who obtains JUCE from the Zip downloads on github.com. And as a paid JUCE developer, I request that the JUCE team respond on this issue?
If true, then the following is suggested;
- There should be a warning about using the JUCE Zip downloads.
- If using git is required, than that should be specified.
I appreciate any feedback on this subject.
Thank you.
There are no issues with the downloads from GitHub. What I assume @DaveH was referring to is the autoupdater downloads from within the Projucer which, on Windows, can sometimes fail when installing the new version due to permissions issues.
As for the other topics discussed, I’ll just echo what the others in this thread are saying and say that you should use Git to manage your JUCE source. It’ll make your life a lot easier.
Thank you. It is good to know the Zip files are good!
In my status as a solo programmer, the advantages of git are not immediately apparent. However, with so many experienced and talented people recommending it, I would be fool not to check it out.
Thanks to all for their help and suggestions. One of the JUCE forums greatest values is the very supportive community. Thank you all!
I’m a lone developer, and I ignored version control for years, but I can’t do without it now, I use an in-house server to store my repository, rather than github as it feels more secure - for me anyhow. 
It took a while to understand the ‘staging area’ and some other aspects of git. Then I found out Visual Studio basically was directly compatible with it, and I was hooked. I can go back to last week’s version of my code if I want, not to mention all my resources kept safe and versioned…
No, I was told by a Juce team member not to use the zip as they are unreliable.
Unreliable in what sense? When there’s a public record of everything we say on the forum it’s a little dangerous for me to make assertions like this, but I think it’s very unlikely we’ve said anything along those lines.
If you are pulling from the master branch on GitHub then you may get some hotfixes before the next minor version of JUCE makes it to the website downloads, but that’s the only difference.
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Yeah, it might have been about hot fixes, thanks for clarifying.