Right-Click opens Windows Installer?!?

[FeMaster]

If I am in the "My Computer" section, and right-click on a drive, Windows
Installer starts, and tries to install Easy CD & DVD Creator 6. Because the
CD is not in the drive, it asks my to browse to where the install file
(ECDC6.msi) is... Once I cancel out the install twice (2), the right-click
menu finally comes up. This happens when I right-click on ANY drive (HD, or
CD/DVD). Does not happen when right-clicking on other items like my
scanner, control panel, or shared folders...

Also, I have found that this also occurs when I try to drag and drop files
or folders from one drive to another..

It's got to be something in the registry I am assuming, but what? I don't
recall when this started to happen, but it's been this way for a few months
now...

Thanks for any ideas!

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

FeMaster,

See if this helps:
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=u7ch#dn#[email protected]

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


If I am in the "My Computer" section, and right-click on a drive, Windows
Installer starts, and tries to install Easy CD & DVD Creator 6. Because the
CD is not in the drive, it asks my to browse to where the install file
(ECDC6.msi) is... Once I cancel out the install twice (2), the right-click
menu finally comes up. This happens when I right-click on ANY drive (HD, or
CD/DVD). Does not happen when right-clicking on other items like my
scanner, control panel, or shared folders...

Also, I have found that this also occurs when I try to drag and drop files
or folders from one drive to another..

It's got to be something in the registry I am assuming, but what? I don't
recall when this started to happen, but it's been this way for a few months
now...

Thanks for any ideas!

 

[FeMaster]

Yes and no. It helped, but instead of all the crap, I just pointed the
installer to the proper location and let it take it's course. Installed
some stupid "help" file and that was the end of it... No idea why it
insists that it needs a help file for right-clicks, but oh well... It works
now, that's all that matters...

ME


FeMaster,

See if this helps:
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=u7ch#dn#[email protected]

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


If I am in the "My Computer" section, and right-click on a drive, Windows
Installer starts, and tries to install Easy CD & DVD Creator 6. Because the
CD is not in the drive, it asks my to browse to where the install file
(ECDC6.msi) is... Once I cancel out the install twice (2), the right-click
menu finally comes up. This happens when I right-click on ANY drive (HD, or
CD/DVD). Does not happen when right-clicking on other items like my
scanner, control panel, or shared folders...

Also, I have found that this also occurs when I try to drag and drop files
or folders from one drive to another..

It's got to be something in the registry I am assuming, but what? I don't
recall when this started to happen, but it's been this way for a few months
now...

Thanks for any ideas!

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

but instead of all the crap

Which crap?

 

[FeMaster]

All the searching and testing, etc. I just let it do what it wanted. Saved
a lot of time over opening this and reading this, and finding this, and
determining that, and doing this... Just pointed it in the right direction
and let it be... A lot easier that all the "crap" that was listed to try to
"solve" the problem...

Just let it install what it wants. If you don't want it afterwards, just
uninstall it again... It was probably an accidentally deleted file, or an
improperly uninstalled file in the first place...

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You went in the right path. But, note that reinstalling an application on
top of the existing installation may not help in all the cases. That's where
the Windows Installer Cleanup tool comes for help.