corrupted windows installer

[jeff]

i've tried all the msoft solutions to no avail. the installer does'nt show up
in the add/remove programs like it's supposed to. i believe the problem
started late last summer/early fall when xp updated from sp2 to sp3. i've
read where updating from sp1 to sp2 or sp3 can cause a folder/file in the mis
to be deleted somehow. i get the error msg. when a program that requires the
installer that says" verify installer pkg exists, verify its a valid
installer pkg, etc." does anyone know if there is a patch/hotfix for this?
otherwise i'm going to use RestoreIt to go back to the first static point.
i've used RestoreIt before & it works great, but i thought i'd try another
forum one last time. THANX for your time/help, anyone.

 

[Andrew E.]

Installer usually wont show in add/remove.However,try run,type:msiexec
/unregister,return to run,type:msiexec /regserver Return to
run,type:services.msc In msc,scroll to installer,double click on it,set
its properties
to "auto start" from manual,start service,exit msc...

 

[jeff]

thanx for the reply andrew. i've already reg/un-registered & have performed
all the ways to correct this that msoft has on their site. also the win
istaller is already on "automatic", but thanx for the help anyway.