Destinations.msi

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--- Original Message ---
From : (e-mail address removed)
Sent : 04 January 2008 15:28:31 UTC
To : (e-mail address removed)
Subject : Destinations.msi

CUSTOMER PROVIDED SYSTEM PROPERTIES
Country/Region: Canada

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
Problem Area: genuinefdbk
Message: No website adress.From desktop shortcut icon "Sidebar"on desktop.I
click the "Sidebar" shortcut icon expecting the Sidebar to appear normally
but a message "Please wait while windows configures Destinations" appears
then another message appears that says "The feature you are trying to use is
on a network resource that is unavailable"."Click OK to try again,or enter an
alternate path to a folder containing the installation
package'Destinations.msi' in the box below"."Use
source:C:\Users\MURRAY~1.GED\AppData\Local\Temp\7zSDB12.tmp\setup\Destinations\
" That is the only source in the dropdown list.I can only red X this message
then a message appears "An installation package for the product Destinations
cannot be found.Try the installation again using a valid copy of the
installation package 'Destinations.msi'. I click "OK" and the sidebar appears
normally.That is it.I cleaned the registry with a tool by Uniblue and it must
have erased Destinations.msi.I need Microsoft to help me reinstall
Destinations.msi permanently and to make available a fix and a download of
Destinations.msi because I can not find it to download from Microsoft.Thank
You.Murray Geddes.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

God I hate registry cleaners and the damage they do under the misleading
guise of cleaning something that does not need to be cleaned. Click start
and type regedit, then hit <enter>. Expand the branches to reach:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App
Paths\sidebar.exe

Click on the sidebar.exe key, then double click the default value in the
right pane, check to see that the value here is:

"%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe"

If it isn't, replace the contents with the above. See if this helps. If not,
then the problem is in one of the gadgets that is loading.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[leadermaster]

Nutcase,I did everything you suggested and "%ProgramFiles%\Windows
Sidebar\sidebar.exe" is where it is supposed to be.I even replaced it with a
copy of yours.No change regarding the problem.I considered the last
suggestion of yours and made sure I had no gadgets in the sidebar.No
change.So I believe the problem is that Destination.msi is missing.I can not
find it but I have not searched the registry as I just learned how to do that
by your suggestion re:sidebar.exe.I note the message:
"An installation package for the product Destinations cannot be found.Try
the installation again using a valid copy of the installation pakage
'Destinations.msi'." My greatest question is where do I get a valid copy of
this installation package?Do I download it and install it like all other
downloads?Lastly how do I prevent it from being erased by my cleaner again? I
have read a lot about this problem on the internet and I know that I am not
the only person with Vista having this problem yet I have not read where they
get 'Destinations.msi' to reinstall it in Vista after it has been erased by a
cleaner.Thank you for your help.I posted this for Microsoft pros also and I
think that they should step up to the plate not just an MVP like
yourself.Leadermaster.Murray Geddes.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

You might want to try the steps on this link:
http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php/showthread.php?t=823182

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[leadermaster]

Microsoft has no computer accessible Destination.msi for replaceplacement of
the original Vista Destinations.msi .We are not Microsoft.For now
Destinations.msi is a Vista problem that Microsoft can answer but chooses not
to other than with Vista.I am certain that I write for all Vista users by
saying make Destinations.msi available to us now to solve this problem or
remove sidebar from Vista.Nutcase,we know that Destinations.msi is not our
puplic program so all we the public can do is wait untill Microsoft allows us
to download Destinations.msi.Thank You,Nutcase but it is Microsoft that is
Nutcase not with Destinaions.msi not you or I.Thanks, Murray Geddes.

 

[leadermaster]

I downloaded the Microsoft program" Windows Install Clean Up" progam and it
only allows me to remove Destination.msi but it is specific about the the
version:"(All Users) Destinations [82.0.173.000]".I am warned that if I
remove this product from the list of products that I may need to reinstall it
(exit now or uninstall or cleanup).I do not need to uninstall etc.
Destinations [82.0.173.000] I need to reinstall/install it because it is
missing as I have been warned as I have previously wrote.I am going to make
the assumption that what Microsoft is missing is the Windows Install
Reinstall/Install program for Destinations [82.0.173.000] and all programs
listed in" Windows Install Clean Up" program.I have posted equally to
Microsoft just as I have members of the Vista community MVP or not and though
one MVP has tried his best I strongly suggest all Vista Community may reply
to this post,not just one individual or another,but all of the Vista
community because thi is a major flaw that we can remedy.Leadermaster.

 

[leadermaster]

salix,leadermaster here.I removed all of the HP printer software that I had
on my computer that has Vista Business and had to download it from HP because
there is no "disc" only direct download from the HP website for my computer
and lo and behold my destinations.msi problem was fixed.You may be a newbie
but it worked! I next ran my same Uniblue company Powersuite software and
restarted my computer and the problem was back exactly as it was when it
first occured.So,salix we have a choice to make that to me is complex.It is
that we do not have the HP Printer software that we must have remain intact
on our computers with our use of Uniblue company Powersuite software remain
intact or we uninstall Microsoft Corporation Vista Operating System Sidebar.I
answer this as a CANADIAN computer owner and operator.There are three UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA companies,Uniblue,HP.,Microsoft that together can solve
this problem with the entire one eighth of the whole of the computer
screen(s) that we view.Were I to remedy this give and take reality upon
myself I will require that this ceases by the three businesses mentioned not
us.They are capable of solving this problem that we are experiencing .Untill
they do I have exactly the same messages on my other seven tenths of my
computer screen and strongly suggest to the USA that you stop making computer
software that we must have these couterproductive events occur for one
eighth of computer screens immediately because I do not accept my choices as
presented to me regarding you.Thank You.Murray Geddes.;