Windows Installer

[hetheone]

When "right clicking" on my "C" drive, windows installer
begins to run and I get an error message 1706: setup
cannot find required files..., this message seems totally
unrelated to the task at hand.Please help, as this
constant prompting is extremely annoying.Thanks in
advance.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

When "right clicking" on my "C" drive, windows installer
begins to run and I get an error message 1706: setup
cannot find required files..., this message seems totally
unrelated to the task at hand.Please help, as this
constant prompting is extremely annoying.Thanks in
advance.

Hi

It's most likely Windows Installer doing an on-demand installation...

See "Every time I launch my application, Windows Installer performs an
installation. How can I determine the cause of the on-demand installation?"
in the FAQ at

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/community/centers/management/msi_faq.mspx

To access the Application Log in the Event viewer,
run the following command from Start/Run:

eventvwr.msc


If you are running Windows XP (or have access to a Windows XP computer,
you can copy MSIZAP.EXE over to your Win2k computer):

If a product code is listed there and this product is not really installed,
MSIZAP.EXE is maybe able to fix this issue, it is included as a utility in
the support tools installation package (on your WinXP CD) with some additional
documentation included in suptools.chm (installed by suptools.msi).

It will remove all Windows Installer entries for a product key that you feed
it with.

Note that if MSIZAP.EXE is used incorrectly it can affect other applications
on the machine.

Based on the documentation in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/msizap_exe.asp

this is what you should run:

msizap T {product code}

an example:
msizap T {FFB37294-1155-17D3-A809-0250BAAFB1AB}

 

[AndyH]

Can you tell if it is trying to install from an Office installation?

 

[dhs13]

It sounds to me that the msiexec.exe file is bad.

Start run msiexec.exe /unregister
Boot to dos, rename msiexec.exe file in the windows\system32 directory
Copy the msiexec.exe file in the windows\system32\dllcache directory t
windows\system32
reboot
msiexec /regserver
reboot

or

try this:
a. Start, Run, GPEdit.msc
b. Go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Window
Components, Windows Installer
c. Set "Always Install with elevated privileges" to Enabled
d. Set "Enable user to browse for source while elevated" to Enabled
e. Set "Enable user to use media source while elevated" to Enabled
f. Click File, Exi

dhs1

 

[hetheone]

Hi

It's most likely Windows Installer doing an on-deman
installation...

See "Every time I launch my application, Windows Installer perform
an
installation. How can I determine the cause of the on-deman
installation?"
in the FAQ at

http://tinyurl.com/w5ov

To access the Application Log in the Event viewer,
run the following command from Start/Run:

eventvwr.msc


If you are running Windows XP (or have access to a Windows X
computer,
you can copy MSIZAP.EXE over to your Win2k computer):

If a product code is listed there and this product is not reall
installed,
MSIZAP.EXE is maybe able to fix this issue, it is included as
utility in
the support tools installation package (on your WinXP CD) with som
additional
documentation included in suptools.chm (installed by suptools.msi).

It will remove all Windows Installer entries for a product key tha
you feed
it with.

Note that if MSIZAP.EXE is used incorrectly it can affect othe
applications
on the machine.

Based on the documentation in
http://tinyurl.com/24mhn

this is what you should run:

msizap T {product code}

an example:
msizap T {FFB37294-1155-17D3-A809-0250BAAFB1AB}


--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 132
page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter * Torgeir thank you for such a speedy reply.The instructions you sen

were a bit confusing to me (being a neophyte) Could you please resen
them,only simpler explained.Again thank you in advance

hetheon

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Torgeir thank you for such a speedy reply.The instructions you sent
were a bit confusing to me (being a neophyte) Could you please resend
them,only simpler explained.Again thank you in advance.

Hi

This is a complicated issue really. I suggest you get hold of someone with more expertise that can sit down at your computer and look at
the issue, or consider doing a repair install (or a reinstall) of your OS if this problem is not to live with.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm