>
>
>This has worked for me on many systems, the symptom was windows installer appearing
>every time Office 2000 is started.
>
>Forcing a reinstall of windows installer has worked in every case for me. Here's
>the step by step:
>
>1. Download the lastest windows installer (Instmsi.exe) and place in a temp directory
>such as c:\temp.
>
>2. From a command prompt, run the installer with the /c switch
>(ex: c:\temp\Instmsi.exe /c)
>
>3. A dialog will be displayed asking for a destination to extract the files to.
>Select your temp directory again (c:\temp)
>
>4. In that temp directory, run the Instmsi.msi file.
>
>5. Also in that temp directory, right-click on the Msi.inf file, and select 'Install'
>from the context menu.
>
>6. You should be prompted to reboot your computer. Installation is complete.

Written in response to: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Nick: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 8:34 pm) There are presently no replies to this message.

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