re: Feature Transfer Error-Error 1612
Sunday, March 16, 2003 at 3:04 pm
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Posted by Rob G
(2 messages posted)
Thanks. I ended up removing all the installer references from the old install from
the registry and this solved the problem, and then I reinstalled the program and
it works fine now. It was quite the "catch 22".
On Sunday, March 16, 2003 at 9:06 am, Eric wrote:
>The problem was in fact the windows installer. For some reason it didn't
>know where the original install for the remote was, so would not update it;
>or allow me to uninstall it. I use win98se which comes with windows
>installer version 1.1. I remember installing a program that wanted windows
>installer v2.0, which I installed. That's probably the root of the problem,
>trying to update programs with win installer 2.0 that were installed with
>win installer 1.1.
>
>Anyway, I located and deleted the remotes installer (ATI Remote Wonder
>1.2.msi) and ripped out all references to the remote wonder installation in
>the registry under these keys for the installer:
>HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Installer
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer
>
>I didn't find the ATI Remote Wonder 1.2.msi file until after I ripped
>everything out of the registry. So perhaps all you have to do is delete
>this file and leave the registry alone. Try deleting (or moving) this file
>before you touch the registry, it just may work.
>
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