re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' in WinXP with OfficeXP
Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 9:49 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bob
(1340 messages posted)
You may find the
answer in this earlier post
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 8:58 pm, Fady wrote:
>Hi guys, I also have this problem where anytime I try to run a program like AIM,
>IE, AOL, Games, etc I get the preparing to install dialog. However, when I try to
>run WordXP, I get this problem and then the program doesn't eventually run like
the
>previously mentioned programs, instead I get an error that reads "This patch package
>could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it,
or
>contact the application vendor to verify that this is a Windows Installer patch
package."
>When I try running the Office XP setup then in order to maybe reinstall and fix
things,
>I get the same error in a different looking window. Anyone got any suggestions,
I
>just need a workaround to use Word to write my college papers, please help me, thanks.
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>I have a question about Windows
>Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application:
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