re: Constant 1606 errors Thursday, July 22, 2004 at 1:46 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Hutch (1 messages posted) Hope I'm not too late to help. I also upgraded from 98SE to XP Pro...and got the 1606 error on several software installs. Here is the fix that worked for me: run regedit. go to: My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders. Open Common Administrative Tools. Delete the current string. Replace with this string: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\START MENU\PROGRAMS\ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS. Reboot. Apparently, the 98SE to XP Pro upgrade does not transfer or allocate all the correct registry entries. Hope this helps. On Friday, April 23, 2004 at 3:43 pm, Marty wrote: >I do not have the "common administrative tools" value in that registry folder. Are >there any other alternatives to fixing this problem? > >Everytime I try to install/uninstall any kind of software I get this message: > >"Error 1606. Could not access network location .AllUsers\" > >I'm using WinXP Pro (upgrade from 98se). > > > Written in response to: re: Constant 1606 errors (Marty: Friday, April 23, 2004 at 3:43 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Constant 1606 errors (Dave: Mon, Jan 7, 2002, 9:21 pm) re: Constant 1606 errors (saltynetguru: Mon, Jan 7, 2002, 9:36 pm) re: Constant 1606 errors (Dave: Mon, Jan 7, 2002, 9:44 pm) re: Constant 1606 errors (Dave: Wed, Jan 9, 2002, 9:23 pm) re: Constant 1606 errors (Mike: Sun, Jul 14, 2002, 8:04 pm) re: Constant 1606 errors (John: Thu, Aug 8, 2002, 9:08 pm) re: Constant 1606 errors (Vir: Sun, Jun 8, 2003, 10:26 am) re: Constant 1606 errors (Marty: Fri, Apr 23, 2004, 3:43 pm) re: Constant 1606 errors (Hutch: Thu, Jul 22, 2004, 1:46 pm) re: Constant 1606 errors (gIL cOSTA: Tue, Jul 10, 2007, 4:11 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum