Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at 7:55 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jeremy Druce (3 messages posted) I have a question about Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application: What are you talking about?!! How can you possibly recommend that users do this? The problem is down to bad development or deployment of applications. Component management - the means by which files/registry keys - anything - is managed by Windows Installer, is what you need to recommend to users. The reality is that not everyone is as informed as the next person. To post an article with this kind of advice could be taken quite literally by anyone. The reality is that Windows Installer is not an application; it is a core service that is used by Windows to monitor and track the installation of all applications. To try and disable it would cause so very many issues long term. We all have the responsibility to be factual when we post information freely on the internet and this responsibility should abused. Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (jwe: Thursday, December 29, 2005 at 4:06 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Jeremy Druce: Tue, Oct 4, 2005, 7:55 am) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (jwe: Thu, Dec 29, 2005, 4:06 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