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re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' - new solution
Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 3:46 am
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Posted by D Rain (1 messages posted)


I have the same windows installer problem - downloading this package didn't work for me...!


On Monday, March 20, 2006 at 8:18 pm, Steve Boccalatte wrote:
>Download from MS the "Windows Installer Cleanup Utility". It is free from Microsoft.
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301
>Run it and it will show a list of programs it has helped to install (and track).
>Feel free to delete any item you think is the cause of your problem.
>By doing this it clears WI's database but does not effect the installed program in
>any way.
>WI has been known to cause problems, including getting programs mixed up...so the
>simplest way is to delete the offending programs database record using MICU.
>
>


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re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' - new solution (Steve Boccalatte: Monday, March 20, 2006 at 8:18 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' - new solution (Steve Boccalatte: Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 4:43 am)

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-Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' - new solution (dancingdan: Mon, Mar 20, 2006, 2:16 pm)
-re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' - new solution (Steve Boccalatte: Mon, Mar 20, 2006, 8:18 pm)
-re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' - new solution (D Rain: Sun, May 21, 2006, 3:46 am)
-re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' - new solution (Steve Boccalatte: Sun, May 21, 2006, 4:43 am)
*re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' - new solution (Jerry W.: Wed, May 31, 2006, 5:43 am)
-re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' - new solution (wheelz: Sun, Jun 11, 2006, 11:26 am)
*re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' - new solution (Derrick Graves: Thu, Aug 24, 2006, 6:26 am)
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