Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 12:38 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by DW (1 messages posted) My PC (Acer Travelmate laptop, PM 1.6, XP Home SP2) suddenly started asking for the Word 2002 installation disc but *only* when I launch either Excel 2002 or Registry Mechanic. I have run antivirus (Zonealarm) and spyware (Zonealarm and Spyware Doctor) and a registry scan (Registry Mechanic), and all is clear. With Excel, the dialogue box pops up once or twice whilst Excel is launching; with RM, it pops up four or five times whilst RM is launching. In both cases, I can just click on cancel and the desired app works fine afterwards. Word 2002 is sitting there and working fine. FYI, I installed an OEM copy of Word 2002 first and then Office XP (well, Excel and Powerpoint) some months after that. Registry Mechanic has also been on my PC for a few months problem-free. I am not aware of having deleted any appropriate files, but frankly am at a loss. Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Rich Kurtz: Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 1:06 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (DW: Thu, Jun 22, 2006, 12:38 am) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Rich Kurtz: Thu, Jun 22, 2006, 1:06 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