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re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application'
Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 10:47 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by astrid
(1 messages posted)
the same thing happened to me.... from one day to another the problem is that i lost
my cd and i can't either do the detect and repair thing because when i close windows
installer word closes too.... whta can i do???
On Saturday, July 22, 2006 at 4:41 am, GerryForbes wrote:
>This just started happening yesterday.
>
>No new installations or unistalls, just Windows Installer would start everytime
I
>started Microsoft Word.
>
>Went through all my Microsoft programs, and it would happen with Word, Excel, and
>Frontpage. But would not happen with Access, Money, or anything else.
>
>When Installer would start, it always wanted to install Visual Basic (which is installed
>and was installed last year.)
>
>A google search turned up a number of possible solutions, but the first one I tried
>was to
>- open Microsoft Word,
>- (clicked cancel at all the Windows Installer prompts until it went away.
>- on Microsoft Word, clicked Help, Detect & Repair.
>- had to put in my Microsoft Office installation CD, but after finishing, the problem
>had gone away.
>
>I tried starting Excel, Frontpage, and Word again, and the Windows Installer problem
>seems cured.
>
>Hope this helps someone else.....
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