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A possible solution to 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application'
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Larry W. Lyles
(1 messages posted)
Almost every time I tried to start Word 2002 from the Start Menu shortcut the Windows
Installer would run first. I tried the suggestions in the article. Nothing worked.
I decided to try double-clicking directly on the WinWord.exe file under C:\Program
Files\Microsoft\Microsoft Office\Office10. The Word 2002 program started right up
without Windows Installer running. I created a new shortcut to the WinWord.exe file
and replaced the old shortcut that was created during the Office XP installation
in the Start Menu. I tried this new shortcut 15 or 20 times and Word 2002 started
up every time without Windows Installer ever starting up. The shortcut for Word 2002
created at installation was flawed in some way. The new shortcut I created has worked
properly every time. So, regardless of what program you are trying to start when
the Windows Installer starts running, you might try double-clicking on the executable
file for that program to see if the program starts correctly without the Windows
Installer running. If it does, create a new shortcut to replace the old one in the
Start Menu.
I had actually created another shortcut for the Quick Launch Toolbar from the one
in the Start Menu. I had the same problem with it starting the Windows Installer
before Word 2002 would start as I had with the shortcut in the Start Menu. I created
a new shortcut for Word 2002 in the Quick Launch Toolbar from the WinWord.exe file
and it also worked correctly, without the Windows Installer starting.
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