Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application'
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at 7:55 am
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.
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re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application'
Thursday, December 29, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Posted by jwe
(1 messages posted)
Do you have another solution to this problem then? I have been having this problem
for several months on XP. Every time I try to open or delete a file the Windows
Installer appears, trying to install something for Symantec. When it cannot find
the disk it returns an error (unless I hit cancel repeatedly). The whole process
takes about a minute or so, and is quite annoying after a few instances. Thanks
for help.
On Tuesday, October 4, 2005 at 7:55 am, Jeremy Druce wrote:
>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.
>
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