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re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 8:05 pm Posted by NigelHH (1176 messages posted) I don't know what you've tried, but maybe uninstall Windows Installer (Add/remove programs) and re-install it (presume it's available from MS)? Another thing - make sure you have Admin privileges, or Installer can do weird things. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 8:56 pm Posted by DocCrain (786 messages posted) This often occurs when a program has not completely installed/uninstalled. If the installer dialog box references a program that you currently have installed(often Office), insert the CD and run a repair install. If the dialog references a program that you have uninstalled, use the Windows Installer Clean-up Utility to finish up the job: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301 Neurons that fire together, wire together. (Posted with Opera) [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum