I have a question about Windows 
Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application:

Well, I've got the same problem. Unfortunately, none of the fixes have worked so 
far. It appears when I click on Network Neighborhood, to install Publisher. It also 
appears at random apps.
I used the windows installer cleanup utility, which disabled officeXP of course. 
When I went to reinstall it, I couldn't. I got error messages saying something about 
can't install; something about patch. I tried again, gave up and did a system restore. 
This is with Office XP, windows XP home, all patches and security updates on office 
and xp, and no spyware, adware, trojan or virus has ever graced this machine.
Right now I've got it disabled, but if I click on network neighborhood, it still 
appears, flashes several times before going away. Before I couldn't even make it 
go away without the three finger salute, done several times.
Anyone have any suggestions? Oh, and I have done a repair install of xp also, just 
in case.

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re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 8:47 pm Posted by Sue (4 messages posted) Solved...in my case anyway. Using event viewer (which I never knew you could click on to get more info...thanks!), I located where the problem was, it was missing a NSEXTINT.dll in the C:\ProgramFiles\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\1033 Where it went I have no idea, but I found a copy of it and moved it over, now the problem seems to be gone. I'm fortunate in that I have two running copies of OfficeXP. Others may not be so lucky. Now, I can foresee this happening again. It started in the other computer, running XP Pro, when I uninstalled the beta of Microsoft Expression. I couldn't reinstall it, getting that patch error again, so system restored it to the previous day. That beta expires March 31, so at least I know what to look at when it comes up again after the final uninstall. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 4:27 pm Posted by Dennis Daughters (2 messages posted) I am having a similar problem with Office 2003. The installer package keeps coming up when trying to launch any office program and then the error that it is missing a packet. The same error occurs when trying to reinstall or even when I try and remove the program. Would the file mentioned here be the same for Office 2003? On Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 7:47 pm, Sue wrote: >Solved...in my case anyway. >Using event viewer (which I never knew you could click on to get more info...thanks!), >I located where the problem was, it was missing a NSEXTINT.dll in the C:\ProgramFiles\Common >Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\1033 >Where it went I have no idea, but I found a copy of it and moved it over, now the >problem seems to be gone. >I'm fortunate in that I have two running copies of OfficeXP. Others may not be so >lucky. > >Now, I can foresee this happening again. It started in the other computer, running >XP Pro, when I uninstalled the beta of Microsoft Expression. I couldn't reinstall >it, getting that patch error again, so system restored it to the previous day. That >beta expires March 31, so at least I know what to look at when it comes up again >after the final uninstall. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 5:51 am Posted by Tom (7 messages posted) You'll have to uninstall Office XP from the Add/Remove Programs, then re-install it from CD/installation source to get that working again - the Cleanup utility is not the way to go for Office issues, since you just end up having to uninstall, re-install, re-activate, and re-update Office, anyway. As for your "Network Neighborhood" issue, by which I think you mean "Network Connections", that might get fixed with an Office re-install. If you aren't seeing icons there, try http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825826. You can also try steps at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315346 to re-install Windows Installer, or update it at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893803. Unfortunately, I've done all the above and still have an issue with the Windows Installer starting whenever I launch an Office 2003 product, but I'm gonna try the gpedit.msc fix on this site. Meanwhile, those things above might be a help to you. On Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 7:09 pm, Sue wrote: >I have a question about Windows >Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application: >Well, I've got the same problem. Unfortunately, none of the fixes have worked so >far. It appears when I click on Network Neighborhood, to install Publisher. It also >appears at random apps. >I used the windows installer cleanup utility, which disabled officeXP of course. >When I went to reinstall it, I couldn't. I got error messages saying something about >can't install; something about patch. I tried again, gave up and did a system restore. >This is with Office XP, windows XP home, all patches and security updates on office >and xp, and no spyware, adware, trojan or virus has ever graced this machine. >Right now I've got it disabled, but if I click on network neighborhood, it still >appears, flashes several times before going away. Before I couldn't even make it >go away without the three finger salute, done several times. >Anyone have any suggestions? Oh, and I have done a repair install of xp also, just >in case. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 7:05 am Posted by Sue (4 messages posted) Can't uninstall or reinstall without the (un) installer working correctly. Of course that was one of the first things I tried. Anyway, I have resolved the problem. See other posts in this thread. The only way I cured it was to look in the event viewer and replace the file it was missing. Good luck. Oh, and sorry, you are correct. I meant My Network Places. Same thing as Network Neighborhood, though, just a different operating system. Good luck. On Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 5:51 am, Tom wrote: >You'll have to uninstall Office XP from the Add/Remove Programs, then re-install >it from CD/installation source to get that working again - the Cleanup utility is >not the way to go for Office issues, since you just end up having to uninstall, re-install, >re-activate, and re-update Office, anyway. > >As for your "Network Neighborhood" issue, by which I think you mean "Network Connections", >that might get fixed with an Office re-install. If you aren't seeing icons there, >try http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825826. > >You can also try steps at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315346 to re-install Windows >Installer, or update it at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893803. > >Unfortunately, I've done all the above and still have an issue with the Windows Installer >starting whenever I launch an Office 2003 product, but I'm gonna try the gpedit.msc >fix on this site. Meanwhile, those things above might be a help to you. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 7:14 am Posted by Sue (4 messages posted) Dennis, I can't tell you if the same file is causing the problem. Here's the link on how to use the event viewer to fix problems. See what it missing, and replace the file in the exact place it says it can't find it. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427 On Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 4:27 pm, Dennis Daughters wrote: >I am having a similar problem with Office 2003. The installer package keeps coming >up when trying to launch any office program and then the error that it is missing >a packet. The same error occurs when trying to reinstall or even when I try and >remove the program. Would the file mentioned here be the same for Office 2003? > > > [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