Re: Starting VB app causes Windows Installer to start

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

You might try microsoft.public.windows.msi

I've seen a similar question asked there. If I
remember correctly the advice involved figuring
out what software didn't properly finish its install
earlier and is now trying to finish.

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tk <timkelley123@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> When I start a VB app on a Windows XP SP2 machine, I get a dialog from
> Windows Installer with the following dialog: Please wait while Windows
> configures Microsoft Office XP... Gathering required information.
>
> If I sign on as a different user, I don't get the dialog. I thought it
was
> an issue with his profile, so I re-created it but I still get the same
> error. The program had worked fine until a couple of days ago. There
> hasn't been any changes to the machine at all.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
>


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