Re: "Installation Source Missing"

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That is the full error message: "installation Source missing". Is it in a
window, did you check Event Viewer to see if they are MSInstaller errors?

"Rhonda Lea Kirk" <rhondalea@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm really about over seeing that message--"installation source
missing"--on my display.

I've received it twice with Office 2003, and it was a mess to fix the
first time because none of the suggested fixes worked. I haven't done it
yet this time, because although the actual procedure is pretty
straightforward, it just takes so long. In the meantime, although the
programs work okay, I cannot receive Office updates, no matter how
critical they might be.

Two days ago, I thought I'd try repairing Windows Defender (don't ask). No
go. "Installation source missing." After I was done beating my head
against the wall, I read about everything that could possibly go wrong (a
lot), downloaded Defender, uninstalled and reinstalled it. No problem. It
uninstalled without a hitch, even though the "installation source [was]
missing."

Today, I tried to download the Adobe Reader update."Installation source
missing." Worse yet, the old version refused to uninstall from Add and
Remove Programs because...wait for it...the "installation source [was]
missing". Go figure. After considering all the options, I used the Windows
Installer Clean-Up Utility and then took CCleaner out for a walk. Lo and
behold, the new version of Adobe Reader installed without a hitch.

"When is she going to get to the question, already?"

What I want to know is this: what in the name of all that is unholy am I
doing to make these various "installation sources" evaporate into thin
air? It's not Disk Cleanup, because I always uncheck the little box that
says Office Setup Files--but take note, they're gone anyway. I don't run
around my HDD deleting files willy-nilly. I do use CCleaner, but I
actually *read* all the entries to be deleted before I tell it to clean
up. And Office broke the first time *before* I started using it anyway.

So what is it? Where do all these "installation sources" go?

(And just in case someone decides to mention the LISTool, don't bother. It
gives back an error message every time I try to use it.)

Any insight into this would be gratefully accepted. I just can't stand it
anymore.

rl
--
Rhonda Lea Kirk

Insisting on perfect safety is for people
without the balls to live in the real world.
Mary Shafer Iliff




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