Re: problem installing programs. Help, Help Please.

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

Hi Werner,

You may have an incorrect setting in the registry.

You can use this REG fix to reset the User Shell Folders values to Windows
XP defaults.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/shellfolders.reg

Click the link above to download shellfolders.reg. Save it to your machine,
double click it and answer YES to the prompt.

Or have a look at this KB article.
This way can get sort of complicated, so I advise using shellfolders.reg
above.

Pay particular attention to...
Start Menu REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu
in both
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

You receive an "Error 1606" error message when you try to install or remove
a Microsoft program
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;886549

Sorry I was so long getting back here. I've been very busy.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:ek0iO9MaFHA.1448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Bullwinkle. J. Moose <moose.nyc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> Hi,
>
> I've tried your recommendations but nothing works. I have nothing in the
> user profile...startup directory.
>
> The program will not install at all but gives the message as I indicated
> below. Can you offer a suggestion on what to put in there to make the
> program install?
>
> Regards,
> Werner
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uZDWfMjZFHA.3488@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Any shortcut to a program that is in the %userprofile%\start
>> menu\programs\startup folder will start that program when Windows starts.
>>
>> Same with this folder...
>>
>> %userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
>>
>> Nothing has to be in either folder. Just things that you want to start
>> when
>> Windows starts.
>>
>> How to put something there...
>> To start a program each time you start Windows
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/win_tray_start_program_auto.mspx
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:uxCgJ2iZFHA.3320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> Bullwinkle. J. Moose <moose.nyc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>> Hi Wesley,
>>>
>>> I checked what you mentioned but the startup folder you list below is
>>> empty. What do I put in there? What should be there in the startup file
>>> and how can I get it in?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> regards,
>>> Werner
>>>
>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:uPEQE9JZFHA.3056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> %userprofile%
>>>> is
>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here
>>>>
>>>> %userprofile%\start menu\programs\startup
>>>> is
>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\start menu\programs\startup
>>>>
>>>> See if this helps...
>>>>
>>>> "Error 1606. Could not access network location <common administrative
>>>> tools>. All users\" error message when you install a program
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B315352
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Wes
>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>
>>>> In news:O93lksIZFHA.3184@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>>> Bullwinkle. J. Moose <moose.nyc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I run windows XP sp2.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to install a program which I bought called NTI CD copy.
>>>>>
>>>>> When beginning the installation I get the following message: Error
>>>>> 1606. Could not access network location %userprofile%\start
>>>>> menu\programs\startup\.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not on a network I am a single user and I have no passwords to
>>>>> wade
>>>>> through. In checking my C:\Documents and settings\ Folders I have both
>>>>> in the Administrator and User directories under Start a startup
>>>>> subdirectory with nothing in it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone give me a bit of help on this so I can install the program.

>>>>>
>>>>> I had the same problem when trying to install Counterspy trial earlier
>>>>> this week and thought it was part of the problem with the program but
>>>>> now it seems to be a problem of my windows setup.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Werner

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