Re: Windows installer with a mind of its own?

Yeah i just removed it with the cleanup utility. Couldn't really be bothered
fixing the installation or anything. Doesn't matter don't use office anyway
and i always have a copy of that if a want to reinstall it so.
thanks anyway
Neal
"Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m> wrote in message
news:%23x0eb477FHA.2036@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> You don't have to yell. I understood you the first time. I don't have a
> copy of ccleaner so I don't know exactly what happened but can only guess.
> To clean some of the items you indicated some registry changes would have
> to be made. I have seen the problem you describe many times. It is fairly
> common. The fix I posted in my first reply i.e. run the Office installer,
> pick the repair option, then run the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility
> almost always fixes this problem. Did you try this? If you did and it
> didn't work did you try a System Restore to a point before you had the
> problem? If both of those don't work then it's time to consider either
> restoring a backup or if you don't have a backup then making a backup then
> a repair install. I have seen occasions where a clean install was the only
> fix.
>
> Kerry
>
>
> Neal Ferrier wrote:
>> Ok i don't think you are listening to me. I know my way around the
>> windows OS and i hate when people patronise me. I DID NOT USE THE
>> "ISSUE FIX" PART OF THE PROGRAM WHICH YOU WERE AGAIN INDICATING IN
>> YOUR LAST POST KERRY. THIS PROBLEM OCCURED WHEN I USED SOME OF THE
>> ADVANCED OPTIONS IN THE CLEANING PART OF THE PROGRAM WITH WHICH YOU
>> SHOULD ALREADY BE AWARE IN MY LAST POST. Just to give you a
>> description of why i used these options was because i did not think
>> they would affect my OS like this. The things i messede about with
>> was just Cache stuff and log files now if you can explain to me how
>> that would affect my system in such a drastic way. I will appreciate
>> your feedback on this. "Neal Ferrier" <nferrier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote in message news:uj40ST47FHA.1020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> well actually your talking about the issue fix part of the program
>>> and that
>>> is not what i used even though i have used it hundreds of times and
>>> nothing
>>> has went wrong. Iam talking about the cleaning portion of the
>>> program i selected things in that like menu order cache and windows
>>> size and location
>>> cache, user assist history, iis log files and custom files and
>>> folders. It was only after i selected these options that this
>>> started happening. Now if
>>> u would kindly explain to me how this could have f***ed the registry
>>> am all
>>> ears otherwise don't say anything unless u can fix my problem.
>>> thanx neal.
>>>
>>> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m> wrote in message
>>> news:eeKN0br7FHA.3984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Neal Ferrier wrote:
>>>>> Dunno if anyone has heard of it but ive recently used a program
>>>>> called ccleaner and i selected some of the advanced options. Now
>>>>> the windows installer wants to install office xp again everytime i
>>>>> access microsoft affiliated applications e.g MSN Messenger 7, IE6,
>>>>> Outlook Express etc. Don't really know what is going on assuming
>>>>> its a registry problem of sorts could someone please tell me where
>>>>> so i can fix it. Iam not really enamoured with the windows
>>>>> registry. Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Don't mess with things you don't understand. Your example is a good
>>>> reason not to mess with "registry cleaner" programs unless you know
>>>> what you are doing. Never, ever allow them to run in automatic
>>>> mode. Never, ever allow them to make a change that you do not
>>>> understand 100% what is happening and why. If you didn't use the
>>>> advanced option in ccleaner to make a backup of your registry then
>>>> you may be scr#w#d depending on what options you picked.
>>>>
>>>> If the fix from
>>>>
>>>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>>>>
>>>> doesn't work then a combnation of running the Office installer
>>>> choosing the repair option and this tool from Microsoft to fix the
>>>> Windows Installer usually does the trick.
>>>>
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301
>>>>
>>>> If none of the above suggestions worked then restoring your last
>>>> system backup is the next option. If you don't have a backup then
>>>> possibly a repair install followed by a reinstall of Office is
>>>> next. If that doesn't work then a backup of your data and a clean
>>>> install of Windows and your programs will always work.
>>>>
>>>> Don't blame the Windows registry. The blame lies with yourself and
>>>> ccleaner. Ccleaner is a valuable tool when used properly. It is
>>>> also a dangerous tool if you don't understand what it is doing.
>>>>
>>>> Kerry
>
>


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