Program Install

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Resolving problems with the Windows installer:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixe­s.htm#Installation

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

Don wrote:

> I recently removed Norton SystemWorks from my system and was forced to
> resort to some drastic registry deletions in order to complete rid
> SystemWorks. The system seems stable enough except for this one
> problem: whenever I boot I get three separate notifications that
> msiexec.exe is attempting to install MSRedist. I can see the
> commandline using Winternals procexp.exe which is:
> msiexec.exe -Embedding xxxxxx where xxxxx is 32 alphanumeric
> characters. each of the latter is different for each of the three
> processes. The specific error message is "This MSI must be launched
> through Setup." Clicking "OK" at each error message clears up and the
> system is apparently running normally.
>
> Any ideas on how to clear this up?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Don