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July 26th, 2006 00:00

Windows Installer

I am having an ongoing problem with Windows Installer. When I try to uninstall old programs, I get an error message that states "Windows Installer service is not available. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode (I'm not) or if the Windows Installer is not properly installed..."
 
I have downloaded and installed WIndows Installer 3.1, and am still having the problem. Someone else advised me to uninstall the previous installer before putting in the new version, but Installer doesn't appear on the Add/Remove programs list. I have gone into the WIndows directory on the C drive and found the Installer folder, but I am hesitant to delete the folder or any of it's contents.
 
Any suggestions?
 
Thanks :)
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    mombodog

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    Posted July 26th, 2006 00:00

    No dooo not delete anything, You should understand that when uninstalling from add-remove programs it is using an uninstaller put there when you originaly installed the program, sometimes these get corrupted and the easy solution is to re-install the program again, then try to remove it..

    Also when you installed the windows 3.0 installer, it removed the old one for you..

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    dunedin

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    Posted July 26th, 2006 20:00

    Hello

    Try this

    1.Click Start | Run.
    2.In the Open box, type cmd  then click  OK.
    3.At the prompt, type msiexec.exe /uregister. Press ENTER.
    At the prompt type  msiexec /regserver, and then press ENTER.

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