***This MSI must be launched through Setup**

[Arm]

I need some help please. For some reason I am now getting this message when
I launch a program. "!This MSI must be launched through setup" I have never
received this message before using this program. I have uninstalled and
reinstalled a newer version. I found some information on this problem
through Symantec and followed their recommendations. But I'm am still
getting the message. I thought to re-install the MSI installer but I'm not
sure in Windows XP has a repair. I also did a win xp repair to see if that
would corrected the problem. It did not. I also tried to do a system
restore, but since I did a repair I only have the last day before the
repair. I saw reg patch at kellys XP korner, but I'm not sure that is again
for win xp. Sorry for the rambling, but this is an Annoyance! Thanks, Arm

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[Malke]

Arm wrote:

> I need some help please. For some reason I am now getting this message
> when I launch a program. "!This MSI must be launched through setup" I
> have never received this message before using this program. I have
> uninstalled and reinstalled a newer version. I found some information
> on this problem through Symantec and followed their recommendations.
> But I'm am still getting the message. I thought to re-install the MSI
> installer but I'm not sure in Windows XP has a repair. I also did a
> win xp repair to see if that would corrected the problem. It did not.
> I also tried to do a system restore, but since I did a repair I only
> have the last day before the repair. I saw reg patch at kellys XP
> korner, but I'm not sure that is again for win xp. Sorry for the
> rambling, but this is an Annoyance! Thanks, Arm

Try cleaning up the Windows Installer per the MS Knowledge Base article
here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301

Malke
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MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

[arm]

Malke > wrote in message >...
> Arm wrote:
>
> > I need some help please. For some reason I am now getting this message
> > when I launch a program. "!This MSI must be launched through setup" I
> > have never received this message before using this program. I have
> > uninstalled and reinstalled a newer version. I found some information
> > on this problem through Symantec and followed their recommendations.
> > But I'm am still getting the message. I thought to re-install the MSI
> > installer but I'm not sure in Windows XP has a repair. I also did a
> > win xp repair to see if that would corrected the problem. It did not.
> > I also tried to do a system restore, but since I did a repair I only
> > have the last day before the repair. I saw reg patch at kellys XP
> > korner, but I'm not sure that is again for win xp. Sorry for the
> > rambling, but this is an Annoyance! Thanks, Arm
>
> Try cleaning up the Windows Installer per the MS Knowledge Base article
> here:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301
>
> Malke

Thanks for getting back to me, but I already used it and I am still
getting the message

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Arm wrote:

> I need some help please. For some reason I am now getting this message when
> I launch a program. "!This MSI must be launched through setup" I have never
> received this message before using this program. I have uninstalled and
> reinstalled a newer version. I found some information on this problem
> through Symantec and followed their recommendations. But I'm am still
> getting the message. I thought to re-install the MSI installer but I'm not
> sure in Windows XP has a repair. I also did a win xp repair to see if that
> would corrected the problem. It did not. I also tried to do a system
> restore, but since I did a repair I only have the last day before the
> repair. I saw reg patch at kellys XP korner, but I'm not sure that is again
> for win xp. Sorry for the rambling, but this is an Annoyance! Thanks, Arm

Hi

It could be Windows Installer doing an on-demand installation...

See "Every time I launch my application, Windows Installer performs an
installation. How can I determine the cause of the on-demand installation?"
in the FAQ at

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/community/centers/management/msi_faq.mspx

To access the Application Log in the Event viewer,
run the following command from Start/Run:

eventvwr.msc


If you are running Windows XP (or have access to a Windows XP computer,
you can copy MSIZAP.EXE over to your Win2k computer):

If a product code is listed there and this product is not really installed,
MSIZAP.EXE is maybe able to fix this issue, it is included as a utility in
the support tools installation package (on your WinXP CD) with some additional
documentation included in suptools.chm (installed by suptools.msi).

It will remove all Windows Installer entries for a product key that you feed
it with.

Note that if MSIZAP.EXE is used incorrectly it can affect other applications
on the machine.

Based on the documentation in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/msizap_exe.asp

this is what you should run:

msizap T {product code}

an example:
msizap T {FFB37294-1155-17D3-A809-0250BAAFB1AB}


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torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter