Cannot install games from .MSI files.

[GTRdude]

Hey guys. I have a problem, i dont know what causes it, but i cannot install any games with the Microsoft installer (msi). ive updated it fully but i cannot figure out whats wrong with this. please help. (BTW i have the original discs of this game)

[DABhand]

Errr install it with the setup.exe file?

[GTRdude]

yes. that is easy for some one to say. i install it normally and just as it reaches 99% it goes into 100% and begins deleting all the files it had previously copied.

[tbaher]

contact tech support

[DABhand]

Your windows must be corrupt somehow.


What does it say after it deletes the files, it must give some sort of error.

[GTRdude]

the installer has been interrupted before it can finish. ive checked logs of the games i tried to install, it begins deleting files when it cannot find some entry (i dont know if its a file or a registry key)

PS- Believe me ive tried tech support. they told me to get a new hard drive :rolleyes:

[tbaher]

man .. tech support sucks..
reinstalling windows (clean install) will usually do the trick.
It is a pain...
but it's better than saying "get a new hard drive"

try reinstalling the windows installer. (off of the microsoft website)

[GTRdude]

yeah i tried doing that a while ago but it keeps saying i already have the latest one! what a dillema! you cant uninstall the installer, even when its broken, and it wont even let you RE-install it.

[Luciel]

huh? GTR "reinstalling windows" not the installshield :S

[Pootang90]

Just make a directory called anything and copy ALL the files to your harddrive and install from this dir.

Or repair your microsaft installer using this tool

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MSICLEAN.htm

:cool:

[GTRdude]

nah tried it didnt work.