wgan Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Yes, I tried to install openoffice 2.1 tonight, it turned out a error message said that it cannot read openoffice.msi at \windows\installer blah blah... at the end of the installation, also, the silly message still came out when I uninstalled openoffice 2.0, then I searched through the OOoforum found this little toy: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;290301 it called windows installer cleanup (as u see, it's from ms themselves), and it works pretty well, all the installer rubbish kept in the database are now wiped off, nice and easy, just choose a invalid entry then click remove, you will need it one day I suppose:) good luck! ps. attention, this is not a uninstaller, instead, it cleans the msi database in your sys, much like a registry cleaner, do not use it for normal uninstallation unless the program cannot be uninstalled properly by it's own uninstaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Funnily enough I just used that the other day to remove the add/remove entry for an old version of Flash. Decided to keep it, I'm sure it'll come in handy again at some point. Incidentally OO 2.1 wouldn't install over 2.0 for me either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I like the MSI installer. NSIS and InnoSetup is good too. What installer pisses me off is InstallShield I installed OpenOffice 2.1 today, it worked perfect. Though, I uninstalled OpenOffice 2.0.4 before I installed 2.1, but thats just common knowledge todo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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