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Deleting C:\Windows\Installer\ files safely on Windows 7 after running WinDirStat hard drive space usage report [closed]
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Windows 7 and large Installer Folder
Has anyone successfully deleted the Windows Installer files successfully before? They are taking up 35.1% of my total hard drive ...
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Automatic application installer with pre-set options
We have to re-install this specific software with different settings every time.
Would it be possible to make a script or something(any idea is a good idea) to be able to pre-set the ...
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How to build installer of some files?
I have some files on my laptop and I need to build either an exe or msi installer.
My intention is that when running that installer, it must place one file on to the C: disk and another file to the ...
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what are these “online installers” for?
It is probably not the name of these installers. By online installer I mean the little executable we download and execute, which download the true software I are going to install.
There are so many ...
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Web platform installer fails to start installation
I have just formatted my machine and it is now running Windows 7 Pro (64 bit). I try running the web platform installer from here, and even while as administrator I get a message "This installation ...
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Can I merge multiple disc with installers/autorun into one disc?
I have several small CD's and two of them have a installer and auto run enabled. I know how to create an ISO from disc (imgburn) but how can I can put them on a single disc without corrupting the ...
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Why do installers delete themselves?
I've noticed that, in the last half-decade or so, the installers of many programs themselves have acquired downloaders -- which sometimes need separate installation! -- which in turn delete themselves ...
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Installing Single EXE Applications
Often times I find a tool or utility on the internet such as SnippetCompiler that is very useful. However, many of these types of tools aren't packaged with an installer. I was wondering if there is ...
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Flash Player 11 installer not working on Windows 7
I downloaded the Flash Player 11.0.1.152 installer from the Adobe website and tried to install it on Windows 7 64-bit.
Upon running it, the installer deletes itself, the process runs in Task Manager ...
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Error 2203 when installing Python/Perl?
I can't install Python or Strawberry Perl on the Windows 8 Developer Preview :( I keep getting installer error 2203; here's a link to the LOG file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SJ8BDNLV I really don't ...
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How do I determine what's trying to be installed?
Every morning when I come into work, and log into my Windows XP Pro machine, I get a message box telling me simply, "Wise for Windows Installer". That's it. Nothing else. No clue as to whatever it is ...
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How to create an installer for multiple applications, batch processes, dll's etc?
We have developed an application using Microsoft Kinect as a webcam. Since Kinect for Windows is still on Beta and not supported as a webcam. We needed to install and include a lot of SDK related ...
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Keeping track of dummy installers
Whenever I install a new application, I always archive the installer. This is for a number of reasons, including
I like knowing I can update and go back to any version I prefer
On occasion, I've ...
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Can't install software or perform Windows Updates
For the last long while Windows Update has been failing on 99% of updates and (certain) software won't install. I have seen the error 0x8007010B in both cases. Why is this happening? How can it be ...
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How can I make the Debian installer use an NTFS partition?
I want to install Debian Wheezy on a disk which has a Windows XP NTFS partition (/dev/sda1).
I don't want to do anything to the partition, just get the installer to recognise it and make an entry for ...
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libssh2.so.1cannot open shared object file?
I am trying to run medusa program when I have run it with command medusa -d I got
+ cvs.mod : Couldn't load "/usr/local/lib/medusa/modules/cvs.mod" [libssh2.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No ...
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Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine - MSDE 2000 Install failure
A program is attempting to install MSDE 2000 as part of its package as it requires an SQL database backend, it is failing when attempting to load the setup engine with an error saying that it is ...
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Windows 7 and large Installer Folder [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
Windows 7: Can files located in C:\Windows\Installer be deleted?
Is it safe to delete from C:\Windows\Installer?
This is on Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
My ...
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Problem installing Visual Studio 2010
I had to reinstall Windows 7 on my computer. I reinstalled everything except VS 2010.
Trying to install it, the install wizard looked like it had been corrupted. Another VS 2010 DVD however showed ...
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Plain .tar.gz binary distribution of LIbreOffice?
Is there a place where I get recent (~3.4) LibreOffice binaries for Linux? I'm not looking for .debs or .rpms, just a plain archive I can extract in my home directory and run from there.
Since one of ...
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Best way to use a web-installer on a system with no internet access?
There are quite a few companies that offer their software in this fashion:
Download our program.
Run it on your computer and it will determine which files you need, and download THOSE ...
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Software install error
I've downloaded an installer for a piece of software which I've installed on many different computers already. When running the installer I get the following error:
Failed to run setup.exe, ...
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What does “Optimizing performance…” in Acrobat mean?
When the Acrobat installer says "Optimizing performance...", what is it actually doing?
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Why are games starting to refuse Users\Public\Games as the install target?
I usually install games to C:\Users\Public\Games (Windows 7 x64) so that I don't run into permissions issues (especially while updating), but recently, I've run into a couple of installers that ...
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What does an installer mean when it suggests all open programs be closed? [closed]
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Does it actually matter whether you have open applications when installing new software?
Why would an installer suggest I "close all open applications before ...
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Flash standalone installer for Win 2008/64/ IE8
I am working on a x64 Win2008 server that does not have external network access. The software I'm working with uses flash, but doesn't install it.
I need to find a standalone flash installer that I ...
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Command-line Packagemaker size check
Packagemaker for MacOS X creates packages graphically and via the command line. I have a chain of automation tools, so I can't use the graphical version nor switch to another packager product.
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How to make ffmpeg installer for OS X
I have followed this tutorial to download, compile and install ffmpeg on Mac OS X. This worked fine but I want to make an universal installer from compiled source for all Mac machines.
Please help me ...
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Expressions Encoder setup stalls in VirtualBox
I'm trying to install Microsoft Expressions Encoder in a VirtualBox 4 VM running Windows XP Pro SP3. The host OS is Debian Wheezy. VB was downloaded from Oracle's repository, Expressions 4 with SP1 ...
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Custom app installer like Ninite?
I'm looking for something similar to Ninite, that would let me package tools we use in our dev environment without having to go out and download each separately. Is there something out there that does ...
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Debian Kernel Versions: 2.6.18-486 vs. 2.6-486
I'm installing Debian etch. The installer asks me which kernels I want, and the reasonable options for my old box seem to be
2.6-486
2.6.18-486
(There are -686 versions, too, but those seem to be ...
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Everytime I install something in Windows 7 my resolution changes to 640 x 480
I think I screwed something with the Compatibility Administrator, because every time I install something new, program, game, or anything the screen resolution changes to 640 x 480, and it goes back to ...
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How make example.org as homepage works? [closed]
How to make www.example.org site as browsers homepage url using applications.
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Internal error when installing many programs in Windows 7
I seem to have a bug someone where in my user profile that gives an internal error 2203 C:\Windows\Installer\6f5285.ipi, -2147287035
I am able to get around this by using another account and using ...
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Can I delete the files in C:\Windows\Installer folder? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it safe to delete from C:\Windows\Installer?
The folder "C:\Windows\Installer" on my Windows XP contains 2 GiB of .msi files. I know they are Windows Installer cache ...
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Only the primary user can start programs
Problem with users and windows installer
Only the primary user can start any program. The primary user can do anything. All users have admin rights. As a example if trying to open/start Internet ...
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What installation options do I provide (everyone/just me, local settings, shared settings, etc)
This is something I've wrestled with off and on for ages. I have several apps with Inno Setup installers. By default, they install for all users, but the program settings (in an INI file) stored in ...
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How to do a silent install of MSYS on WIndows XP
I have to install a set of development tools that includes MSYS 1.0.11 on a bunch of Windows XP boxes.
Every other tool is built with MSI or can simply be untarred or unzipped to the relevant install ...
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details on adding own files and running custom commands in unattended Windows 7 install
I'm making an unattended Windows 7 install. Currently it installs automatically just fine. I created what I have by using vLite on an extracted version of an .iso, then extracting the iso it created, ...
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What does happen when we install any file?
I want to know, when I install any file on my PC, how do these files get installed? What is actually going behind the scenes?
For example, when I install say NetBeans IDE in my windows system, when ...
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Why is Windows installer Folder getting so large?
The Windows installer folder is getting to be 8 GB. How do I shrink it?
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Autoinstall Application on HP IPAQ 214 WM6.0 [closed]
A client wants to use our software on a new device. Previously we've created an autoinstaller that can be copied to an SD card in the device and hard reset the device and upon starting our installer ...
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Problem with Drupal 7.0 installation - PHP extensions disabled
when I install Drupal I have the following problem.
PHP extensions Disabled Drupal
requires you to enable the PHP
extensions in the following list (see
the system requirements page ...
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Why the multiple reboots installing Win7?
I just installed Win7 on my non-PC (ahem) and was struck by how many times the Windows installer reboots during installation. It even tells you on the screen during installation that the computer will ...
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Can't uninstall an application. Are there any alternatives?
I'm trying to uninstall an application from my Windows 7 machine, but the uninstall fails with the following error:
There is a problem with this Windows
Installer package. A program required
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Ubuntu 10 installer stops after asking for username and password
I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.10. It's running fine, until I get to the step where it asks me to specify my name, computer name, user name and password. I have filled in all those fields and all of ...
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signed software :: installer — system software and package installer tool (Apple *.pkg)
Does anybody know a few details about signed software and /Applications/Utilities/Installer.app? I didn't find more at Wikipedia and the UNIX-Manual (man 8 installer).
Here's the valid signature from ...
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Is there an Installer Analyser tool that can list what Registry Keys will be created?
I can think of 3 ways to achieve my goal:
Create a clean VPC, install a given piece of software, and compare the before and after states.
Somehow reverse-engineer the installer.
Somehow redirect the ...
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How to stop Java installer from “helpfully” offering to install toolbars, openoffice, etc. on every update [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I permanently prevent Java security updates from installing Yahoo Toolbar?
For a while now, every time I install an automatically-downloaded Java update, the ...
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Error installing Adobe Flash Catalyst Panini
I have installed Flash Catalyst Panini (a preview release) on one machine (Windows 7 x64, latest updates) with no problem. On another system with the same setup I get the following in the install ...
