On 03/05/2007 07:49 AM, William Cool wrote: > And then, below, there is a text box with a path to the desktop folder > containing the appropriate file. (?!?) Whatever path I use, I get a pop-up > saying: > > "The file '[drive]:\ . . . ~ . . .\openofficeorg20.msi' is not a valid > installation package for the product OpenOffice.org 2.0. Try to find the > installation package 'openofficeorg20.msi' in a folder from which you can > install OpenOffice.org 2.0." > > So I tried to download the software developer's package, thinking it might > reinstall some missing files or registry keys in a different way. That > took, surprisingly, about a half-hour, and, of course, solved nothing. (It > was a longshot anyhow.) It took another forty minutes or so to uninstall. > So, now it looks like I need to uninstall everything manually, through the > registry, which I don't actually know how to do. > Any more ideas? Or should I take this back to the forum? > I think I'll post this whole e-mail there anyhow. > > Thanks, though, for the input. It's much appreciated. It helps me to not > go quite so crazy, if I know there's another source of ideas besides just > myself.
Sounds like you had a corrupt "uninstall". Go to your 'Add and Remove Programs' and if there is any OOo reference there, uninstall. That won't help much, but lets make sure that the main program reference is no longer there. Now go to: http://www.ccleaner.com/ and download & install ccleaner. Take the "tour" http://www.ccleaner.com/help/tour/ so that you'll know that I'm about to explain. 1. Run the cleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/help/tour/?4) 2. Run it again. Run until everything is clean. 3. Scan for issues (http://www.ccleaner.com/help/tour/?5) 4. Fix the issues. *Be sure to select the option to save a copy of your registry*; the 'fix' will be to delete the crap (that's why its call ccleaner) in the registry that is left over from old programs and bad uninstalls etc., it is generally safe to do this. 5. Scan for issues again. You won't need to make a copy of your registry this time as you already have a copy from the first run. Repeat until all is clean. 6. Reboot. 7. Reinstall OOo 2.1 per the instructions at: http://download.openoffice.org/2.1.0/instructions.html Note: I've used Ccleaner on my windows systems and my customer's systems (Win2KPro, Win2KServer, WinXPHome, WinXPPro) and have never had a problem with it. However, as with all 'registry' cleaners I recommend that you save a copy of your registry before doing anything. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
