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Previously installed Winzip "mini-setup" fails for non-admins.
I have a room full of XP systems with a mix of winzip 9 and 10. When non-admins (basically everyone but me) log in winzip tries to do it mini-setup to establish it's user preferences. It comes back with a prompt:
"The feature you are trying to use is on a cd-rom or other removeable disk that is not available. Insert the 'winzip' disk and click OK."
In the prompt window the "Use Source" dropdown only has this in it:
"[ProductName]LABEL"
And the "Browse" button is greyed out.
So I applied this reg entry
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/allowlockdownbrowse.asp
Now I can browse but it's looking for winzip9.0.msi which doesn't exist anywhere on the system. Even weirder, winzip wasn't installed from an msi. I'm leaning toward a windows installer problem but I don't see anything else like this on the web. Any ideas?
"The feature you are trying to use is on a cd-rom or other removeable disk that is not available. Insert the 'winzip' disk and click OK."
In the prompt window the "Use Source" dropdown only has this in it:
"[ProductName]LABEL"
And the "Browse" button is greyed out.
So I applied this reg entry
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/allowlockdownbrowse.asp
Now I can browse but it's looking for winzip9.0.msi which doesn't exist anywhere on the system. Even weirder, winzip wasn't installed from an msi. I'm leaning toward a windows installer problem but I don't see anything else like this on the web. Any ideas?
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Grrrrr. I stand corrected, looks like our xp image guys used an msi on a dvd. Source is listed as d:\software\winzip\winzip9
There's about 200 people flowing in and out of this room. And unfortunately making them admin on these boxes is out of the question for security reasons.
Can I just drop the msi in \windows, and modify the source value?
There's about 200 people flowing in and out of this room. And unfortunately making them admin on these boxes is out of the question for security reasons.
Can I just drop the msi in \windows, and modify the source value?
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thanks johnb6767
InstallSource \\??\?\Packages\WinZip\Win
Check the source to see what ti says.
Also, what if you elevate them to a admin, to allow it to configure, and then remove the rights, does it finish?
Might also be corrupted installer info..
Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301