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oracle jinitiator MSI reinstalling on every use? MSI problem likely

I have an odd problem with Oracle's Jinitiator version 1.3.1.22.  Every time the user launches the  java application, jinitiator appears to *reinstall*.  The computer appears to be referencing the MSI used to deploy the Jinitiator , but only for a few seconds... so I don't think a full reinstall is actually happening.

The original MSI  install was done via machine AD group policy.
The user has admin rights.

I see this in the machine log:
Detection of product '{BD369B1F-6268-4411-A27F-68BB7C3ED8C6}', feature 'WIFEAT00000001' failed during request for component '{1AA01CA5-B20F-483E-9E4F-22DBDFE9A20C}'

But when I look at the MSI there is NO {BD369B1F-6268-4411-A27F-68BB7C3ED8C6} to be found.
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8/22/2022 - Mon
oleggold

Check user's registry.
It may be RunOnce option that still has that install running
aprilmj

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runonce is empty.  and the install doesn't kick off when windows starts or the user logs in... it kicks off when the user opens the application.
aprilmj

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found my own solution....

turns out the application BD369B1F-6268-4411-A27F-68BB7C3ED8C6
was looking for a directory/file here  1AA01CA5-B20F-483E-9E4F-22DBDFE9A20C

and when I took apart the MSI, it was looking for folders/files that didn't exist.

It was a function of XP's self-healing MSI function.  If I disabled the MSI installer service, the problem "went away".  The core of the problem was a bad MSI (missing resources).
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