Cannot reinstall MSI 3.1, nor install .Net Framework Arioch <the_Arioch[ at ]nm.falsedomain.ru> 12/30/2008 11:37:29 PM I have some troubes with MSI on XP 32bit. Symptoms are that SP1 for both .Net installer v. 2.0, 3.0 fail to install, be manually downloaded or via Windows Update. It claimes that MSI 3.1 is not installed, but it is, and when i run MSI 3.1 installer is tells me it is not required on my PC. So now i deinstalled al Frameworks and hoped they would be able to install from scratch - nothing, they either tell me that MSI 3.1 is not installed or, when i tried to install NetFx 3.0, it told ~~~~~ [12/31/08,02:08:42] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 x86: [2] Error code 5100 for this component means "Азия" [12/31/08,02:08:42] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 x86: [2] Component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 x86 returned an unexpected value. [12/31/08,02:08:42] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 x86: [2] Return from system messaging: Азия [12/31/08,02:08:42] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 x86 is not installed. ~~~~~ Potential troubles were 1) instaling once MSI 4.5 beta 2) changing HDD, that made Windows change some drive letters, however that was fixed after soem time of registry tweakign and i can see no traces of old drive letters in registry I need to run some .Net apps, that require .Net 2+ Reinstall Windows with al the applications and settings beeing done is a kind of overkill. I cannot force MSI 3.1 to install - i tells that this PC is already newer than itself and quits. MSI 4.5 was instaled - but does not help. I tried to trace installing of MSI 3.1 with Process Monitor to see where i can tweak it to misdetect version of MSI/XP-SP already installed and reinstall itself - nothing helps. I tried to trace installing of Dot Net installers with Process Monitor to understand how it detects MSI version and why it falsely claims MSI is not installed on the box - no clues. So now i have installers of MSI, claiming that everthing is installed / and installeers of DotNet, made on that very engine, caiming it is not installed. Hope someone would help me to make them say the same, either way to reinstall MSI 3.1 or to make NetFx installers see installed MSI and not claim it is missed. -- Используется революционный почтовый клиент браузера Opera: http://www.opera.com/mail/

Re: Cannot reinstall MSI 3.1, nor install .Net Framework Arioch <the_Arioch[ at ]nm.falsedomain.ru> 12/31/2008 2:15:05 AM That seems some kind fo installer script there is in baseine.dat text ini file And since NetFx 2.0 SP1 (NetFx 2.0 runs ok) every check with VersionCheck=FileVersionCheck fails. If to add their blocker flag - it wil fail on every file check. Strange. That NetFx version was switch from old installer to new one. NetFx 2.0: runner - install.exe - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 - External Installer script - install.ini localisation: eula.NNN.txt + install.res.NNN.dll NetFx 2.0 SP1 and newer: runner - setup.exe - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 - Suite Integration Toolkit Executable script - baseline.dat + deffactory.dat localisation: eula.NNN.RTF + setup.res.NNN.dll + WAP.res.NNN.dll + locdata.NNN.ini Hard to say, if the FileVersionCheck was within VS2005 installer, and was it updated or created for VS2008 installer. However, it fails. I wonder if its sources are known. -- Используется революционный почтовый клиент браузера Opera: http://www.opera.com/mail/