November 3, 200718 yr First, I've been using DAF for awhile. And it works great! Thanks. I think I can confirm that version 0.60.0.24 has an issue unregistering/reregistering windows installer 2.0 on win 98SE. Version 0.57.7.0 did not seem to have a problem. Or maybe that version just (re)registered msiexec without unregistering first. I guess the default location (on win 9x) for msiexec.exe is the system directory and DAF is expecting it to be the windows directory. ? Here's a full log. Just skip down to the "--- MSI ---" section. Notes about this log: 1) "->" denotes an external command being executed, and "-> (number)" indicates the return code from the previous command 2) Not all external command return codes are accurate, or useful 3) Sometimes commands return 0 (no error) even when they fail or crash 4) If an error occurs while registering an object, please send an email to: dial-a-fix@DjLizard.net and include a copy of this log --- System info --- OS: Microsoft Windows 98 A IE version: 6.0.2800.1106 MPC: 05705-OEM CPU: Intel® Celeron® CPU 2.40GHz (~2390MHz) BIOS: opyright 1985-1988 Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Copyright 1990-2003 Dell Computer Corporation All Rights Reserved 12/2/03 IBM Memory (approx): 246MB Uptime: 0 hour(s) Current directory: D:\DL\DAF --- 9/24/06 8:45:39 AM -- Dial-a-fix : [v0.60] started 8:46:03 AM | Policy scan started 8:46:06 AM | Policy scan ended - no restrictive policies were found --- Emptying temp folders --- 8:50:52 AM | Deleting C:\TEMP... 8:50:52 AM | -> command.com /c deltree /y C:\TEMP 8:50:52 AM | -> 0 8:50:52 AM | Re-created directory C:\TEMP 8:50:52 AM | Deleting C:\WINDOWS\temp... 8:50:52 AM | -> command.com /c deltree /y C:\WINDOWS\temp 8:50:52 AM | -> 0 8:50:52 AM | C:\WINDOWS\temp has been re-created [b]--- MSI --- 8:50:52 AM | -> msiexec.exe /unreg 8:50:53 AM | -> 0 8:51:11 AM | C:\WINDOWS\msiexec.exe was not found! Please extract this file from your installation media and try again. 8:51:11 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msi.dll[/b] --- Windows Update --- --- Registration: Windows Update/Automatic Update DLLs --- 8:51:11 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msxml.dll 8:51:11 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msxml.dll 8:51:12 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msxml2.dll 8:51:13 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msxml2.dll 8:51:13 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msxml3.dll 8:51:14 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msxml3.dll 8:51:15 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msxml4.dll 8:51:15 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msxml4.dll 8:51:15 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ole32.dll --- SSL/HTTPS/Cryptography --- --- Registration: SSL/HTTPS/Cryptography --- 8:51:15 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cryptdlg.dll 8:51:15 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cryptdlg.dll 8:51:15 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cryptui.dll 8:51:15 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cryptui.dll 8:51:16 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cryptext.dll 8:51:16 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cryptext.dll 8:51:17 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\initpki.dll 8:51:19 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\initpki.dll 8:51:19 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mssign32.dll 8:51:19 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mssign32.dll 8:51:19 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mssip32.dll 8:51:19 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mssip32.dll 8:51:19 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\softpub.dll 8:51:19 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\softpub.dll 8:51:20 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\regwizc.dll 8:51:20 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\regwizc.dll 8:51:20 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\rsaenh.dll 8:51:20 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\rsaenh.dll 8:51:21 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\wintrust.dll 8:51:21 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\wintrust.dll 8:51:21 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\schannel.dll 8:51:21 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\schannel.dll 8:51:21 AM | Unregistered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\rsabase.dll 8:51:21 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\rsabase.dll --- Registration: ActiveX controls/codecs --- 8:51:21 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\acelpdec.ax 8:51:22 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\actxprxy.dll 8:51:22 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\asctrls.ocx 8:51:22 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\daxctle.ocx 8:51:23 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\hhctrl.ocx 8:51:23 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\l3codecx.ax 8:51:23 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\licmgr10.dll 8:51:23 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mpg4ds32.ax 8:51:25 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msdxm.ocx 8:51:25 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\plugin.ocx 8:51:25 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\proctexe.ocx 8:51:25 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\tdc.ocx 8:51:25 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\wshom.ocx --- Registration: Control Panel applets --- 8:51:27 AM | DllInstalled: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\inetcpl.cpl --- Registration: Direct[X|Draw|Show|Media] --- 8:51:28 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\quartz.dll 8:51:28 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\danim.dll 8:51:29 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\dmscript.dll 8:51:29 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\dmstyle.dll 8:51:29 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\dxmasf.dll 8:51:31 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\dxtmsft.dll 8:51:31 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\dxtrans.dll --- Registration: Programming cores/runtimes --- 8:51:31 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\atl.dll 8:51:31 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\corpol.dll 8:51:31 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\jscript.dll 8:51:31 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\dispex.dll 8:51:32 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\scrrun.dll 8:51:32 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\scrobj.dll 8:51:32 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\vbscript.dll 8:51:32 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\wshext.dll --- Registration: Explorer/IE/OE/shell/WMP --- 8:51:34 AM | DllInstalled: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\browseui.dll 8:51:34 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\browseui.dll 8:51:34 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\browsewm.dll 8:51:34 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\cdfview.dll 8:51:34 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\comcat.dll 8:51:34 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\datime.dll 8:51:34 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\dmloader.dll 8:51:34 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\es.dll 8:51:34 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\hlink.dll 8:51:35 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\iedkcs32.dll 8:51:35 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\iepeers.dll 8:51:35 AM | DllInstalled: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\iesetup.dll 8:51:35 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\iesetup.dll 8:51:35 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ils.dll 8:51:35 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\imgutil.dll 8:51:36 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\inetcfg.dll 8:51:36 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\inetcomm.dll 8:51:36 AM | DllInstalled: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\inseng.dll 8:51:36 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\inseng.dll 8:51:36 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\laprxy.dll 8:51:37 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\lmrt.dll 8:51:37 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mlang.dll 8:51:37 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mscoree.dll 8:51:38 AM | DllInstalled: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mshtml.dll 8:51:41 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mshtml.dll 8:51:41 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mshtmled.dll 8:51:41 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msieftp.dll 8:51:41 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msoeacct.dll 8:51:41 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msr2c.dll 8:51:41 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msrating.dll 8:51:42 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mstime.dll 8:51:42 AM | DllInstalled: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\occache.dll 8:51:42 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\occache.dll 8:51:42 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ole32.dll 8:51:42 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\oleaut32.dll 8:51:42 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\oleacc.dll 8:51:42 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\olepro32.dll 8:51:42 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\pngfilt.dll 8:51:42 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\rpcrt4.dll 8:51:42 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\sendmail.dll 8:51:44 AM | DllInstalled: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\shdocvw.dll 8:51:45 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\shdocvw.dll 8:51:45 AM | DllInstalled: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\shell32.dll 8:51:46 AM | DllInstalled: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\urlmon.dll 8:51:46 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\urlmon.dll 8:51:46 AM | DllInstalled: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\webcheck.dll 8:51:46 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\webcheck.dll 8:51:46 AM | Registered: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\webvw.dll 8:51:46 AM | DllInstalled: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\wininet.dll 8:51:46 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msdadc.dll 8:51:46 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msdaenum.dll 8:51:46 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msdaer.dll 8:51:47 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msdaipp.dll 8:51:47 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msdaora.dll 8:51:47 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msdaosp.dll 8:51:47 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msdaps.dll 8:51:47 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msdasc.dll 8:51:48 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msdasql.dll 8:51:48 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msdatt.dll 8:51:48 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msdaurl.dll 8:51:48 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\msxactps.dll 8:51:48 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\oledb32.dll 8:51:48 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\oledb32r.dll 8:51:48 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\sqloledb.dll 8:51:48 AM | Registered: C:\Program Files\Common Files\system\Ole DB\sqlxmlx.dll I could have downloaded windows installer again. (And installed it.) This is the link for windows 98/98se/ME: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en direct download: http://download.microsoft.com/download/Win...US/InstMsiA.exe (Easy AND safe!) I chose to reregister the existing files msiexec.exe and msi.dll. They are both in my c:\windows\system directory. --
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