I tried that. Unfortunately, it didn't work.

I've also reinstalled and uninstalled and reinstalled Crimson Skies,
thinking that it might clean up some dangling files. I've tried running the
Windows Installer Cleanup Utility. I've tried booting into safe mode and
nuking my temp directory. I've tried logging in with other user accounts on
my machine. Nothing works.

Every Microsoft game I try does this. So far I've tried Freelancer, Age of
Mythology, Halo, and Mechwarrior Vengeance, and it's always the same: the
Crimson Skies installer will run. And (of course) clicking install anyway
to see what happens won't work if the game's not Crimson Skies.

I'm running XP Service Pack 2 with all of the latest updates.

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"Jimmy S." <nosp@m.pls> wrote in message
news:OAK5eVinFHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Try clearing your Temp files in case it's storing the CS setup.exe:
> Click START > RUN > type: %temp%
> Select ALL and Delete
> If you get a file in use error message;
> Ctrl+Click on any individual file that can't be deleted
>
> --
> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
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> rights.
> __________________________________________________ _______
>
> <--> wrote in message news:11flbip4sc16b0b@news.supernews.com...
> | This one's driving me crazy -
> |
> | Anytime I attempt to install a Microsoft game, I get the Crimson Skies
> setup
> | instead. I initially discovered this when I tried to install the
> Dungeon
> | Siege II demo, but it seems to be a problem with ANY Microsoft game I
> try to
> | instal - Halo, Freelancer, etc. Any Microsoft games setup brings up the
> | Crimson Skies installer, although trying to click 'Install' on this does
> | nothing.
> |
> | I've tried uninstalling Crimson Skies, reinstalling Crimson Skies,
> running
> | the Windows Install cleanup utility...nothing works.
> |
> | Anyone have any ideas? This really sucks...
> |
> | Thanks.
> | (anonymous to avoid spammers)
> |
> |
>
>