Excellent find - thanks for sharing the solution! :-)
Cheers,
Jimmy.
<--> wrote in message news:11fnu2e39a60c70@news.supernews.com...
| That, unfortunately, didn't work either...but I finally got the problem
| solved after digging around a bit:
|
| Looks as though the setup resources are stored in a file called
| SETUPENU.DLL. For some reason, an outdated version of this file was hanging
| around in my Windows system directory. Every time setup ran, it probably
| found this file in the path first and loaded it instead of the correct
| version. I nuked this file, and the problem went away.
|
| Now I can try out that Dungeon Siege II demo....
|
| Thanks for all the replies, Jimmy!
|
| --
|
|
| "Jimmy S." <nosp@m.pls> wrote in message
| news:uqA5aprnFHA.3256@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| > Hi --
| >
| > Try running the Disk Cleanup utility in the All Programs >
| > Accessories > System Tools folder to see if that clears it.
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
| > rights.
| > __________________________________________________ _______
| >
| > <--> wrote in message news:11flj9fqfs4re2b@news.supernews.com...
| > |
| > | 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.
| > |
| > | -----------------
| > |
| > |
| > | "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
| > | >
| > | > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site:
| >
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > | > MS Games Help and Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
| > | > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
| > | > 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)
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
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HELP! Microsoft games setup is hosed...
