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Old December 3rd 07, 03:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Don Phillipson
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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What was the date of the last Win98SE Installer
upgrade from Microsoft? . . .


"glee" wrote in message
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Windows Installer 2.0
instmsia.exe is for Win9x.
instmsiw.exe is for the WinNT family.


OK, problem solved i.e. Open Office installed OK. . .
1. Beforehand I spotted that its temp files included both
instmsia.exe is for Win9x.
instmsiw.exe is for the WinNT family.

I was surprised that there was no Registry entry for
either. How would Win98 know where to find Installer 2?

2. At 2nd attempt to instal Open Office there was a
different error message: "Your installer is out of date.
Would you like to upgrade?" After keying Yes installation
completed apparenty OK (and like Adobe wrote into its own
folder a copy of instmsia.exe (1,708,856 bytes, nonidentical
with the version with 1,709,160 bytes downloadable from MS.)

Then I had a look at InstallShield
Browse to the Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield folder.

-- which seemed VERY STRANGE. . .
e.g. (1) multiple copies of IDriver and IKernel
(2) multiple entries in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\SharedDLLs
(3) GV's advice:
Open Windows Explorer or My Computer.
Right-click the InstallShield folder, click 'Rename', name the folder
InstallShieldOld, and press Enter.
Reboot.


I guess InstallShield is legacy code from Win98 or Win3.1.
Is it well documented anywhere?
With thanks.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)