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Old January 2nd 06, 04:41 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
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Mike,
Thanks for the quick response.
That fixed the problem. During installation the software indicated that
there were two dlls that were later versions than expected. So I replaced
them with the earlier files. I presume I will update them later with a
security update.
Thanks again.
Doug

"Mike M" wrote:

Doug,

OK, so having reinstalled Win Me over a system where IE6 SP1 had
previously been installed has left you with a bit of a version soup which
can take a little bit of effort to correct.

I tried to upgrade to IE6 SP1, but I keep getting the error message:
"Unable to install all components, close all applications and run
setup again."


You may just be lucky and get away with using the fix that follows to
force the IE6 install however if that doesn't work may I again refer you
to Noel Paton's site (http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/reinME.htm) where
he has a page dealing with this problem.

Using Windows Explorer first set it so you can view hidden system files
and folders (Tools | Folder Options | View and check "Show hidden files
and folders" and UNcheck "Hide protected operating system files" and
Apply).

Create a new folder C:\Program Files\Internet Backup

Locate the folder C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Uninstall
Information. Move the contents of this folder to the folder C:\Program
Files\Internet Backup you created above.

Now try installing IE6 again from the start in Safe mode, re-selecting all
components that you want using the Advanced option, even those already
bolded, and see if this works. If this works you can now safely delete
the folder C:\Program Files\Internet Backup and its contents. If not,
copy
the files back to the C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Uninstall
Information folder and delete the C:\Program Files\Internet Backup folder.
--
Mike Maltby



Moose46 wrote:

Mike,
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I was able to reinstall Win ME and am about 90% back to normal.
I tried to upgrade to IE6 SP1, but I keep getting the error message:
"Unable to install all components, close all applications and run
setup again."
I have:
1. diabled the virus protection.
2. Did a ctrl alt del and killed all processes that I felt I was
reasonably able to do without stoping a necessary process. The
processes left running a Explorer, Ccapp, Winmgnt, and Systray.
3. Last year I downloaded IE6 SP1 and did not erase the "Installation
directory". So went to the update site for Microsoft and
automatically downloaded ie6setup.exe and it determined what else was
needed. The first time it just said to reboot.

When I rebooted, the error message was displayed of:
"...Internet Explorer and Internet Tools files on your computer are
not the correct files for your operating system..."

What else should I do?
Thanks in advance for your input.