Install

[Guest]

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I noticed that when ever i go and install something, like for instance the
sims and the sims online it should automaticly intstall. It does but it
allways goes to a USB driver install. If i want to install the program i
have to go to the file directly. I was wondering how to fix this because
when i dl the free trial of the sims online i dont know where the installer
file is on my computer. Thanks a lot!

 

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Hi,

Resolving problems with the Windows installer:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Installation

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Jesse" <Jesse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I noticed that when ever i go and install something, like for instance the
> sims and the sims online it should automaticly intstall. It does but it
> allways goes to a USB driver install. If i want to install the program i
> have to go to the file directly. I was wondering how to fix this because
> when i dl the free trial of the sims online i dont know where the
> installer
> file is on my computer. Thanks a lot!

 

[Guest]

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Actually i saved it to the desktop

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Resolving problems with the Windows installer:
> http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Installation
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Jesse" <Jesse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E9D45D55-1C86-4FF5-8B2C-8B4A1323883D@microsoft.com...
> >I noticed that when ever i go and install something, like for instance the
> > sims and the sims online it should automaticly intstall. It does but it
> > allways goes to a USB driver install. If i want to install the program i
> > have to go to the file directly. I was wondering how to fix this because
> > when i dl the free trial of the sims online i dont know where the
> > installer
> > file is on my computer. Thanks a lot!
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Jesse,

It sounds like you did not download, save and then install the program. If
you installed it directly from the internet, by using run now, instead of
save, this is a bad practice - for the reason you have just found out. There
is no install program retained on your computer. If you have to reinstall it
again, to solve a problem, you don't have it.

Create a folder on your computer called downloads. Save every program you
download to that folder. Then you know where they are.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Jesse" <Jesse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E9D45D55-1C86-4FF5-8B2C-8B4A1323883D@microsoft.com...
>I noticed that when ever i go and install something, like for instance the
> sims and the sims online it should automaticly intstall. It does but it
> allways goes to a USB driver install. If i want to install the program i
> have to go to the file directly. I was wondering how to fix this because
> when i dl the free trial of the sims online i dont know where the
> installer
> file is on my computer. Thanks a lot!

 

[Pete]

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No !


"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Jesse,
>
> It sounds like you did not download, save and then install the program. If
> you installed it directly from the internet, by using run now, instead of
> save, this is a bad practice - for the reason you have just found out.
> There is no install program retained on your computer. If you have to
> reinstall it again, to solve a problem, you don't have it.
>
> Create a folder on your computer called downloads. Save every program you
> download to that folder. Then you know where they are.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "Jesse" <Jesse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E9D45D55-1C86-4FF5-8B2C-8B4A1323883D@microsoft.com...
>>I noticed that when ever i go and install something, like for instance the
>> sims and the sims online it should automaticly intstall. It does but it
>> allways goes to a USB driver install. If i want to install the program i
>> have to go to the file directly. I was wondering how to fix this because
>> when i dl the free trial of the sims online i dont know where the
>> installer
>> file is on my computer. Thanks a lot!
>
>