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[Coop]

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Missing 'msi.data1' and 'msconfig'. Need advice.

 

[Guest]

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Hi, Coop.

Microsoft omitted msconfig.exe from Win2K. If you can borrow a copy from
WinXP, it should run fine in Win2K.

I don't know about msi.data, but it sounds like a Microsoft installation
file of some sort. How do you know you are missing this file? In other
words, what tells you that it is missing?

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP

"Coop" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Missing 'msi.data1' and 'msconfig'. Need advice.

 

[Coop]

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Hi RC,
Yes, msi.data1 evidently is an installation file. I
receive a pop up message when I try to uninstall office
2000 telling me I'm missing that file. Actually, when I
try to uninstall the pc tries to INSTALL. I get a message
asking for the cd to be put in the drive. After this
(installing the cd), is when the missing 'msi.data1' error
message comes up.

Thanks,
Coop
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, Coop.
>
>Microsoft omitted msconfig.exe from Win2K. If you can
borrow a copy from
>WinXP, it should run fine in Win2K.
>
>I don't know about msi.data, but it sounds like a
Microsoft installation
>file of some sort. How do you know you are missing this
file? In other
>words, what tells you that it is missing?
>
>RC
>--
>R. C. White, CPA
>San Marcos, TX
>rc@corridor.net
>Microsoft Windows MVP
>
>"Coop" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>news:993601c43426$8b325630$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Missing 'msi.data1' and 'msconfig'. Need advice.
>
>.
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

Hi, Coop.

Several UNinstaller programs say that they are installing. :>( It sure
makes it confusing for us! Usually, all we have to do is forge ahead and we
get the right result, but it can make for a nervous few minutes.

Sometimes, to uninstall a program - especially one that was poorly
uninstalled previously - the best course is to first install it again. This
lets the installer rewrite the pointers and other data necessary to
uninstall it later - maybe including files such as msi.data1. Unless you
see some reason not to do this, it probably would be worth trying.

Either way, you likely will need the program's CD-ROM.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP

"Coop" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:a2eb01c434ea$25d58b80$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi RC,
> Yes, msi.data1 evidently is an installation file. I
> receive a pop up message when I try to uninstall office
> 2000 telling me I'm missing that file. Actually, when I
> try to uninstall the pc tries to INSTALL. I get a message
> asking for the cd to be put in the drive. After this
> (installing the cd), is when the missing 'msi.data1' error
> message comes up.
>
> Thanks,
> Coop
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi, Coop.
>>
>>Microsoft omitted msconfig.exe from Win2K. If you can
> borrow a copy from
>>WinXP, it should run fine in Win2K.
>>
>>I don't know about msi.data, but it sounds like a
> Microsoft installation
>>file of some sort. How do you know you are missing this
> file? In other
>>words, what tells you that it is missing?
>>
>>RC
>>
>>"Coop" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:993601c43426$8b325630$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Missing 'msi.data1' and 'msconfig'. Need advice.