Trouble with the Windows Installer "msiexec.exe" keeps trying to install Money 2002

[TangleWeb]

have a Windows XP machine up that I was updating A\V, spyware mitigation, service pack, etc. Windows Installer (msiexec.exe) keeps trying to install Microsoft Money 2002. Apparently there is a corrupt & incomplete installation.

How can I get this to stop? I keep clicking cancel & it keeps re-launching. I can't complete the installation, because I don't have the media.

~Dave

[ShadowWynd]

Here's a 3rd party tool:
http://www.mshelpwiki.com/index.php?page=MsiFix

and Here's a tool from microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301

[arch0nmyc0n]

I assume this is doing it on startup? I know Money puts crap in startup and in IE... try removing those with hijackthis may help stop it from coming back...

Hope it helps....

[TangleWeb]

Here's a 3rd party tool:
http://www.mshelpwiki.com/index.php?page=MsiFix

and Here's a tool from microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301

Well, you nailed it ShadowWynd! Thanks for the tip!

The combination of the two solved the problem.

I initially tried the Microsoft product, since I would rather use a MS tool if possible. It wouldn’t install, as it said there was “already an installation in progress”. Of course this is the exact issue I was installing the utility to resolve.

I booted into safe mode & tried again, but the Microsoft utility would not install in safe mode. Then I tried the MSI Fix tool from MSHelpWiki.com. This permitted me to kill the registry entries related to the Money 2002 installation. I booted into normal mode & then installed the “Windows Installer CleanUp Utility”. It gave me an error message saying that there was a “paused” installation of Money 2002, did I want to remove it. I clicked yes & voila my problem was resolved.

I assume this is doing it on startup? I know Money puts crap in startup and in IE... try removing those with hijackthis may help stop it from coming back...

Hope it helps....

Actually, I did remove the couple of things that Money had starting up as part of the initial troubleshooting process, but every time I opened a Windows Explorer window, or the Control Panel or did almost anything else, the MSI for Money 2002 would kick off & you could cancel it as many times as you wanted, but it would just continue to re-launch every single time. I also used “Hijack This” as you suggested, but there were no entries that related to this issue unfortunately.

Thanks for the help!

~Dave

[arch0nmyc0n]

Thanks for replying with your solution. I've downloaded ShadowWynd's apps and will hold onto them for when I run into the same thing... which I'm sure I will

PS. The reason I mentioned hijackthis is because money loads a BHO inside IE and whenever it's run it could trigger the install procedure...

[TangleWeb]

Thanks for replying with your solution. I've downloaded ShadowWynd's apps and will hold onto them for when I run into the same thing... which I'm sure I will

PS. The reason I mentioned hijackthis is because money loads a BHO inside IE and whenever it's run it could trigger the install procedure...

Yeah, I hate when people post a question & a couple of people post possible solutions & then you never hear what the outcome was. Posting the solution is helpful to others who may have the same problem & who search & find a post with a similar issue.

I am a fan of "Hijack This", I have it on my thumb drive along with "Ad-Aware", "Spybot S&D", "Microsoft AntiSpyware", SpywareBlaster, IE-Spyad, "Winsockfix.exe", & a several other useful utilities I use to fix spyware infected machines.

I had eliminated the BHO you mention early in the troubleshooting process. I never did determine exactly what kicked off the Money 2002 installer, but just about anything seemed to start it off.

~Dave