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by barryvg

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Attempting to install OpenOffice2.0 on Windows 98 Second Edition. The setup indicates a new version of Windows Installer is needed. Verified that the latest version for Windows 98 has been installed. System shows this, however, when retrying to install OO2.0, still get an indication that an updated installer is needed. Get a indication that the service already exists, but next indication is (setup cannot find the file ".)

Any suggestions on what the file might be. This is the first time this issue has arose here. All other Windows 98 installs have gone well. Even tried the latest OO2.0 install, which gave same errors.

Any help greatly appreciated.

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by maverick01

Try Downloading the Windows Installer 2.0 files from the Microsoft Website.

Check if the files are of the same version:

MSIEXEC.EXE,MSI.DLL,MSIHND.DLL are of the Version: 2.0.2600.2

U can extract the file by using the switch /c to extract the main Installer eg: c:\instmsi.exe /c
Enter the Target Folder.

If the files are not of the same version, delete them and reinstall Installer.

You can also try unregistering and re-registering the Windows installer package:

Start > Run > Msiexec /regserver or
regsvr32 msiexec.exe

use

Regsvr32 msiexec.exe /u to uninstall installer.

by maverick01

Check the windows Installer version.
It should be 2.0.2600.2

HOWTO:
Search for MSIEXEC.EXE, MSI.DLL, MSIHND.DLL

All files should be of the same Version.

If they are not Delete the above mentioned files and reinstall the Installer Package.

Also try unregistering and re-registering the DLL's using regsvr32 /u FILE_NAME.dll 0r EXE

Please let me know if this Hasn't solved the issue

by david.mcdowell3

Sorry to hijack this thread. I have the exact same problem as the original poster.

I've tried the solutions mentioned. I seem to have the latest version of Windows installer already, with all the files on the same version number.

As an example running "regsvr32 msiexec.exe" gives me the msgbox "LoadLibrary("msiexec.exe") failed GetLastError returns 0x0000000b"

Similar error messages appear for the other sugestions.

I would really appreciate any further help. Maybe the original poster found got a solution to his problem?

by seven_7_vii_th

This problem at least on my end was probably caused by the use of the unofficial windows 98se service pack that installed the latest MSI installer and probably didn't register it properly with they system. First make sure you have the latest version of the MSI installer. If you get the message that "The specified service already exist" you probably already have it installed like I did. This worked for installing OpenOffice 2.3. Go to the folder where the setup files were extracted "OpenOffice.org 2.3 Installation Files" for me. If you run the setup EXE it will just check for the latest version of the MSI installer and crash out in this case. Instead of using the setup program just run OpenOffice MSI directly. My file was "openofficeorg23.msi" I right clicked on it and chose "Install". Then it successfully ran the install program and installed OpenOffice.

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