Cant install WD.msi

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I downloaded WindowsDefender.msi and it is opening a program called Weather
Watcher. I believe I have the correct download @ 5268kb but the .msi files
are assigned to open with WW. What should it be opening with?

TIA
 
Whatever you do, (installing and updateting or unistalling) always as a
adinistratºr.

Exit WD.

Remove from Add/Remove programs

Run Ccleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/downloadbuilds.asp
Note, uncheck Yahoos toolbar during install.
Note, Options, Settings, Advanced, uncheck - Only delete files in Windows
folders older than 48 hours.
Open Ccleaner and press "Windows" "Aplications" and "Run Cleaner" from the
menu choose 'Issues' and then press scan for issues, Repair any fºund.

Run Safety Live.
http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm
Look for the broom Clean up, also Tune Up..

Install Windows Installer 3.1 v2 (3.1.4000.2435) is availªble
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893803

Download WD
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...E7-DA2B-4A6A-AFA4-F7F14E605A0D&displaylang=en

Install WD


For the benefit of the community reading this post, please rate the pºst.

I hope this post is helpful.

Let us know how it works ºut.

Еиçеl
 
Before installing Windows Defender again, right click Microsoft Start (lower
left corner of screen), click Explore, at top of screen, click Tools, click
Folder options, click File Types. Scrool down to MSI. Make sure MSI is
associated with Windows Installer Package.
 
Good point Mr. Cat

Mr Cat said:
Before installing Windows Defender again, right click Microsoft Start (lower
left corner of screen), click Explore, at top of screen, click Tools, click
Folder options, click File Types. Scrool down to MSI. Make sure MSI is
associated with Windows Installer Package.
Click to expand...
 
Try this.

If WindowsDefender.msi is on the desktop, you can do start, run,

msiexec /i %userprofile%\desktop\windowsdefender.msi

and hit the OK button.
 
Sorry to butt in here, but I was curious about Weather-Watcher. Apparently
its author has two versions, a safe and an unsafe one. I imagine you run
one or the other of these intentionally, and perhaps you agreed to run the
unsafe one even after web start has asked for full disk and network control
and then has warned you to say no to this permission. If that's the case,
I'm wondering why your surprised when a anti-malware program has problems
with it? I may not be understanding the situation correctly, so sorry if
I'm miss-understanding what's occurred here. Information on the web from
the author:

http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joshy/archive/2004/09/weather_watcher_1.html

Please tell us more about Weather-Watcher. I confess it's the first I've
ever heard of it, but certainly would be apprehensive about running it.
 
For what it's worth, just install Desktop Weather (the Weather Channel) and
you get weather in the system tray.
 
Mr said:
For what it's worth, just install Desktop Weather (the Weather
Channel) and you get weather in the system tray.
Click to expand...
Getting a bit OT, but a very nice littele weather app is WeatherAlert from

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=175813

requires .NET framework 1.1 (and for security, its SP1 and update).

5day forecasts, radar maps, many sites around the world (uses weather.com
database). No adware/malware, minimises to systray icon with temp.
 
When I looked at Folder Options, the File type - MSI is assigned to be
opened with ww or "C:\Program Files\Weather Watcher\ww.exe"

I don't see a choice for **Windows Installer Package**

I do see a **WWINSTALLER** Is that it?

socalRWS
 
Don't think so. Under add/remove programs you should see something like
Windows Installer 3.1 or above. If that software shows, then Windows
Installer should show up as a candidate to be associated with the MSI
extension. To test, while you are looking at the MSI entry, create a new
entry, e.g., MSX and then choose from the list of candidates Windows
Installer (it should be there!).
 
You'll need to fix the file association. In my experience, even
reinstalling the Windows Installer seems not to do this.

To get the product installed, at a command prompt, with Windowsdefender.msi
in the subdirectory you are at a prompt in:

msiexec /i windowsdefender.msi

To fix the file association:

Go here: http://dougknox.com
click on win XP fixes on the left
click on file association fixes in the 2nd column
click on msi file association fix
click Open
click on msi1.reg and say yes to allow it to be merged into the registry.

(and, of course, you can do the fix first, and then you won't need to do the
first part by command line!)

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