ShadowSpeak Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Anytime I use a Windows based program, MSIEXEC.exe starts running and it asks me to insert Microsoft Office XP Disc for installation. I have Office XP on the computer, and I have found that I do not have the PRORET.MSI file any longer. I cannot uninstall Microsoft Office without this file, and I cannot install any downloads from Microsoft (SP3, etc) for Office without the file. Is there a workaround? or somewhere where I can get this file????? I no longer have the Office disc, and unless I delete the MSIEXEC.exe file (which then deletes the windows installer) I am constantly plagued with this. Any help would be immensely appreciated!Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilifrei64 Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Open regedit and go to key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\ and search for the Microsoft Office Key and delete it...Obviously make a backup of this key before you delete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowSpeak Posted August 11, 2005 Author Share Posted August 11, 2005 Thanks! I was able to delete the key and install a new Microsoft Office I recently purchased. I have a different question though. Is there any reason why the same error would still show up on different user accounts on the PC? I got the same error on a different user account, but the PRORET.MSI was no longer listed in the registryAny ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilifrei64 Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 check under the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\InstallShield and see if there are any funny listings there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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