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Re: Install Problems

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On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:42:19 -0400, hcaulkett@yahoo.com wrote:

>Anyone else having a problem installing apps?
>I've been using VB6 SP6 and th MS Installer with no problems.
>I read where 32 bit apps will run on a 64 bit machine but my
>clients are getting an error when they try to install on a new Windows
>7 - 64 bit computer.
>
>"Install Setup Bad Image - Windows System 32 VB6STKIT.dl is either not
>designed to run on Windows or it contains an error"
>

This is basically the O/S 'launcher' (actually a suite of many
complicated processes) saying "I've fallen and can't get up". 

By now you've done multiple searches online for possible solutions and
you have discovered two things ...

1) It can be caused by a wide variety of diverse issues.
(The indicated component may actually be corrupted, or it may only be
the component of interest at the time the O/S decided to bail. You may
be trying to install your product in the wrong locations.
Configuration of the target. Mallware products installed on the
target. ...)

2) The solutions offered are ALWAYS a reflection of the special
interest or opinions of the responder and seldom of any real help.
View them as "hints" at best.
(Virus vendors will recommend using their tools to 'clean' the target.
Others will recommend you don't use a particular product. Blah, blah,
blah, ...)
Just remember they have less of a clue of what might be the problem,
in YOUR problem domain, than you do. <g>

To ferret out the cause you will need to go back to basics, do a lot
of information gathering, and a lot of testing.
Having a Windows 7 platform to test on will help. (If not a
requirement!)
Until you can duplicate the problem or environment in which the error
occurs, you are just guessing - like the rest of them.
Using a different installer may help. Just as moving things, removing
items, or changing the order of an install may also help.

Take comfort that a solution will be found and it will be a trivial
fix when compared to all the time it will take to isolate the problem.
Wholesale reengineering is seldom, if ever, required.

>I may just be late to the game
>

No. But you will have to learn some new stuff. <bg>

-ralph

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Install Problems hcaulkett@yahoo.com - 2011-07-09 09:42 -0400
  Re: Install Problems Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-07-11 14:03 +0100
  Re: Install Problems ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-07-11 11:14 -0500
    Re: Install Problems "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-07-11 12:29 -0400
      Re: Install Problems ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-07-11 11:36 -0500
  Re: Install Problems "Abhishek" <abhishek007p@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-11 23:35 +0530
    Re: Install Problems "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-07-11 16:44 -0400
      Re: Install Problems "Abhishek" <abhishek007p@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-12 14:04 +0530
        Re: Install Problems "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-07-12 10:13 -0400
          Re: Install Problems HarryC - 2011-07-12 12:24 -0400
          Re: Install Problems ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-07-12 11:45 -0500
            Re: Install Problems "Abhishek" <abhishek007p@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-12 23:08 +0530
              Re: Install Problems "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-07-12 15:42 -0400
            Re: Install Problems Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2011-07-13 09:01 +0100

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