setup can't find ST6UNST.exe

[griffitd]

I have a pc where I get the following error when installing a vb program using the package and deployment wizard.

The system could not locate the file 'D:\temp\msftqws.pdw\ST6UNST.exe'.

Would you like to browse for the file yourself?

I can run the setup on another PC and it works fine.

 

[boggg1]

ST6UNST.exe is the uninstall file which is created during the installation to allow the whole process to be reversed. It has to be modified at install time as the user might put the program in a non-standard place and ST6UNST has to know where everything is, if it is to reverse the installation. The strange name is simply VB6's standard name. If it can be made on other systems then I can think of the following possibilities...

1) The location is inaccessible (eg no write access to folder) or administration rights not available to user.

2) You already have a file in a similar location. You can look in Add/Remove Programs as a start. The entries in this location "point" to the uninstall files (such as ST6UNST.exe). If the program you want is already there try uninstalling it before you re-install it.

3) Something somewhere has got corrupted

I have had a case where the uninstall file became corrupted and I had to remove the registry entry first (the entry that makes the connection between the Add/Remove entry and the ST6UNST.exe in question), then I could delete ST6UNST.exe, then I could reinstall. I found the registry entry at Microsoft's site but I can help you find it I'm sure.

4) More than one of the above.

Note - there can be many ST6UNST.exe's on one PC if more than one VB program has been installed, but each has a defined location pointed to by the Add/Install option.

Boggg1

 

[boggg1]

Aha, I remember why the file got corrupted - I was experimenting with a complex installation script and in error I installed twice without uninstalling in-between. You would think it would handle such a situation but it did not.

Boggg1