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Setup.msi opens in Notepad
Name: xjetjock (by knaplund) Date: November 15, 2005 at 09:29:34 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 SP4 CPU/Ram: Intel Xeon 2GHz/1Gig RAM
Comment:
At some point in the past, I told Explorer to use Notepad to open any application that did not have a default association. Now I am trying to install some HP Printer drivers, and during the execution of "setup.exe" it must have a call to "setup.msi", because Notepad suddenly opens up "setup.msi", and you see file's text. This aborts the installation, obviously.
Any way I can "undefault" the Notepad association so (perhaps) the installation can continue uninterrupted?
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: November 15, 2005 at 10:27:21 Pacific
Reply:
Go into the File Types through Explorer. Change the association for "Install" to "C:\WINDOWS\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "%1" %*
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Response Number 2
Name: xjetjock (by knaplund) Date: November 16, 2005 at 07:43:49 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, Jennifer. Your post prompted me to do something I was too dumb to do before - I went to Explorer...Tools...Folder Options...File Types... and under Extension type "MSI", I hit the "Restore" button down near the bottom, which restored the default to "Opens with Windows Installer." Duh.
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