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Old 01-20-2005, 19:19
Kerlingen
 
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How to disable MSI Windows Installer auto-repair ?

You probably all know the "MSI" installers from Microsoft, which you need to use in order to get your "Windows compatible" logo for your software.

I installed some software coming as MSI installation package. It created me 8 shortcuts directly in the "Start Menu". Since I didn't want to have the shortcuts there, I created a subfolder in my start menu and moved the shortcuts there. When I started the program, the MSI installer started, asked me to insert the CD and when I did, it "repaired" the "damaged" software by installing it all again (copy 480 MB from CD and create 8 new shortcuts directly in the start menu).

I played this stupid game several times and it turned out that as soon as you delete or move any shortcut in the start menu the software is considered as "damaged" and must be "repaired". I can cancel the installer as soon as it starts up, but then it tries again and again to start up and the software never launches.

Since not all MSI installed software has this problem, my question is if anybody knows how to disable this useless function since I don't want half of my screen filled with "visit website", "show help", "show readme", "show tutorial", "uninstall", "search for updates", etc. shortcuts every time when I open my start menu. (marking them as "hidden" is no possibility since the MSI installer considers this as "damaged" too)

Last edited by Kerlingen; 01-20-2005 at 20:30.
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