bbsol Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Would be grateful for helpA software vendor has said I need to upgrade to msiexec 3Microsofts update page says this is installed for XP by installing SP2I have updated everything for XPUpdate history shows SP2 installing succesfullyRunning winver returns XP PRO Service Pack 2BUT msiexec still returns 2.0.2600.0How do I install ver 3 if upgrading to SP2 has not worked.Thanksbbsol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I can't say that I fully understand the problem but a look at here may help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsol Posted March 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I can't say that I fully understand the problem but a look at here may help.Thanks, but that is where I started.That page says to install microsoft's installer version 3 for XP to upgrade to Service Pack 2.I did that from that page but Microsoft's Installer version 3 did NOT install.bbsol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Not much help but running the CMD msiexe /? Shows version 3 from SP2 in my xp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Microsoft Installer can be downloaded and installed manually as well.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...38-de776fd4138c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsol Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Not much help but running the CMD msiexe /? Shows version 3 from SP2 in my xpMany thanksI ran that command and it returns version 3So presumably version 3 did install and the properties tab is telling lies by returning version 2bbsol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 The newest version of Windows Installer is 3.1 - see http://support.microsoft.com/?id=893803 for details and download.I ran that command and it returns version 3So presumably version 3 did install and the properties tab is telling lies by returning version 2Both Windows Installer 3 and Windows Installer 3.1 came out twice, as v1 and v2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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