Can't install Norton System Works 2003. temporary folder?
NOPSAM...@bigfoot.com
When I start setup and start to load the files, it says that it can't
install to what it thinks is a temporary folder.
It tells me to either change the folder or change Windows System
Properties.
The folder is the default, that Norton chose.
In Win98FE, I don't know what Windows System Properties is. It sounds
like something from XP.
Neither the default folder nor the one I wanted are temporary in my
mind. Why does Norton think otherwise? (I created the folder I
wanted to use in advance, but that didn't help.)
Thanks.
(The Norton ng is very quiet, but I multi-posted there anyhow.)
Remove NOPSAM to email me. Please let
me know if you have posted also.
Buffalo
<NOPSAM...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> I can't install Norton System Works 2003 on Win 98FE.
>
> When I start setup and start to load the files, it says that it can't
> install to what it thinks is a temporary folder.
>
> It tells me to either change the folder or change Windows System
> Properties.
>
> The folder is the default, that Norton chose.
>
> In Win98FE, I don't know what Windows System Properties is. It sounds
> like something from XP.
>
> Neither the default folder nor the one I wanted are temporary in my
> mind. Why does Norton think otherwise? (I created the folder I
> wanted to use in advance, but that didn't help.)
>
> Thanks.
Almost Bob: wrong! Check out the anti-virus results between Norton and the
freebees. Duh!
Ron Badour: Jeeze, what poor answers! If that's your best, don't even bother
replying.
Bill: great helpful answer! He didn't ask 'your' opinion about Norton, he asked
for a solution!
WTF!
Cm'on, helpful people!
Buffalo
Use the uninstall feature of NSW.
Check online to make sure your computer is virus and adware free.
Make sure that when you try the install again, that all your temporary folders
and Recycled Bin are deleted.
Reboot.
Make sure that you have no other programs running (during the install attempt)
except for Explorer and possibly Systray.
Report back,
Lil' Dave
Hard for me to make sense of your post.
My take on the problem is the windows installation itself. Its looking for
C:\windows. This the default location for a windows installation. Its
looking for a subfolder called temp. Somewhere at this point, the install
botches. At that location it creates a further subfolder to unpack the
installation files. These are erased upon successful, or unsuccessful
installation. The created subfolder will remain.
The folder you choose for the NSW 2003 install chosen during setup has
nothing to do with the temporary location of the installation files.
My suggestion, after the problem is ascertained and fixed, is to install NAV
only. This is an option during setup under advanced or expert installation,
something like that, forget at the moment.
Franc Zabkar
<eric(nospam)@nada.com.invalid> put finger to keyboard and composed:
>
><NOPSAM...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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>> I can't install Norton System Works 2003 on Win 98FE.
>>
>> When I start setup and start to load the files, it says that it can't
>> install to what it thinks is a temporary folder.
<snip>
>Almost Bob: wrong! Check out the anti-virus results between Norton and the
>freebees. Duh!
>Ron Badour: Jeeze, what poor answers! If that's your best, don't even bother
>replying.
>Bill: great helpful answer! He didn't ask 'your' opinion about Norton, he asked
>for a solution!
>WTF!
>Cm'on, helpful people!
Without intending to disparage anyone in particular, I agree in
principle with your sentiments. Ours is not to reason why ...
-- Franc Zabkar
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
PCR
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PCR
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should things get worse after this,
PCR
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Buffalo
> argument as to whether you've gone batty or not!
No argument (perhaps a discussion on whether I'm going batty or have been for a
long time). :-)
PCR
gossip!
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Buffalo
> I'm only recently noticing it! But I will hold my peace! You KNOW I'm no
> gossip!
Of course not.
PCR
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should things get worse after this,
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mm
<eric(nospam)@nada.com.invalid> wrote:
Thanks to everyone who offered help with my inability to install
Norton System Works, because it said I was using a temporary folder,
evem when I used the install-suggested folder.
It turns out that when I recreated my autoexec.bat, I made a mistake.
Instead
mm
<spamyo...@virus.net> wrote:
><NOPSAM...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>news:c73dj19l9jbk8fusp...@4ax.com...
>> I can't install Norton System Works 2003 on Win 98FE.
>>
>> When I start setup and start to load the files, it says that it can't
>> install to what it thinks is a temporary folder.
>>
>> It tells me to either change the folder or change Windows System
>> Properties.
>>
>> The folder is the default, that Norton chose.
>>
>> In Win98FE, I don't know what Windows System Properties is. It sounds
>> like something from XP.
>>
>> Neither the default folder nor the one I wanted are temporary in my
>> mind. Why does Norton think otherwise? (I created the folder I
>> wanted to use in advance, but that didn't help.)
>>
>> Thanks.
>>>
>Hard for me to make sense of your post.
Sorry about that.
>My take on the problem is the windows installation itself. Its looking for
>C:\windows. This the default location for a windows installation. Its
>looking for a subfolder called temp. Somewhere at this point, the install
>botches. At that location it creates a further subfolder to unpack the
>installation files. These are erased upon successful, or unsuccessful
>installation. The created subfolder will remain.
>
>The folder you choose for the NSW 2003 install chosen during setup has
>nothing to do with the temporary location of the installation files.
>
>My suggestion, after the problem is ascertained and fixed, is to install NAV
>only. This is an option during setup under advanced or expert installation,
>something like that, forget at the moment.
Unfortunately, it's Disk Doctor I want most. This setup is meant to
help me fix directory problems on a second harddrive, problems that MS
Scandisk won't handle. But I read that Norton Disk Doctor is actually
more powerful than Scandisk at times.