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BetterRed · 11-28-2014, 05:25 AM

@ArgentSun - I misinterpreted your prior post as saying the message came up immediately you ran the installer (msiexec.exe), didn't realise it was part way through the install.

The error message is referring to a Network Resource that is no longer available. So is the D:\Downloads folder on a network drive or has it ever been.

The installer does record, in the registry, the location where the msi was at the time of the install. But I think it is only used to display in the Source column in Programs & Features list.

I just changed it in in HKCR\Installer\Products\....\SourceList and HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\....\Sour ceList for the calibre 32bit version v2.9 I had installed to X:\Rubbish.

I then installed calibre 32bit version 2.12 with no problems. Now that entry has "n;1;C:\Downloads\Software\" - btw that's a symlink that points to my %userprofile%\Downloads\Software folder.

I install everything from C:\Downloads\Software, if the install is successful I immediately move it elsewhere, such as D:\InstalledSofware\Productivity\Calibre. I have never seen that message on this computer or on the several Vista/Win7/Win8 systems I maintain.

As well as uninstalling calibre I would also run a lightweight registry cleaner like CCleaner. I'd then look for all registry entries that refer to calibre and delete them.

BR

11-28-2014, 05:25 AM	#10
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,820 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@ArgentSun - I misinterpreted your prior post as saying the message came up immediately you ran the installer (msiexec.exe), didn't realise it was part way through the install. The error message is referring to a Network Resource that is no longer available. So is the D:\Downloads folder on a network drive or has it ever been. The installer does record, in the registry, the location where the msi was at the time of the install. But I think it is only used to display in the Source column in Programs & Features list. I just changed it in in HKCR\Installer\Products\....\SourceList and HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\....\Sour ceList for the calibre 32bit version v2.9 I had installed to X:\Rubbish. I then installed calibre 32bit version 2.12 with no problems. Now that entry has "n;1;C:\Downloads\Software\" - btw that's a symlink that points to my %userprofile%\Downloads\Software folder. I install everything from C:\Downloads\Software, if the install is successful I immediately move it elsewhere, such as D:\InstalledSofware\Productivity\Calibre. I have never seen that message on this computer or on the several Vista/Win7/Win8 systems I maintain. As well as uninstalling calibre I would also run a lightweight registry cleaner like CCleaner. I'd then look for all registry entries that refer to calibre and delete them. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 11-28-2014 at 05:39 AM.