Well, it happened again. MSE cannot find its own .msi file.
I attempted to install the new update for MSE, but the update failed as MSE could not locate the epp.msi file. This happens to me about every three months or so... usually with new definitions which suddenly will not install.
If I try to uninstall and reinstall MSE to fix the problem, I can't because the .msi file has gone AWOL. Sometimes I can find it and direct the installer to the new location; sometimes I can't and must tear MSE out by the roots with Revo before reinstalling. Very tiresome.
Here's where things get weird:
Sometimes the missing parts of the .msi file are in the wrong place... like on my D:/ drive (data only, like music, docs, movies, etc...), or my Z:/ or X:/ drives (external back-ups) but they cannot be found (quite naturally) during the installation/update. Other times the missing parts of the .msi file are right where they ought to be (on my C:/ drive with the os and ALL my other programs), but the new installation/update is off in the tall grass, insisting that the file SHOULD be over on D:/ or X:/ or Z:/ :sarc:
So I was wondering... does MSE hide/move parts of itself to other partitions? Or is this just my special gift? MSE is the only app that this happens to... everything else stays where I put it.
I attempted to install the new update for MSE, but the update failed as MSE could not locate the epp.msi file. This happens to me about every three months or so... usually with new definitions which suddenly will not install.
If I try to uninstall and reinstall MSE to fix the problem, I can't because the .msi file has gone AWOL. Sometimes I can find it and direct the installer to the new location; sometimes I can't and must tear MSE out by the roots with Revo before reinstalling. Very tiresome.
Here's where things get weird:
Sometimes the missing parts of the .msi file are in the wrong place... like on my D:/ drive (data only, like music, docs, movies, etc...), or my Z:/ or X:/ drives (external back-ups) but they cannot be found (quite naturally) during the installation/update. Other times the missing parts of the .msi file are right where they ought to be (on my C:/ drive with the os and ALL my other programs), but the new installation/update is off in the tall grass, insisting that the file SHOULD be over on D:/ or X:/ or Z:/ :sarc:
So I was wondering... does MSE hide/move parts of itself to other partitions? Or is this just my special gift? MSE is the only app that this happens to... everything else stays where I put it.
My Computer
At a glance
windows 7 x64 Home Premiumintel q6600g.skill 8gb ddr2 1066 (pc2 8500)evga geforce 9800 gtx 512 mb
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- me / #1
- OS
- windows 7 x64 Home Premium
- CPU
- intel q6600
- Motherboard
- gigbyte ga ep45 ud3l
- Memory
- g.skill 8gb ddr2 1066 (pc2 8500)
- Graphics Card(s)
- evga geforce 9800 gtx 512 mb
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 x 1050
- Hard Drives
- wd caviar black 500 gb
wd caviar black 1tb
wd elements 1tb external hd x2
- PSU
- raidmax 500w
- Case
- smilodon (yes, t'was the pretty blue lites that got me!)
