Safari Browser

[Paul1360]

HI All,
Bit cheeky to ask me thinks but has anyone else had a problem with Safari ??. Yesterday mine stopped working and I can't get it to work. I have done a clean install and it does all the Biz but when I try to open it I get a Safari failed to launch box come up which tells my copy is missing important software.Please reinstall Safari. Well I have tried the repair option, no go, I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times but alas still no. It has to be something I'm not doing as safari works on my laptop.
Any idea's ????
cheers
Paul

 

[Tews]

Have you tried doing a system restore to a point before the problem started?

 

[Paul1360]

lol nope never thought about that. I think I've lost my head lately .
Thank you I will try that now
Paul

 

[youllbelost]

something like that happened to me.. i solved it..
Well i Think there is some problem with Registry..
Uninstall Safari
goto Start-->regedit
search safari and delete all registry items that come up..

Alternatively, you can uninstall it from a software..RevoUninstaller
Hope that works ..
It worked for me..

 

[Paul1360]

Silly me have the restore off so can't do it that way. Will have to try Youllbelost's way later
cheers

 

[smarteyeball]

Did you also uninstall all the other appleware? ie Bonjour, Quicktime (if installed) etc?

 

[youllbelost]

Did you also uninstall all the other appleware? ie Bonjour, Quicktime (if installed) etc?

they dont generally cause a problem.. the registry does...>>

 

[pparks1]

Silly me have the restore off so can't do it that way. Will have to try Youllbelost's way later
cheers

Yep, and that is the reason that I don't see the reason why people shut this feature off. You might not use it often...but even using it once, makes it beneficial. You can adjust how much disk space it consumes if you are really worried about your disk usage.

 

[smarteyeball]

Did you also uninstall all the other appleware? ie Bonjour, Quicktime (if installed) etc?

they dont generally cause a problem.. the registry does...>>

When it comes to apple software on Windows - I never rule anything out

 

[Paul1360]

Ok I have restore selected now, I've also uninstalled all to do with Safari, Apple, Quicktime and Bonjour and removed Reg enteries and rebooted my PC, am no going to download it again and see if that works.
Thanks for all your help to date
cheers

 

[smarteyeball]

good luck

 

[Paul1360]

Hi all, sorry for late reply but not been well. Ok did all that i said i would in my last post but alas still not able to get Safari back up and running again, it's telling me now that there are missing reg keys!!!!!!!!. So have decided to give up trying and for getting about it.
Thanks for all your help
cheers
Paul

 

[smarteyeball]

Sorry to hear you couldn't sort it - did the error messages mention any specific components?

It sounds like the installer was doing a 'repair install' rather than a 'clean' install and when it discovered the missing reg entries - it quit.

 

[Paul1360]

Hi,
Attached is a shot of what I get when I try to install Safari, it then rolls back and say unable to install. Odd if you ask me but there you go