Cannot install IE10 on Win 7 x64

No problem, we'll have you up and running in no time. You'll be glad to hear that, with the help of your data, I think I've finally found the cause of this problem! Now I need to confirm this with a few tests on my virtual machine before getting a fix posted for you.

Tom

Hi XYZ1234,

I've spent hours on end looking through your registry exports and comparing to what I think they should be. There are a few inconsistencies which I was very hopeful for when I post a few days ago but when I test these on my system, none of them have generated the error you face. I am currently in the process of setting up my virtual machine to be as similar to your system as possible - basically, I took your registry exports and incorporated them into my registry. The SURT now takes up to 6 hours to run as it corrects all of the problems! The last run showed this:

Code:

Found 21652 errors
Fixed 14130 errors

I haven't forgotten about you, it's just that this is a very slow process

Tom

Silly question, Tom - what about the Catroot2 folder? possible cause?

XYZ1234 said:

Thanks.

It is strange that SURT takes so long on your machine - on my two year old computer, it takes much less and finds not so many errors, I think (it is all in the log files but I forgot).

My machine isn't the problem, 4.5GHz and 8GB of RAM is plenty to run a VM, the scale of what I'm trying to do is the problem here. Say each error takes one second to fix, then 22000 errors is 6 hours and 6 minutes to complete. By forcing your registry into mine, the SURT is now essentially aligning the various files and registry keys in the best way possible as I will have plenty of registry keys for non existent files and vice versa :) Each run is getting faster, and improving though. I'm now down to ~7000 errors and it's flatlining at that number:

Code:

Summary:
Seconds executed: 5967
 Found 7522 errors
  CSI Create Hard Link Failed Total count: 36
  CSI Manifest Missing Total count: 3115
  CSI Manifest and S256H Do Not Match Total count: 6
  CSI Payload File Missing Total count: 4353
  CSI Missing Winning Component Key Total count: 12

Fortunately, I now have some missing Winning Component Keys to work with!

NoelDP said:

Silly question, Tom - what about the Catroot2 folder? possible cause?

Far from a silly question :) I'm 99% sure this is a registry problem but it's definitely worth trying something with the catroot2 folder.

Hi XYZ1234,

I'm so sorry for the delay, I've been really busy over the past few weeks and completely forgot about this.

Would you mind re-uploading the two registry files please: Cannot install IE10 on Win 7 x64

I have about 4 components hives on my Desktop at the moment and I have no idea which one is yours!

Tom