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On a windows XP system, I try to download and install Windows Desktop Search 4.0 and it fails.
The error I get:
Windows Search 4.0 could not be installed on this system.
For more details, check the log file.
(C:\Windows\KB940157.log)
The contents of that file: http://pastebin.com/MW37NXCy
No idea how to resolve this. Any help is extremely appreciated!
That uninstaller does not exist, nor do those two registry keys :( – Ben Baril – 2010-02-25T17:53:38.533
That KB is for Windows Search V3.01, which I can't install either – Ben Baril – 2010-02-25T17:54:54.177
@Ben Baril - is your windows installer up to date? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5a58b56f-60b6-4412-95b9-54d056d6f9f4&displaylang=en
– None – 2010-02-25T18:45:27.113Installed that, same story still. Any more information I can give you? – Ben Baril – 2010-02-26T23:03:45.170
@Ben Baril - i'm running out of ideas, except trying again on a clean XP installation ... or even better, use Everything instead of WDS :) – None – 2010-02-27T02:03:43.100
Yeah, I am thinking of giving up...I've tried everything and nothing is pointing me to the right direction.
I get a new laptop in a few weeks, so hopefully that will help – Ben Baril – 2010-02-27T19:10:41.993
@Ben Baril - as i said, have a look at Everything and see what it can do for you: http://www.voidtools.com/ or Agent Ransack: http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
– None – 2010-02-27T19:54:56.863