i messed up installshield, is there any other free programs i can use to install games?

[acidvoodoo]

until i get installshield workin?

 

[stndn]

well, not really..
the files are compressed by installshield, and i believe only IS can extract the files
maybe you can give us the error message you receive?

most of the time when you install something using IS, it will create a directory
C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{some-weird-number-and-letter-called-GUID}
one thing you can try is remove (or just rename to be safe) the directory which your game created (to find out which one is which, try running setup.exe inside the directory)
after that, re-run the installer setup file ....

btw, the directory above is a hidden directory, so make sure you show all file (windows explorer > tool > option > view hidden files)

good luck

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[acidvoodoo]

Setup is unable to initialize the installation program. The script file may
be bad.


the installshield has a section about this but doesn't give a clear soloution on how to fix it, they site just says The script file is corrupted or not enough free memory is available to
execute the script file.
Recompile the script.


i was following instructions from a site on how to cure another error i was getting, and i went on to delete the installshield folder, and a few files that i had to search for :S


i've no idea how to get it back now, anyone?

 

[stndn]

well, in that case, i don't know ....
sounds scary ... what game is it anyway?

one thing you may want to try is to delete the keys that may be created inside the registry entry (do a search on the name and delete them). but considering this is not the original error that comes from the game's installer, i would not want to try it out ....

can't think of anything right now .... but just out of curiosity, what was the other error that you got before you "fixed" it?

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[acidvoodoo]

that weird it's stopped doing it now, it's back to the old error. (game is half life)

during installation, at different % of install i get an illegal operation of the file ins5176.
i searched that file on google and it seems an installshield problem. something like installshield hasn't cleaned up after itself and has left some files over which means i can't install half life again. i've deleted folders from d:\windows\installshield blah blah like a site has said but i didn't help. i also cleared the temp from windows.
before finding that out, i had run scandisk, disk defrag, reg cleaner, virus scan etc etc anyway

i can't remember exactly what other sites said about that error but if u search on google for that file u can see what i saw and maybe make more of it

 

[randypj]

Can I ask?

1. What is install shield?

2. Why would I want to use it?
--Randy

 

[trmiv]

<< Can I ask?

1. What is install shield?

2. Why would I want to use it?
--Randy >>



1) InstallShield is software that software developers use to build installation programs to allow you to install programs easily by just clicking setup. There are other one's but InstallShield is very popular.

2) You are basically using the result of InstallShield when you install programs (if they were built with InstallShield). You could also use the InstallShield software itself to build installations if you wanted to distribute some software you've developed.

 

[randypj]

OK, thanks trmiv.
--Randy