Cant install Rome total war:(!

Gangsta

Whenever I try to install the game an error message appears:

"This installation package could not be opened. Contact the vender to verify that this is a valid Windows installer package.
K:\Rome - total war(tm).msi"


anyone any idea on how to reactify it?

Saviour_Angel

let me ask you, did u ever install Age of Wonders on ur current system... or install any .msi files ???

I had a prob wit my .msi files wen i had it installed....

i couldn't play most games, such as far cry, rome total war... all coz of the msi error....
the only thing that i could think of was to re-format my pc..... it worked,

as a last resort i formated my pc.... i tried everything for over a month before i did this...

kinkstr

i got a similar error message when i tried to install "the sims 2"
when i installed service pack 2 it installed without any hassle,if your going down this road though make sure you know what else will change when you install service pack 2

Gangsta

no I don't have Age of Wonders and already have SP2 installed. thx for that anyway.

anyone any other suggestions?

Saviour_Angel

well did u install any .msi files.....

hell if all else fails format ur pc, it'll work i garurintee it

Gangsta

Not that I know of, no.

I'd have to do 150Gb back up :eek: I'd like to exhaust all other options before that.

Saviour_Angel

ok, wot version of windows / linux do u use..... try and reinstall the msi files on the disk....
i havn't done this myself and not sure how, but i know it can be done....

i cudn't do this as i had other probs at the time....

150 gb backup. ??? i hav 2 externals for that, i never hav my saved items on the same HDD as my OS, it's safer this way...
BTW 150 gb of wot ??? porn ???

Gangsta

Saviour_Angel wrote:

ok, wot version of windows / linux do u use..... try and reinstall the msi files on the disk....
i havn't done this myself and not sure how, but i know it can be done....

i cudn't do this as i had other probs at the time....

150 gb backup. ??? i hav 2 externals for that, i never hav my saved items on the same HDD as my OS, it's safer this way...
BTW 150 gb of wot ??? porn ???

I have tried installing these:

instmsia.exe
instmsiw.exe

but it says wrong OS version ( ihave XP SP2)
and successfully installed ISScript9.Msi but it still wont install

Saviour_Angel

go to control panel : add remove programs:

uninstall any msi files here... then reinstall ur OS, msi flies

tman

o_Ó

sterling piece of advice

Gangsta

Saviour_Angel wrote:

go to control panel : add remove programs:

uninstall any msi files here... then reinstall ur OS

Ok il try it.

tman what do you mean by that?

tman

telling someone to uninstall something that wont even be there (i'd be willing to put money on it) and to then reinstall their os, is fairly **** advice tbh.

don't have a clue what you could do myself

Gangsta

well I'll scour the internet and if it's to no avail I guess I'll have to. Bad advice is better than no advice

Saviour_Angel

tman wrote:

telling someone to uninstall something that wont even be there (i'd be willing to put money on it) and to then reinstall their os, is fairly **** advice tbh.

wen i installed sum msi file they appeared in add remove pragrams....
Gangsta didn't know if he installed any msi file so i told him to look there, then reinstall the msi files on his disk that contains the OS....
nxt time read before u reply !!!

tman

msi = microsoft installer
pretty much the MS version of installshield

uninstall any msi files here... then reinstall ur OS

sorry if i misunderstood that...

Eastcoasthandle

:eek: :eek:
You need to go to microsoft.com an download 1. download the .NET Framwork (dotnetfx.exe) from microsoft.com and install it. win2k and XP (however .Net has a newer version for XP but this will do) why are you still reading this?

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Gangsta wrote:

Whenever I try to install the game an error message appears:

"This installation package could not be opened. Contact the vender to verify that this is a valid Windows installer package.
K:\Rome - total war(tm).msi"


anyone any idea on how to reactify it?

Mr. Fancypants

Have a gander here : http://www.appdeploy.com/faq/msi_errors/detail.asp?id=26