Trouble launching .msi

[abeaupre]

I've tried an older version of the msi to no avail. I get this error immediately after launching the .msi install file.

"This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package."

I've ensured that I have the latest .Net 1.1 framework. I've tried downloading it in both IE and Firefox. I've used an msi viewer on the file and it was able to extract the install information - so I'm not convinced it is a corrupt file.

Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions?

[goldentiger]

Do you have system rights to install it with the account you're trying to use it with?

[abeaupre]

I'll have to check to be absolutely sure, but I'm 99.9999% sure I do as it is the account I created when I installed windows and I've never had any other problems installing.

I just tried to run the msi at work and it launched w/o any problems. Obviously I'm missing something on my home machine, but I really can't think of what.

[Mister Slimm]

If your installation of Windows Installer is corrupt, you can download and reinstall from this Microsoft page: Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2)

[abeaupre]

I re-installed the widows update redistributable which didn't work.

BUT, I moved the msi off my desktop into the root of my c-drive and lo and behold it worked. Very odd, but whatever - it works.

Thanks for the help.