Thread 'Cannot Install 6.12.33'

Author	Message
Nim Send message Joined: 6 Aug 09 Posts: 5	Message 39021 - Posted: 17 Jul 2011, 16:25:55 UTC Running Vista 64bit, trying to install 6.12.33 Get the message "The Feature you are tyring to use is on a network resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'BOINC.msi' in the box below." Tried clicking OK but I get the same message. Tried searching my hard drive for BOINC.msi, but I can't find it. Any suggestions? ID: 39021 ·

Richard Haselgrove Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5144	Message 39023 - Posted: 17 Jul 2011, 17:13:49 UTC - in response to Message 39021. Running Vista 64bit, trying to install 6.12.33 Get the message "The Feature you are tyring to use is on a network resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'BOINC.msi' in the box below." Tried clicking OK but I get the same message. Tried searching my hard drive for BOINC.msi, but I can't find it. Any suggestions? Explanations and a variety of workrounds are in this BOINC FAQ ID: 39023 ·

Nim Send message Joined: 6 Aug 09 Posts: 5	Message 39029 - Posted: 17 Jul 2011, 20:32:51 UTC - in response to Message 39023. Downloaded, installed and ran the program, but it gave me no choice to specificlly delete the BOINC.msi files. It looked to be for Office specifically. ID: 39029 ·

Nim Send message Joined: 6 Aug 09 Posts: 5	Message 39030 - Posted: 17 Jul 2011, 20:46:03 UTC - in response to Message 39029. More specifically, downloaded, installed and ran the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility, but it gave me no choices to specifically deal with the BOINC.msi files. ID: 39030 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15586	Message 39034 - Posted: 17 Jul 2011, 22:49:01 UTC - in response to Message 39030. Then reinstall the old version of BOINC. Do you know what version that was? A reinstall of the old version will normally fix this problem. ID: 39034 ·

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