Problem Installing Textpad on PC without Internet Connection

tequila · Post by **tequila** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:34 pm

I need to use Textpad on someone else's PC this weekend and this PC is not connected to the Internet. When I try to install Textpad on this PC (Win 98 operating system) I get the following error message:

"An error occurred while downloading the file http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... stmsia.exe. What would you like to do?"

Good question. I went onto the Microsoft site and tried to download the file onto a machine that is connected to the Internet, but I can only seem to find WindowsInstaller version 3, not version 2, and 3 does not seem to work on Win 98. I also don't know whether installing Windows Installer locally on the machine would rectify the problem.

If anyone can suggest how to get around this problem and where I can download any necessary files, I would be very grateful. Connecting this PC to the Internet is not an option unfortunately.

Thank you very much in advance.
Tequila

bdw · Post by **bdw** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:31 am

An "I'm Feeling Lucky" Google search for "Windows Installer 2.0 98" should take you straight there.

Post by **bbadmin** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:01 pm

The URL that TextPad's installer uses to download Windows Installer for Win9x is:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/W9XMe/EN-US/InstMsiA.exe

The default location used by InstallShield is :

http://www.installengine.com/cert03/Msiengine/InstMsiA.exe

Keith MacDonald
Helios Software Solutions

tequila · Post by **tequila** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:53 pm

Thanks - it worked fine now! I really appreciate you taking the time to reply.