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RE: setup keeps ending with setup.exe generated errors and will be close By Windows
On 22 Sep 2007 at 22:13, Bengt-Arne Fjellner wrote:
> Wes S wrote:
> > I was upgrading my install on w2k when noticed that setup was stuck.
> > So I canceled setup. As the window closed, I saw that there was a
> > dialog box behind the main setup.exe dialog box asking something.
> >
> > So now my install is hosed. Rebooting and rerunning setup keeps
> > failing when we get to bash. It doesn't help to deselect bash in the
> > list of programs that will be updated.
> >
> > I can fire up a cygwin session but as you can see files are missing.
> >
> > Any ideas on what to do to recover?
> >
> Try clear out your downloaded files ( whereever you told setup to put
> them). Then rerun setup from another mirror.
>
> Bengt-Arne Fjellner
I just tried that and I still get setup.exe generated errors.... when
uninstalling bash. I have all services shut down and no shells
running.
Wes
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