Windows Installer SDK
Bookmark this page:
 Yahoo!
 Google
 Windows Live
 del.icio.us
 digg
 Netscape
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Posted by Tom on September 30, 2008, 12:12 pm
Please log in for more thread options I am trying to install Activstudio for Windows software version 3.6.14 (Promethean software for an interactive whiteboard) on a computer with Windows XP. I get the following message: Windows Installer Invalid command line argument Consult the Windows Installer SDK for detailed command line help. I have never seen this message in the past when installing software on this computer. I would appreciate any assistance that you might provide so that I can load this software successfully. Thanks, Tom | |||||||||||||
|
Posted by Paul on September 30, 2008, 3:54 pm
Please log in for more thread options Tom wrote: There is a component of it, that occasionally gets updated. For example, I can see a version 4.5 offered here for Windows Installer. This package would provide support for the third party software you're trying to install. This might even get updated via Windows Update, so you could be using the latest already. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288/en-us But an "Invalid command line argument", means the parameters to some program were detected by that program as being invalid. That probably isn't an installer related issue, but a Promethean issue, and should be taken up with their tech support. On my computer, I can see C:\Windows\Installer, has some cruft left behind by Windows Installer attempts. There are the .msi files, which is presumably a Windows Installer file format. All the good stuff, would be hidden inside the .msi. With my hex editor, I can see that the stuff is not encrypted, and at least some text strings are visible. But essentially it looks like code, so don't expect to be able to figure it out. In this article, they discuss creating a log file when the .msi is processed. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830613/en-us msiexec /i MyApp.msi /l* LogFile.txt So you can have some fun, while you wait for Promethean to answer their tech support hot line :-) That assumes that the installer is an .msi file. I tried their KB. http://us.prometheankb.com/display/4n/search.asp?tab=search This gives the usual kind of generic advice, such as checking the Windows Installer version. http://us.prometheankb.com/al/7723/10867/article.asp?aid=216330&n=6&tab=search&bt=4n&r=0.7829843&s=1 In a DOS box, I just tried "msiexec \?" to try to get a list of command line options, and I got a dialog box instead, showing the version of Windows Installer. Using the version number, and running a search on the version number string, I can see another site's suggestion for what to do. My Windows Installer is ancient :-) http://www.coveo.com/en/support/techcorner/ces3/Incorrect%20command%20line%20parameters.htm HTH, Paul | |||||||||||||
| Similar Threads | Posted |
| Windows Installer SDK | September 30, 2008, 12:12 pm |
| Windows 2000 setup: can't load Windows Boot loader. | February 19, 2006, 1:08 pm |
| Windows Log | February 5, 2006, 5:05 pm |
| Which windows to run? | August 15, 2007, 6:50 pm |
| 3gb switch in Windows xp | July 17, 2005, 7:25 pm |
| Windows Slowing down from HOT CPU Help | August 29, 2005, 4:43 pm |
| Windows explorer | September 9, 2005, 8:17 am |
| Will you use Windows Vista? | February 22, 2006, 8:51 pm |
| Will you use Windows Vista? | February 22, 2006, 8:52 pm |
| Windows 2000 Pro | August 16, 2006, 2:20 pm |
| colored windows | November 13, 2006, 5:54 pm |
| upgrading to Ath 64 X2 in Windows 2K? | March 24, 2007, 12:28 am |
| Windows XP freeze | May 4, 2007, 3:02 am |
| Re: Windows.XP Repairing | July 5, 2007, 11:04 pm |
| Re: Repair Windows XP | August 8, 2007, 3:38 am |
> (Promethean software for an interactive whiteboard) on a computer with
> Windows XP. I get the following message:
>
> Windows Installer
> Invalid command line argument
> Consult the Windows Installer SDK for detailed command line help.
>
> I have never seen this message in the past when installing software on
> this computer. I would appreciate any assistance that you might
> provide so that I can load this software successfully.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom