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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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