IE7 install goes to wrong partition

Running XP Pro on my desktop, have a 160 GB HD I divided into 5 partitions, C:\ - H:\. My C:\ is strictly for Windows and 'staple' programs: AV, Firewall, and Printer software. All other programs are on D:\. My E:\ partition is for media (photos, music).

IE 6 has been very unstable for me lately, hogging resources to 100% cpu spikes, so SuperSparks encouraged me to try IE7. So I downloaded IE7, and when I click to extract files, it immediately starts extracting the files to my E:\ drive (photos, etc.). I have no idea why this is happening, and as there's no manual install option to direct it to a specific directory (just select run and files are extracted automatically). So I'm stumped as to what to do next.

Anyone have any ideas?

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Originally Posted by KatMac

C:\ - H:\

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That's 6 partitions unless you've skipped a letter.

Is the download file sitting on drive E?
If so, move it to C.

Typo. C:\ - G:\

Hi Steve,
Thanks. No, downloaded file is on F:\. (That's where I save all downloads.) I just moved the downloaded cab file to C:\ and when I hit run, it still wants to extract to E:\. :confused:

Too weird. My downloaded IE7 file is "D:\_new\Internet Explorer 7\IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe" and it automatically extracts to "c:\673dc897e3256d2032f79e92a1626969\update\iesetup.exe":

http://www.spywaredrguide.com/Virtua...e7xtract01.jpg

http://www.spywaredrguide.com/Virtua...e7xtract02.jpg

Here's mine. I'm getting that sick feeling, like I'm heading into guinea pig turf again :rolleyes:
I've downloaded the IE7 cab file twice. S'pose I could try again, and download directly to C:\. I'll try that next.
https://discussions.virtualdr.com/im...2006/10/27.jpg

And when I move the cab file from F:\ to C:\, I get this same screen:
https://discussions.virtualdr.com/im...2006/10/28.jpg

OK, definately getting weird. I'm stuck. I went here , chose XP SP2, downloaded directly to C:\, hit run and it tries to extract to E:\ again.
So I tried the less preferred route, and instead of downloading to my HD, I tried Download>Run>Run, and it still went to E:\.

Hmmm... can't seem to find anything related on Google. Also had a look in the Registry (Win XP Pro) for anything that points to "c:\" as the default extraction drive and didn't come with anything there either. Hopefully someone else will come along soon with an idea or two ...

Been out of town, back now and giving this a ~bump~.

Can't get this resolved so far. I was searching the web and stumbled onto something that got the wheels cranking ;)
At Paul Thurott's site (I believe) he was showing how to extract XP components from the XP CD and direct them to be installed on C:\ using Start>Run>CMD.

Do you think it's possible to direct the IE7 cab files to install on C:\ using Start>Run>CMD ? And if theoretically it would work, I don't know the proper commands to use, if someone can help me with commands, I'd be grateful.

I have a JBOD RAID that is listed as the E:\ drive on my box and I have had exactly the same problem.

Also, I have tried every fix listed here before I found this thread with the exact same results.

No matter where I place the .exe it extracts to the E:\ drive.

I have checked the environment variables just to make sure that the "TEMP" directory lives where it is supposed to...it does (C:\Programs\windows\...) but the thing keeps finding the E:\ drive to extract to.

I have also changed the drive letter to Z:\ just to see what happens...guess what...it extracts to Z:\ after the change is made.

Just to be clear about the failure mode:

The update installs and extracts the files
Asks for a license agreement, validates windows, starts the install
After a short while the install program simply continues to run forever, progress indicator is milling away, but no more real progress is made towards finishing the install. No error is reported, ctrl-alt-del will respond and allow you to cancell the install.

BTW...the exact same behavior happens when I try to install media player 11 too...in every way.

So...Does anyone have any ideas about what to do to fix this or why is it occuring?

The only thing i have left to try is a brute force method:

Shut down Box
Unplugg power from RAID drives
Re Boot
See where the IE7 DL extracts files to when it doesn't have a E:\ to go to.

Other than that...I'm tapped.

Thanks for any help.
mphsred

Hi mphsred,
Welcome to Virtual Dr. ;)

Real pain, isn't this? I have been working on this (again) off and on all morning, it's driving me crazy. Tried in safe mode, same deal, extracts to E:\

Grasping at straws here. Next (still in Safe Mode) instead of double-clicking on IE7 .enu file I right-clicked on it and selected Run as... That created a whole new set of messages that I never got before. Attached is a document with screen shots showing what happened using that route and the strange error messages I got.

I am truly at my wits end, and googling has produced nothing.

OK so that's out.

I was wondering if your install behavior is the same as mine as per my description when you just try to DL it normally? Just curious really, although you have found a way to make it generate error messages that might be of some help if we disgested what they are trying to say, if that's possible.

One of the real frustrations is that the DL won't let you direct to the directory you want it to expand the files to.

But, I have found that if you copy and paste all of the extracted files to a seperate directory before you ctrl-alt-delete the install once it stops progressing, you can copy all of the files except for one, the name of which I can't recall as I'm at work and this is all going on on my home box.

This is significant for me because whenever i cancel the unresponsive program the extracted files go away from where ever they were being extracted to.

Now, the extracted files are a bunch of .dll's and a few other assorted goodies with a file directory that is named "update" with a few .exe's and other goodies in it.

I dropped the entire lot into my existing IE6 folder and started the update from there...no dice...

The other thing to try (After a restore point is created for SURE ;) ) is to copy the contents of the extracted files that are not in the "update" directory and paste them directly into the root of the windows directory and allow all overwrites. Then open the "update" directory and start the update that way.

I'm thinking of trying that if my brute force method doesn't work, but I though I'd share everything I'm thinking of because it's kinda driving me nutz too and you are the only other reference on the whole frikin' internet I can find with the same problem.

C

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Originally Posted by mphsred

... it's kinda driving me nutz too and you are the only other reference on the whole frikin' internet I can find with the same problem.

C

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Oh gawd. I feel so special :rolleyes:
I need time to reread your posts again and absorb it all ;) I'm going to try Windows Update now that final release is out. I tried WU once or twice already, but it does the same thing-- goes to E:\. I'm also going to try to find some other program/file to download/extract, just to see if the same thing happens.

Have to go vote, if I don't get back to this tonight, I'll try to work on it some more in the morning.

So,

I unplugged the power to my RAID array, leaving only the C:\ and D:\ drives that are running as master and slave on the same IDE cable in my system on channel 0. (My CD ROM and DVD ROM drives are on channel 1 as master and slave BTW)

The IE7 install tries to expand in the D:\

Which remains consistent with the theme of finding the last drive letter on my system to try to temporarily expand the installation files.

Same results as always...see my earlier posts on the install behavior.

Media Player 11 also exhibits the same install failure as before too.

I tried to unplug the power to the slave drive (D:\) and reboot, virtually eliminating every other drive on my system except for the C:\

My computer will still post but will not boot all the way to the desktop.

So I shut down, restored power to all of my drives and rebooted.

Now my system runs just fine, all drives happy and healthy, IE6 plugging away, media player 9 running like a top.

Does anyone have any clue what the hell is going on with this danged ol' danged ol' machine?

C

My computer will still post but will not boot all the way to the desktop.

I think I see a common denominator. I was having troubles a little over a month ago and one thing Super Sparks suggested I do was clear the CMOS (I am getting post code 75 at reboot, but it still boots to desktop). Perhaps that is somehow causing this issue for us? (I'm not qualified to make that judgement, that's for sure.) Things have been pretty crazy for me lately so I haven't made the time to clear the CMOS (know I should have), so I'm going to try to fit that in today.

I'll post back with results.

~Kat

OK, cleared the CMOS (via reseating jumpers, not taking out battery briefly), set BIOS at Fail Safe Defaults, and it had no impact whatsoever in getting IE7 to extract to C:\. (It did, however, create new Post Code errors, but I'l take that to hardware for a separate thread.)

Anyway, I noticed something. About a month ago I had to download M$ Office cache files (was having intermittent trouble with Office 2003 and could not get Office '03 SP2 to install - tried off and on since that patch watch issued). Once I downloaded the MSO Cache file, I was then able to successfully install Office 2003 SP2. I notice now that the Office Cache file also extracted to E:\ ! (However unlike the IE7 extracted file, I was able to successfully move the extracted MSO Cache file to C:\ today, where Office resides. )

I am completely befuddled as to why in those two instances the M$ files are not extracting to C:\ and have no idea which way to go at this point. :confused:

Agreed, I am stumped as well.

I have had trouble installing updates in the past, but they eventually did install after enough tries. I didn't notice if they were extracting to the wrong drive at the time so I can't really speak to that end.

All I can say is that Media Player 11 also extracts in the wrong folder and won't install properly either. Mabey you shold try to install media player 11 and see what happens?

I'm not getting any post errors, just full blown lockup after post when all drives but C:\ are disabled. This should not be the case of course, but I have no idea why it's happening.

I installed MS office 2003 several months ago with no problems...so I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

I built this machine, and the motherboard is getting a little long in the tooth...ABIT TH7II RAID to be exact, but it has never given me an ounce of trouble before.

I thought that my onboard RAID controller could be the culprit, (as I couldn't get windows to recognize any other array than JBOD the last time I did a full re-install) but your problem is different...lots of partitions on the same drive is not the same setup.

So...in truth...after everything I have read concerning IE7 bugs and incompatibilities and, of course, my own problems with even installing the darn thing, I'm not too torn up about missing it on my box.

I just hope that any further windows "updates" are not going to follow the same path.

Good luck, and thanks for your help.