PIX3 Keeps reinstalling

bristow · Post by **bristow** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:19 pm

This solution refers to XP and SP3 but as I do not have XP but Vista I still get the reinstall at start up if I remove the folders from my temp folder called:

Ulead Systems/Common Files and inside 2 more folders
AutoDetector
AutoDetector.chm
DetMethod.dll
Monitor_Res.dll
u32Comm.dll

DVD
LDCdBldr.dll
LdrtBurn.dll
LdvdRec.dll
LudfRdr.dll
LudfWrtr.dll
LXBurnCom.dll
UCDCfg.dat
ULCDRDrv.dll
ULCDRDrvRc.dll

Why when removing these folders/files from my "C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Temp" causes a reinstall at bootup (I have no control over it) does not make sense.
And as I started this thread it would be nice to get a solution to this!

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Sat May 31, 2008 10:53 pm

I don't know if this will help you guys with your re-install problems of this software, but it did solve my re-install problem with 'other' software. All I did was run the program and remove the item that was re-installing from the list ...... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301/ ...... It's been months and everything still works fine

bristow · Post by **bristow** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:37 pm

Thanks for the idea (I will try anything now) but it need not work, one thing I did notice was when I was reinstalling PI X3 is at the end of the install you are asked if you want to cache some part of the program (sorry, forgotten exact words) to your Document and Settings folder I think somebody should inform Ulead\Corel that Vista does not have a Settings and Documents folder and it works in a different way.

Interestingly the folder in my temp directory is called Common Files, (the one I MUST NOT empty) perhaps I need the Vista version of the install or have they only written this XP version because if I install on my XP laptop it is perfect no reinstalls at boot up and no files in the temp directory.

I have tried moving the folder to other locations but it still does not work and reinstalls creating that Ulead folder in my temp directory.

simonbuys · Post by **simonbuys** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:37 am

Frank wrote:I don't know if this will help you guys with your re-install problems of this software, but it did solve my re-install problem with 'other' software. All I did was run the program and remove the item that was re-installing from the list ...... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301/ ...... It's been months and everything still works fine

This did the job for me, at last! I've been free of this problem for weeks now. Many thanks to Frank.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:11 am

I know this thread is now 6 months old but whilst re-organising one of my XP computers I stumbled across another reason why a program or file could mysteriously run when you boot up your computer.

I kept getting a little notepad message pop up every time I restarted windows. A thorough check was made of the Registry and Start up folders and could see no reason why this notepad file would suddenly run.

Eventually I discovered that the culprit was a file in the All Users start up folder invisible to
Start | All Programs | Startup

Instead you have to use Windows Explorer and navigate to
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Here you find a file "Desktop.ini"
Somehow the file had become corrupted.
I simply deleted the file and let windows create a new one.

Whilst this caused notepad to open on my computer I immediately thought of this thread and wandered if it could also cause other programs to mysteriously run such as the PhotoImpact Installer.

bristow · Post by **bristow** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:51 pm

As I started this thread but was never able to find a solution I was getting frustrated (not a good thing) I have now managed to fix the problem of Photoimpact reinstalling on boot up this only happened if I deleted a Ulead folder in my temp folder "C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Temp" which sometimes happened during clean up tasks the error would reappear.

The answer is in the registry (only carry this out if you know what you are doing and backup the registry first) go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders" then look for a path that points to your temp folder that contains

Ulead systems\CommonFiles\
Ulead systems\CommonFiles\AutoDetector\
Ulead systems\CommonFiles\DVD\

What you must do now is move them from your temp folder to any where else that does not get cleaned in my case I moved them to C:/Bin/Software/Ulead, the next stage is to change the registry entry's to reflect the new path, on the registry key entry press right mouse button then select "rename" DO NOT MODIFY" and change to new path.

This worked for me with no issues, if you do not have any Ulead files in your temp folder then this will not help you.

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:47 pm

Thank you for providing the fix to this very annoying problem. You should go to work for Corel. However they probably wouldn't hire you, because you actually fix things, something they would not tolerate...