I've recently formatted my PC and when installing ACDSee 5.0, I'm getting the above error message.

I'm awaiting an answer from ACDSee after an exhaustive but fruitless search on-line.

In the meantime, any ideas?

Declan

 

DeclanWorld wrote:
> I've recently formatted my PC and when installing ACDSee 5.0, I'm
> getting the above error message.
>
> I'm awaiting an answer from ACDSee after an exhaustive but fruitless
> search on-line.
>
> In the meantime, any ideas?
>
> Declan
>

Try throwing the word "InstallShield" into your search terms. It
could be an InstallShield installer throwing the error.

http://community.flexerasoftware.com/archive/index.php?t-94716.html

Paul

 

"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> Try throwing the word "InstallShield" into your search terms. It
> could be an InstallShield installer throwing the error.
>
> http://community.flexerasoftware.com/archive/index.php?t-94716.html
>

Thanks Paul but no joy there.

Declan

 

DeclanWorld wrote:
> "Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
> news:i04jdk$902$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>
>> Try throwing the word "InstallShield" into your search terms. It
>> could be an InstallShield installer throwing the error.
>>
>> http://community.flexerasoftware.com/archive/index.php?t-94716.html
>>
>
> Thanks Paul but no joy there.
>
> Declan

According to that link, InstallShield will report an Internal Error 2356,
if it cannot locate a .cab (Cabinet) file it is looking for.

If you take an application like 7-ZIP, it can "look inside" archives.
For an InstallShield installer package, you may see two .cab files
inside the installer. But if you attempt to open them with 7-ZIP
(i.e. drill down inside), 7-ZIP refuses, as the cabinets aren't like
regular .cab files already on your computer. Of course, the InstallShield
installer can open them - the reason for the trickery, is to prevent
users from examining the files inside the cabinet.

(An archive Swiss army knife... This tool has no problem drilling down into
regular .cab files.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-zip

Well, in this case, the InstallShield installer, cannot even find
those .cab files. In that thread above, they mention corruption
as a possible reason. As far as I know, InstallShield also saves some
files on your machine, from run to run. And that raises the
possibility, that some part of InstallShield already on your
machine, could be responsible for the problem (that's just a
guess on my part). So it might not be entirely the fault of the
people at ACDSee.

Paul

 

"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> According to that link, InstallShield will report an Internal Error 2356,
> if it cannot locate a .cab (Cabinet) file it is looking for.
>
> If you take an application like 7-ZIP, it can "look inside" archives.
> For an InstallShield installer package, you may see two .cab files
> inside the installer. But if you attempt to open them with 7-ZIP
> (i.e. drill down inside), 7-ZIP refuses, as the cabinets aren't like
> regular .cab files already on your computer. Of course, the InstallShield
> installer can open them - the reason for the trickery, is to prevent
> users from examining the files inside the cabinet.
>
> (An archive Swiss army knife... This tool has no problem drilling down
> into
> regular .cab files.)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-zip
>
> Well, in this case, the InstallShield installer, cannot even find
> those .cab files. In that thread above, they mention corruption
> as a possible reason. As far as I know, InstallShield also saves some
> files on your machine, from run to run. And that raises the
> possibility, that some part of InstallShield already on your
> machine, could be responsible for the problem (that's just a
> guess on my part). So it might not be entirely the fault of the
> people at ACDSee.


Paul, thanks very much indeed for your precious time and thought on this.
It's just too complicated now so I think I'll use Irfanview from now on.

Declan