I helped a user do a repair installation of Windows 2000. After reinstallation, I had to install IE6 again. When I ran ie6setup.exe, it says
“A previous installation has pending work requiring s reboot. you need to restart your computer to complete the installation before running Internet explorer. Setup will now close.”
. The problem persists even after I reboot the machine for several times. I tried several suggestions that I found on web but they all failed to resolve the problem. Finally, I found this solution. Just open up regedit.exe and browse to this key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
Find the PendingFileRenameOperations value and delete it.
My readers said this works for Adobe CS3 installation, too.
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Tnx 😀
i needed it 😉
Holy crap! Thank you, thank you thank you. You know how long I’ve been searching for an answer like this. I didn’t have the problem with IE6 but with an Adobe CS3 installation. All is good in the world now.
thnks man
this worked for adobe CS3 perfectly!
I went to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
and I found the “FileRenameOperations” value and delete it. However the system doesn’t allow me to delete the value. Value data: 0000.
What can I do ?
Thanks
Make sure you use an admin account to change it.