A few months ago I tried to install C# (VS.Net 2003 on W2k Pro), that I had
not installed previously. I got an error msg eventually, that setup could not
find 153151.msi, and it just displayed a list of error log and setup log
files.

I was busy in school, so after trying a few things gave up. But now I want
it. I tried a lot harder. Oh, also, I had downloaded and installed VFP 9
beta, and tried to uninstall it, and it falied for a similar reason. It also
screwed up uninstalls that were using VFP6 installations, that did not ever
use MSI, making them ask for the msi file.

I deleted all the directories, used regedit to delete anything that had a
"7.1" in it, and still it fails to install, update, or uninstall, for the
same missing msi file.

Then yesterday I installed VS.Net 2002, and it all worked. I just
uninstalled it and the framework (1.0) etc., and it all uninstalled. I tried
reinstalling VS 2003, and the same thing happens. AmI going to have to
reformat my hard drive?