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I've been trying to install Tigris' Tortoise SVN Subversion control on my PC so I can track changes in files, but the installer keeps crashing with internal error 2203.
I had successfully installed this software in Windows XP, but am now unable to install on Windows Vista.
I'm thinking part of the problem might be that the installer is an .msi file, and I'm unable to select "Run As Administrator" as I am with .exe installers?
Hi Woofus,
I encountered this same error code a while back while trying to install an old copy of Office on XP. Try the following:
1) Find the Data1.msi in the installation directory of your software.
2) Right-click the Data1.msi file, and select Properties.
3) Under attributes, clear the read-only check box, and select OK.
If that doesn't work try adjusting permissions on the installer directory:
1) Find directories such as C:\Temp\installs and C:\Windows\Installer
2) Right-click on them, select the "Sharing" tab, and add SYSTEM as an allowed user (or increase permissions for SYSTEM).
Hope that helps!
Thanks miraculix, that's great advice for XP systems.
In this particular situation, there may be an even easier route to this problem, given that Woofus is using an .msi installer. The problem we have is that, by default, MSI installers don't have the "Run as Administrator" context selection that EXE installers do.
We can add this permission by modifying the Windows registry - simply by placing the following in a .reg file (ie. msiAdmin.reg), and running it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Msi.Package\shell\RunAs]
@="Run as administrator"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Msi.Package\shell\RunAs\command]
@="msiexec /i \"%1\""
Thanks CWD! Worked like a charm - I'm up and running with version control again 
