So i've had problems installing...

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knlbr

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I have had troubles installing certain programs recently. Everytime I try to install, say, Priston Tales, it says "Can't access %USERPROFILE%/Configuracoes Locais/Dados de Aplicativos" (Local configuration/Application data).
Now, the normal would be "Configurações Locais", but he tries to access "Configuracoes Locais". This is probably due to I used a japanese unicode, which removed the graphical accents, and when I went back to the normal unicode, it didn't "re-add" the graphical accents.
How could I fix this without formatting the computer? Maybe if I changed something in the registry key, it'd work?
by the way, I can't edit the name of the folders. If I edit the one without accents, it goes "this folder cannot be edited" and if I try to edit the one with accents, it tells me "this folder, if edited, may make a program stop working".
I'm on Windows XP Professional SP2, if this matters.
Thanks in advance.
 
well , I can honestly say I have absolutely no clue....a thought would be to do a repair install which will leave everything in place but reset most of the windows features. it wouldnt hurt anything but then again it might not help at all.

I'm interested in knowing what the fix would be from purely "useless knowledge" stand point
 
This gets my vote for the most difficult/obscure problem we've seen in a long time.
 
Seems like some confusion on the pc with installed languages. Try system restore if it has only been happening recently.
 
Be careful with the following advice
Hmm, the registry would be the only place where it would have the directory in basic form (without accents) so maybe do a search for it and replace it with the accented writing.
 
Use your XP cd to repair instead of reinstall the OS.
 
knlbr said:
My CD is SP1, and my OS is SP2... won't there be a conflict of sorts?
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Yes and no, when you repair with SP1 it'll "unpatch" the files SP2 updated, you would need to reapply SP2 if you went this route.

Creating a slipstreamed SP2 CD out of your SP1 disk is the best recommendation, as mentioned.

edit: I like autostreamer for this task, VERY simple, nothing against nLite.
 
and you can go the extra mile and also slipstream post sp2 fixes with nlite.
 
Stoly said:
and you can go the extra mile and also slipstream post sp2 fixes with nlite.
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Not to mention remove unwanted/unneeded components from the installation disc, and perform various tweaks that you would normally have to do in the registry post install. I advise against doing either of these if you want to use the sp2 slipstreamed disc to repair your current install though.
 
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