Yeah, I've tried Microsoft solution and ran their "fix it for me" app. It didn't work. As for reading the C-net forum, I've already read all 125 of the posts. My registry items all read the way that they're supposed to. Otherwise I wouldn't have started this thread.
They're all talking about %APPDATA%, mine doesn't read that way at all, mine is reading %PUBLIC%\Desktop\, and I've not seen any of the posts addressing that particular problem. Also, I'm talking about Win 7 pro 64 bit, not XP and not Vista the only systems I remember seeing was for those two systems. Rest assured I tried Microsoft first, then C-net, if I'd found the fix there I wouldn't have posted.
I'm having an issue when trying to install some, but not all apps. On some of them, inclluding Service Pack 1 for Win 7 pro 64 bit, I get a message saying Error 1606 could not access network location %PUBLIC%\Desktop\. I've read through over a hundred posts dealing with error 1606, but not with the wording that appears in my error message. Can someone please, please help me before I pull all of my hair out?
Thanks
JimB

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