Zonealarm install error message(cannot install)

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Any file that has a reference to ZoneAlarm can block the new installation..The "layout.ini" file has start up instructions for ZoneAlarm, IF it's been previously installed, and as such, needs to be deleted to eliminate all traces of the previous installation.

Hope this helps.

Grif

Never actually look very deep in the Layout.ini. But rather the actual prefetch files when I've wanted to clear out a few. Big fat lot of good I guess that did.

It appears that the Layout.ini holds reference to locations of every Driver, Program used in startup as well as every program ever used. Right now it's nearly .5MB.

Every few months or so I like to completely clean out the prefetch files because the folder gets so thick with obsolete items. Perhaps I shoud also dump the Layout.ini as well, or learn to manually clean it.

BTW, I've read of folks not touching the Prefetch folder at all, even for years unless there's a problem to be dealt with. Can I get openions on this?

Thanks

Cleaning out the Prefetch folder is generally not a "requirement" but it does help in some circumstances. The Prefetch folder was designed to speed up the boot process by saving boot program data. As such, it generally does a good job. On the other hand, deleting the older, unused Prefetch files can save a small amount of space and help with a small amount of start up quickness. Not much, but a little..Generally, it's not worth the trouble.

In this case, ZoneAlarm will occasionally have installation issues because of that saved boot data so cleaning out the Prefetch folder is required. It's a common problem and solution which has been discussed on the ZoneAlarm forums.

Hope this helps.

Grif

Well now I don't really know about prefetch beause I could not find it or layout.inf,all of these problems started when I ran crap leaner and it did such a good job that I am now looking for some drivers.I managed to fix somethings with IEfix but I had to replace some drivers first and then even though I had zonealarm other times before,zonealarm gave trouble to install after the cleaning so I don't know if prefetch and layout had anything to do with it.I have a suspicion that it is related to something else,I cannot remember the original error message but it had something to do with text,how the application translates the text or something like that,it might be total gibberish but I remember text being a part of the error message,however there is a utility for cleaning and monitoring the prefetch which I found at majorgeeks.

.in my earlier post at the link below:

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6122-0.html?forumID=44&threadID=158957&messageID=1763753

On Windows XP, the C\Windows\Prefetch folder will be there..I've never seen an XP computer with the "Prefetch" folder missing. It's not a "hidden" folder. Simply open the folder and delete all the contents. All of the steps from the links I provided in that post must be done manually per my previous instructions.

Hope this helps.

Grif

going to Start > Run > type in Prefetch > left click OK. Or by using Explorer's Search Assistant.

I've found it a good rule of thumb to uncheck the Preftch box in CrapCleaner.

I have looked for the prefetch folder.when I type it in run it says that it cannot be found,I have also done a search.How or where can I reinstall it.

Let's get ZoneAlarm installed first..Have you followed all the other steps to manually remove ZA, then reinstall the new one?

The Prefetch folder can be recreated by following the steps below:

1. Open a cmd window and type or paste this:

Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

2. The folder will be rebuilt with the current apps and drivers.

3. Also check the registry path below to set the parameters for the Prefetch process.:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory Management \ PrefetchParameters

dword value = EnablePrefetcher

0 = Disable,
1 = App launch prefetch
2 = Boot Prefetch
3 = Both (recommended)

The default is generally 1 or 3.

Hope this helps.

Grif

Hello
I tried all the steps to reinstall zonealarm but to no avail so I am going to put back prefetch and see if that is related to it.I also tried in safe mode.
Thank you for helping me with this.I wii foloww direction again and see.