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I faced some tough issues trying to install Windows Live Essentials.  Even more so it feels good to blog as I haven’t written an entry in over a month.  I have a lot of good stuff coming in the next few days.  I got an error when executing the wlsetup-web.exe available from the live.com site.  You can also use the offline installer which is available here.

So the error I was getting said Bad Image, something along the lines that c:\windows\system32\wer.dll (Windows Error Reporting), had some kind of issue.  This is related to a corrupt DLL. 

I needed to ensure that the “Windows Modules Installer” service was started.  Then I opened up a command prompt as administrator and ran the following cmd.

sfc /scannow

This took a few minutes to run.  Then I was able to launch the installer.  However the installer informed me that I had to uninstaller Windows Live Mesh Beta (2009).  This was rather difficult.  I ran the uninstall several times, but the Live Essentials installer was still complaining that it was installed.  I wound up searching through the entire registry for any key called “Live Mesh” and deleted them.

After this, I was able to successfully install.  A quick reboot and here I am writing this blog entry in Windows Live Writer 2011.

Ever wanted to know where your Outlook signature files go in Windows Vista or 7?

C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures

Enjoy!

I feel like I should explain this really cool idea that I had.  Basically to quickly check-in and check-out documents in Sharepoint.  I’ll show you with MSword.  First thing to do is fire up Word.  You’ll notice that in the upper left hand corner near the Office Menu, a quick menu bar.  See below.

Drop down the arrow to right of the bar and you’ll see an option to add “More Commands”.  From this new window that pops up, go to the drop down “Choose command from” and select “All Commands”.

From here find Check-In and Check-Out and add them.  (I’m adding version history too!).  You can even add keyboard shortcuts from here too.  Once you’ve completed, click OK.  You’ll see your quick access bar updated.