Filling in a technical support web form, and getting a response- well done DiskView!

A couple of months before Vista was release, I purchased a copy of DiskView to track down where all my hard disk space was being eaten up on a Windows XP install (it turned out to be several multi-gigabyte files that DivX converter had left lying around).

A version of DiskView that support Vista has recently been released, but when I tried it, I got an error with code 2738 during installation. I checked the website support page, and didn't see any resolution for this issue, so I tried filling in the support page without much hope of ever receiving an answer. Only a couple of hours later I got the following email:

Error 2738 may occur in Windows Vista when a custom install action is required by a software installer and VBScript is not registered. I'm not sure why it is occurring on your computer, as it seems to work fineon other Vista installations. I also just installed DiskView with no errors on a fresh Windows Vista Ultimate virtual machine.

Can you try the following?

Start Button > All Programs > Accessories Right-click on "Command Prompt"
Select "Run as Administrator"
Type cd \ and press ENTER
Type cd C:\Windows\System32 and press ENTER Type regsvr32 vbscript.dll and press ENTER You should receive a message that the DLL has been successfully registered.

Try the DiskView installation again. Please let me know how it goes.

Re-registering vbscript.dll fixed the problem
So, not only is DiskView a really good product, there technical support is excellent.
Posted: Oct 05 2007, 10:53 AM by nick | with 2 comment(s)
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Saul Leighton said:

Hi Nick from Singapore.  Hope your trip around Aus is going well.  I recently recommended your books and blogs to some of my colleagues here in Barclays Capital.  Best Regards,

Saul

# October 11, 2007 10:52 PM

nick said:

Hi Saul,

Great to hear from you!  I'd heard you weren't up at Frenches Forest anymore but didn't realise you where in Singapore.  Love to catch up when you're back in Sydney.

Nick

# October 15, 2007 8:04 PM