Yesterday I reinstalled the two separate partitions - saved via Acronis TrueImage - on which I have respectively my OS (XP) and my apps (CPF included). No problem, however as they dated from August I had a previous beta version of CPF and when I tried to install the latest version I was asked to uninstall it.
I did it successfully, however with the install of the updated version we got up to the point where I selected automatic settings - I am no power user

- and then I got the following message:
Problem with deleting with Shortcuts. Please kindly delete the shortcuts manually
See the image below for details.
I tried a new install, and I was warned that there was a previous version - which was the previous failed install. Cleaned the related registry keys with a registry manager, tried a new install and I got the green light to proceed, but the same exact problem happened.
Went thru the same iterations with two other fresh downloads of the CPF installer, to no avail. Moral I cannot install CPF, any help is welcomed
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