{"id":4549,"date":"2018-01-08T12:05:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T12:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?p=4549"},"modified":"2018-01-08T12:05:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T12:05:49","slug":"how-to-resolve-windows-installer-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-resolve-windows-installer-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Resolve Windows Installer Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Installation of a program means inserting that particular program in your computer so that it can be executed properly. Some of the software programs can be simply copied to the computer and executed without doing anything further; they don\u2019t require any kind of installation process. Many programs come with an executable suite, which requires to be installed. Installation is the process where you will have to unpack some files, copy them to desired locations, tailor the software to suite your hardware and give the desired information to the operating system.<\/p>\n<p>Installation often means that once a program is installed, the user can run the program over and over again, without reinstalling it again before using each time. Until one does not uninstall the program or the program does not allow further execution, you will have to install it again. However, sometimes one can encounter problems while installing a program. Here are some simple steps that will help you in resolving windows installer problems:<\/p>\n<p><strong>teps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First thing to do for resolving windows installer problem is identifying it. When you are trying to install or uninstall something, you might get a warning message like:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe windows installer cannot be accessed\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWindows installer service cannot be started\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould not start the windows installer service on Local computer. Error 5:<\/p>\n<p>access is denied.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These error messages will often appear on the screen when the installation of the MSI package has failed or when the windows installer service is disabled.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Method 1:\u00a0<\/strong>first unregister windows installer, and then you will have to register it again. For resolving windows installer problems of such a nature, just do the following things. Go on the \u2019start\u2019 menu and click on the \u2018run\u2019 option. In the dialog box start typing \u2018msiexec\/unreg\u2019, and then press the enter key.<\/li>\n<li>Go on the \u2019start\u2019 menu again and click on the \u2018run\u2019 option. In the dialog box start typing, \u2018msiexec\/regserver\u2019 and then press the \u2018enter\u2019 key.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Method 2:\u00a0<\/strong>you can upgrade the windows installer to a higher version or a newer version. For this, open the internet explorer page, and go to the Microsoft website. Go to the link,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/downloads\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/downloads<\/a>. On the left side you will get an option of \u2019setup and system administration\u2019 and now click on the \u2019setup\u2019 option.<\/li>\n<li>Select the \u2018windows installer\u2019, and then choose the appropriate link for your operating system. Now click on the \u2018download\u2019 option and install the new version or install the higher version of windows installer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Method 3:\u00a0<\/strong>for resolving windows installer problem, you might have to uninstall the failed product with the help of an installer cleanup. The description for the windows installer cleanup utility is,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Method 4:<\/strong>\u00a0if the windows service is disabled on your computer, then go to the \u2019start\u2019 menu, select \u2018run\u2019 option and type \u2019services.msc\u2019 and click enter. Now, double click on the option of windows installer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Method 5:<\/strong>\u00a0check the DCOM and the permission by the system through\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/?id=319624\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/?id=319624<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Method 6:<\/strong>\u00a0another thing you can do for resolving windows installer problem is<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Installation of a program means inserting that particular program in your computer so that it can be executed properly. Some of the software programs can be simply copied to the computer and executed without doing anything further; they don\u2019t require any kind of installation process. Many programs come with an executable suite, which requires to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[3113,235,255,351,1509,4477,182,4476],"class_list":["post-4549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-how-to","tag-installation","tag-issues","tag-problem","tag-resolve","tag-troubleshoot-windows-installer-problems","tag-windows","tag-windows-installer-problem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4550,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4549\/revisions\/4550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}