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re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm Posted by MOSES CLIVE (1 messages posted) On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. >Hi !!! I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. *********Edit the Registry************ Click the Start button. Click Run. The Run window appears. In the Open: field, type: regedit Click the OK button. The Registry Editor appears. In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. The Edit String dialog box appears. Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. Close the Registry Editor window. Return to Overview ---------------------------------------------------------- Register the Msiexec.exe File Shut down your computer. Restart your computer. When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the key. On the Windows Advanced Option menu, use the ARROW keys to select Safe Mode. Press the key. If you are have a dual-boot system or multi-boot system, select Microsoft Windows XP from the list that appears, and then press the key. Log on to the computer. Click the Start button. Click Run. The Run window appears. In the Open: field, type: msiexec /regserver Click the OK button. Shut down your computer. Restart your computer normally ********And now your problem is solved******** [Reply or follow-up to this message] How to correctly install Windows Installer in win2k?? Is it the same procedure?? Friday, November 21, 2003 at 6:52 am Posted by rahul (1 messages posted) Is the said procedure appl. in case of win2k also..I'm not very free with editing registry..So afraid, not to end up currupting whole of it. On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm, MOSES CLIVE wrote: >On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > >Hi !!! >I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. > >*********Edit the Registry************ > >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >regedit > >Click the OK button. >The Registry Editor appears. > >In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > >Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. >Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. >Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. >Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. > >In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. >The Edit String dialog box appears. >Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: >X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V >where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). >If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. >Close the Registry Editor window. >Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer. >When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the >key. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Sunday, November 23, 2003 at 10:34 am Posted by ajith (1 messages posted) hi, you said Register the Msiexec.exe File. now how do i do that?please explain. On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm, MOSES CLIVE wrote: >On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > >Hi !!! >I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. > >*********Edit the Registry************ > >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >regedit > >Click the OK button. >The Registry Editor appears. > >In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > >Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. >Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. >Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. >Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. > >In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. >The Edit String dialog box appears. >Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: >X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V >where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). >If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. >Close the Registry Editor window. >Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer. >When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the >key. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Friday, November 28, 2003 at 9:14 am Posted by Chris Behnke (3 messages posted) I've done that, checked the registry, reregistered the msiexec file. I have even formated the hard drive and installed windows xp on a clean partition. I still receive the error when I try to install any program that depends on the win installer that comes with xp. I am getting desperate. Where before I just couldn't install any new software, now I can't install my old software, including Office xp, so the computer is good for games and not much else. The error I get with office xp is the bootstrapper encountered a problem and has to close, sorry for the inconvenience; or the installer for the win installer is missing a .dll file. Hardware seems to work fine. Scanned for viruses also. Help?? Chris On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 12:56 am Posted by Sandy (1 messages posted) This issue may caused by windows installer not install properly, to fix, pls. try reinstall it by running instmsi.exe in your system folder. On Friday, November 28, 2003 at 9:14 am, Chris Behnke wrote: >I've done that, checked the registry, reregistered the msiexec file. I have even >formated the hard drive and installed windows xp on a clean partition. I still receive >the error when I try to install any program that depends on the win installer that >comes with xp. I am getting desperate. Where before I just couldn't install any new >software, now I can't install my old software, including Office xp, so the computer >is good for games and not much else. >The error I get with office xp is the bootstrapper encountered a problem and has >to close, sorry for the inconvenience; or the installer for the win installer is >missing a .dll file. Hardware seems to work fine. Scanned for viruses also. Help?? >Chris > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at 8:09 am Posted by Chris Behnke (3 messages posted) This has been done. I removed the CD-RW drive and replaced it with a different drive and my installer worked fine. I returned the new drive and exchanged it receiving the same make and model number. I installed it and had the same error. Either the drive is incompatible with my motherboard, or I have some other serious issues that are just starting to materialize. Motherboard is "Spacewalker" with Athalon 1.3GB processor. I have many scratching their heads over this one???? Chris On Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 12:56 am, Sandy wrote: >This issue may caused by windows installer not install properly, to fix, pls. try >reinstall it by running instmsi.exe in your system folder. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Sunday, December 21, 2003 at 9:35 pm Posted by josibel (2 messages posted) Hi, i´m worry about this problem, because i´m begining to think that´s better to use an older version of windows... i have done everything that´s been recomended in this forum and i haven´t solved my problem yet, please help, if you already know how to fix this let me know On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Monday, January 5, 2004 at 4:35 am Posted by Craig Harris (1 messages posted) You won't believe me, but the cause of the problem could be that your CD-ROM is spinning too fast. Check out the link below for a similar Microsoft fiasco... http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299608 On Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at 8:09 am, Chris wrote: >This has been done. I removed the CD-RW drive and replaced it with a different drive >and my installer worked fine. I returned the new drive and exchanged it receiving >the same make and model number. I installed it and had the same error. Either the >drive is incompatible with my motherboard, or I have some other serious issues that >are just starting to materialize. Motherboard is "Spacewalker" with Athalon 1.3GB >processor. I have many scratching their heads over this one???? >Chris > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] How to correctly install Windows Installer in win2k?? Please tell me how to register the Msiexec.exe Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 10:14 pm Posted by Habib (1 messages posted) hi!! i have read the whole procedure but just confused in the part where it says ."Return to overview. Then register the Msiexec.exe file." i will really appreciate if u give me a detailed information on how to stop this windows installer problem step by step. Thank you.. habib [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm Posted by Brandon Bostian (1 messages posted) Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The process took about five minutes. To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked perfectly. I hope this helps! Brandon On Sunday, December 21, 2003 at 9:35 pm, josibel wrote: >Hi, i´m worry about this problem, because i´m begining to think that´s better to >use an older version of windows... i have done everything that´s been recomended >in this forum and i haven´t solved my problem yet, please help, if you already know >how to fix this let me know > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 6:22 pm Posted by nukeit (1 messages posted) ahhaha..ya mine was disabled too...ahaha..o man...all the headache... On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Brandon Bostian wrote: >Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being >installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much >simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. > >I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer >service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! >In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The >process took about five minutes. > >To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative >Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. >Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this >service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. > >I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked >perfectly. I hope this helps! > >Brandon > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 12:57 am Posted by Allan Haastrup (3 messages posted) I've tried starting this service, but the path seems to point to another place than where the file is located. I can locate the file, but if I doubleclick it I'm told that the command aparameters are illegal, and nothing really happens. I cannot chance the path so that is corresponds to the actual location of the file, nor can I locate the place that the path points to. Is there any solution left for me? On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Brandon Bostian wrote: >Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being >installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much >simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. > >I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer >service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! >In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The >process took about five minutes. > >To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative >Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. >Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this >service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. > >I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked >perfectly. I hope this helps! > >Brandon > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 10:43 pm Posted by Bobby Dulles-Coelho (1 messages posted) I had this same problem, and I just managed to fix it using the following steps (I assume you use windows xp?) 1. Go to the control panel 2. Open "Computer Management" 3. On the left there should be a tab labelled "Services and Applications", click the + to expand it 4. Highlight the "Services" subsection of "Services and Applications" 5. On the right there hsould be a long list of services, under which is "Windows Installer" 6. Right click on "Windows Installer" and go to properties 7. Make sure the start-up type is on "Automatic" 8. Press OK, close the Computer Management, close Control Panel 9. Good to go I hope this helped. On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Thursday, January 29, 2004 at 3:57 pm Posted by Caturo (1 messages posted) Thanks for your help Bobby! On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 10:43 pm, Bobby Dulles-Coelho wrote: >I had this same problem, and I just managed to fix it using the following steps (I >assume you use windows xp?) > >1. Go to the control panel >2. Open "Computer Management" >3. On the left there should be a tab labelled "Services and Applications", click >the + to expand it >4. Highlight the "Services" subsection of "Services and Applications" >5. On the right there hsould be a long list of services, under which is "Windows >Installer" >6. Right click on "Windows Installer" and go to properties >7. Make sure the start-up type is on "Automatic" >8. Press OK, close the Computer Management, close Control Panel >9. Good to go > >I hope this helped. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Friday, February 6, 2004 at 4:37 pm Posted by Keith (1 messages posted) You may need to tweak dcom. At run type dcomcnfg, select default properties tab, set boxes to Identify and Connect. Sometimes it seems these get changed by something - I had the same prob and it worked fine. No need to reinstall SP3 as according to Microsoft support http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q319624 On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 10:36 pm Posted by Phil Cazella (1 messages posted) This fix worked for me as well. Win2k Pro, My Windows Installer Service was Disabled. On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Brandon Bostian wrote: >Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being >installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much >simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. > >I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer >service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! >In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The >process took about five minutes. > >To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative >Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. >Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this >service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. > >I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked >perfectly. I hope this helps! > >Brandon > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Sunday, February 15, 2004 at 8:47 am Posted by Tom (2 messages posted) Thanks A LOT. I was having this problem, too. The funny thing is, I just installed Firebird via the Microsoft Installer package about four days ago. On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Brandon Bostian wrote: >Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being >installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much >simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. > >I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer >service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! >In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The >process took about five minutes. > >To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative >Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. >Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this >service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. > >I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked >perfectly. I hope this helps! > >Brandon > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Monday, February 23, 2004 at 2:23 am Posted by Zi (1 messages posted) I was unable to find windows installer under the Services tab... I have windows XP Home edition... where do i download the windows installer i needed? thanks in advance. Z On Friday, February 6, 2004 at 4:37 pm, Keith wrote: >You may need to tweak dcom. At run type dcomcnfg, select default properties tab, >set boxes to Identify and Connect. Sometimes it seems these get changed by something >- I had the same prob and it worked fine. No need to reinstall SP3 as according to >Microsoft support >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q319624 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Thanks for the solution to re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 3:11 am Posted by Andrew Sim (1 messages posted) Thanks Moses for the solution - a huge help that got me out of very frustrating situation. On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm, MOSES CLIVE wrote: >On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >>I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >>time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >>accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >>installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > >>Hi !!! >I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. > >*********Edit the Registry************ > >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >regedit > >Click the OK button. >The Registry Editor appears. > >In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > >Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. >Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. >Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. >Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. > >In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. >The Edit String dialog box appears. >Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: >X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V >where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). >If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. >Close the Registry Editor window. >Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer. >When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the >key. >On the Windows Advanced Option menu, use the ARROW keys to select Safe Mode. >Press the key. >If you are have a dual-boot system or multi-boot system, select Microsoft Windows >XP from the list that appears, and then press the key. >Log on to the computer. >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >msiexec /regserver >Click the OK button. >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer normally > >********And now your problem is solved******** > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 7:11 am Posted by biskit (1 messages posted) you can get the windows installer from microsofts download center. On Monday, February 23, 2004 at 2:23 am, Zi wrote: >I was unable to find windows installer under the Services tab... I have windows XP >Home edition... where do i download the windows installer i needed? thanks in advance. > >Z > > >On Friday, February 6, 2004 at 4:37 pm, Keith wrote: >>You may need to tweak dcom. At run type dcomcnfg, select default properties tab, >>set boxes to Identify and Connect. Sometimes it seems these get changed by something >>- I had the same prob and it worked fine. No need to reinstall SP3 as according >to >>Microsoft support >>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q319624 >> >> [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, April 17, 2004 at 12:54 pm Posted by Mallory (2 messages posted) Hi. I followed all of the steps until I got to Step 6 when I attempted to right-click on Windows Installer and the Properties dialog box never appeared. Please help. On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 10:43 pm, Bobby Dulles-Coelho wrote: >I had this same problem, and I just managed to fix it using the following steps (I >assume you use windows xp?) > >1. Go to the control panel >2. Open "Computer Management" >3. On the left there should be a tab labelled "Services and Applications", click >the + to expand it >4. Highlight the "Services" subsection of "Services and Applications" >5. On the right there hsould be a long list of services, under which is "Windows >Installer" >6. Right click on "Windows Installer" and go to properties >7. Make sure the start-up type is on "Automatic" >8. Press OK, close the Computer Management, close Control Panel >9. Good to go > >I hope this helped. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Monday, July 12, 2004 at 8:55 am Posted by Frank B. Smith (1 messages posted) I had the same problem, so I followed Microsoft's Knowledge based article #319624 Method #4 worked for me. I renamed the registry key HKEY_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSIServer\Security to old security, rebooted, and it worked! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Friday, July 16, 2004 at 9:47 am Posted by rliu (1 messages posted) hello, Ya ok. but Microsoft download does not have the installer for XP only NT and 2000. Do you know where the link is for XP. Thanks On Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 7:11 am, biskit wrote: >you can get the windows installer from microsofts download center. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Thursday, July 22, 2004 at 1:59 pm Posted by David D (1 messages posted) I tried all the options given in this chain and all failed. Finally I got Windows Installer on my XP pro to work by removing msi.exec from System 32 and re-installing Windows Installer by double clicking on instmsiW. (I already had several copies of this on my PC) I understand instmsia should work for Win2K. On Friday, February 6, 2004 at 4:37 pm, Keith wrote: >You may need to tweak dcom. At run type dcomcnfg, select default properties tab, >set boxes to Identify and Connect. Sometimes it seems these get changed by something >- I had the same prob and it worked fine. No need to reinstall SP3 as according to >Microsoft support >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q319624 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, August 7, 2004 at 5:09 pm Posted by George Brown (1 messages posted) Has an individual not the right to install what he or she wants to install on individual machine? Windows installer is thus an unnecessary file. Dispense with it and allow downloads and installations to proceed unhindered. Your clients woul the be happy people. Keep controls off private property. (without anger). On Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 12:56 am, Sandy wrote: >This issue may caused by windows installer not install properly, to fix, pls. try >reinstall it by running instmsi.exe in your system folder. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, October 12, 2004 at 2:54 am Posted by aniket (1 messages posted) hi dont double click on the msiexec.exe file instead run msiexec.exe /regserevr from run menu in start. On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 12:57 am, Allan Haastrup wrote: > >I've tried starting this service, but the path seems to point to another place than >where the file is located. > >I can locate the file, but if I doubleclick it I'm told that the command aparameters >are illegal, and nothing really happens. > >I cannot chance the path so that is corresponds to the actual location of the file, >nor can I locate the place that the path points to. > >Is there any solution left for me? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Monday, November 15, 2004 at 6:29 pm Posted by Edward (1 messages posted) Brandon! You fixed it! Thank God... I just bought a new printer and I thought I'd have to take it back. You saved me a lot of time. I'm glad I found this first! On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Brandon Bostian wrote: >Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being >installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much >simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. > >I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer >service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! >In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The >process took about five minutes. > >To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative >Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. >Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this >service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. > >I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked >perfectly. I hope this helps! > >Brandon > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 8:21 pm Posted by christylynn (1 messages posted) OMG... i feel like such a tard. thank you SO much, josibel. i needed that smack across the head to get my brain working again. i had completely forgot that i was running windows in my "gaming" profile that i had created to play games faster... it was such a simple fix... thanx a million! ^_^ On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Brandon Bostian wrote: >Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being >installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much >simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. > >I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer >service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! >In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The >process took about five minutes. > >To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative >Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. >Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this >service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. > >I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked >perfectly. I hope this helps! > >Brandon > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 7:23 am Posted by Namgyal (1 messages posted) Hi, I looked through all the message in this forum and though they were all very informative, I couldn't solve the problem of windows installer inaccessibility while installing java. Just for the heck of it, I uninstalled windows XP sp2 and restarted and now everything works fine. Namgyal On Thursday, July 22, 2004 at 1:59 pm, David D wrote: >I tried all the options given in this chain and all failed. >Finally I got Windows Installer on my XP pro to work by removing msi.exec from System >32 and re-installing Windows Installer by double clicking on instmsiW. (I already >had several copies of this on my PC) > >I understand instmsia should work for Win2K. > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 7:38 am Posted by anon (5 messages posted) I have managed so solve this problem for myself after a long time.. very simple to follow, and quick too http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBM/tip6000/rh6028.htm On Thursday, July 22, 2004 at 1:59 pm, David D wrote: >I tried all the options given in this chain and all failed. >Finally I got Windows Installer on my XP pro to work by removing msi.exec from System >32 and re-installing Windows Installer by double clicking on instmsiW. (I already >had several copies of this on my PC) > >I understand instmsia should work for Win2K. > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, December 28, 2004 at 11:04 am Posted by scott (2 messages posted) Are you turning off any services? If so check to see if the DCOM service process launcher is enabled and started. It was driving me crazy, I disabled the service on the advice of several security people who told me "you dont need it". I put it back to automatic and restarted the system and went to install and everything worked perfect. Hope this helps someone. Scott On Friday, November 28, 2003 at 9:14 am, Chris Behnke wrote: >I've done that, checked the registry, reregistered the msiexec file. I have even >formated the hard drive and installed windows xp on a clean partition. I still receive >the error when I try to install any program that depends on the win installer that >comes with xp. I am getting desperate. Where before I just couldn't install any new >software, now I can't install my old software, including Office xp, so the computer >is good for games and not much else. >The error I get with office xp is the bootstrapper encountered a problem and has >to close, sorry for the inconvenience; or the installer for the win installer is >missing a .dll file. Hardware seems to work fine. Scanned for viruses also. Help?? >Chris > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, January 8, 2005 at 10:55 pm Posted by Kizz (1 messages posted) Hi, I used the same solution on Windows XP, after trying COUNTLESS times to fix the rotten problem and it FINALLY worked!!! I love you Brandon! I cant believe how simple it was!! YAY!! Kizz On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Brandon Bostian wrote: >Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being >installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much >simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. > >I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer >service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! >In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The >process took about five minutes. > >To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative >Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. >Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this >service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. > >I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked >perfectly. I hope this helps! > >Brandon > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Monday, January 17, 2005 at 11:49 am Posted by Chris Behnke (3 messages posted) Thanks for your feedback. I found the answer was a new CD-RW drive. No matter what I did, even exchanging for another drive (thinking defective). I returned this brand, and bought another (more expensive, of course). Installed it and had no more software issues. Everything reinstalled just fine and has worked since. On Tuesday, December 28, 2004 at 11:04 am, scott wrote: >Are you turning off any services? If so check to see if the DCOM service process >launcher is enabled and started. It was driving me crazy, I disabled the service >on the advice of several security people who told me "you dont need it". I put it >back to automatic and restarted the system and went to install and everything worked >perfect. Hope this helps someone. > >Scott > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Monday, February 28, 2005 at 12:40 am Posted by elezar (1 messages posted) Just wanted to add my experience and solution here... I had also noticed that the service wasn't running, however I wasn't able to start it, on WinXP SP2. Whenever I tried, I'd get an error saying that it hadn't started in a timely manner (After about half a second). I finally set it to automatic, and even though I still couldn't start it manually, once I rebooted, it was started, and I could then install stuff again. I've seen about 200 solutions to this problem, so if you have the problem good luck, and hopefully this solution will be the one that works for you. On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Brandon Bostian wrote: >Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being >installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much >simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. > >I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer >service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! >In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The >process took about five minutes. > >To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative >Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. >Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this >service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. > >I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked >perfectly. I hope this helps! > >Brandon > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at 9:54 pm Posted by Mark (1 messages posted) dcomcnfg Then open services. Find the Windows Installer on that menu (it's alphabetical so It's near the bottom). It'll say "disabled". Right click and open the properties then switch it to Automatic. That should work. On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, August 13, 2005 at 2:26 am Posted by Callie (2 messages posted) Hi, I've been reading through this thread looking for a solution to the same problem mentioned in the beginning. I thought I saw the answer, I was so hopeful! But it didn't work out. I just tried to change the Windows Installer service to 'start'. It wouldn't let me and gave me an error. "Could not start the Windows Installer Service on Local Computer. Error 5: Access is denied." I'll keep browsing through the replies but any help is appreciated. Thanks again. On Monday, November 15, 2004 at 6:29 pm, Edward wrote: > >Brandon! You fixed it! Thank God... I just bought a new printer and I thought I'd >have to take it back. You saved me a lot of time. I'm glad I found this first! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, August 13, 2005 at 3:52 am Posted by stratus (1 messages posted) Wow.. there are many many things that might cause this. It's things like this that really annoy me about windows. I just did a complete re-install of windows xp pro - and started having this problem 1/2 way through re-installing all my programmes. First I tried renaming the files to whatever.old - didn't work Then I tried unregistering and then reregistering msiexec.exe - didn't work Then I tried doing the same thing in safe mode - didn't work Then I tried starting the windows installer service and setting it to automatic from manual - didn't work Then I tried disabeling dcom service process launcher - didn't work Finally.. I un-installed Service Pack 2 .. and Voila! I was able to install anything I liked. it worked! .. it was obviously a fault with the sp2 install. I'm re-installing sp2 now and hopefully it will continue to work. Thanks for all the great hints on this forum! Stratus [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer (Finally fixed for me) Saturday, August 13, 2005 at 3:20 pm Posted by Callie (2 messages posted) You're right, there seems to be so many things that can cause this. After looking here and on Microsoft's knowledge base, I tried a bunch of different things to fix it. After reading your reply, it was the second time I had heard that the install of Service Pack 2 might be faulty. I uninstalled it and things seem to be working right again. Thanks! On Saturday, August 13, 2005 at 3:52 am, stratus wrote: >Wow.. there are many many things that might cause this. It's things like this that >really annoy me about windows. > >I just did a complete re-install of windows xp pro - and started having this problem >1/2 way through re-installing all my programmes. > >First I tried renaming the files to whatever.old - didn't work > >Then I tried unregistering and then reregistering msiexec.exe - didn't work > >Then I tried doing the same thing in safe mode - didn't work > >Then I tried starting the windows installer service and setting it to automatic from >manual - didn't work > >Then I tried disabeling dcom service process launcher - didn't work > > >Finally.. I un-installed Service Pack 2 .. and Voila! I was able to install anything >I liked. it worked! .. it was obviously a fault with the sp2 install. I'm re-installing >sp2 now and hopefully it will continue to work. > >Thanks for all the great hints on this forum! > >Stratus > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Friday, September 16, 2005 at 3:50 pm Posted by Chet Heath (1 messages posted) Bless You and all your genrations that follow - you were right! thanks On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Brandon Bostian wrote: >Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being >installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much >simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. > >I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer >service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! >In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The >process took about five minutes. > >To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative >Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. >Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this >service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. > >I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked >perfectly. I hope this helps! > >Brandon > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:32 pm Posted by ronpop1 (1 messages posted) Dude, followed your instructions and it worked like a charm! I thought I was going to have to reinstall OS. I checked a lot of websites for this answer and yours was by far the clearest, most complete, and easy to follow. THANKS!!!!!!!! On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm, MOSES CLIVE wrote: >On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >>I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >>time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >>accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >>installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > >>Hi !!! >I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. > >*********Edit the Registry************ > >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >regedit > >Click the OK button. >The Registry Editor appears. > >In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > >Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. >Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. >Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. >Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. > >In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. >The Edit String dialog box appears. >Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: >X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V >where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). >If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. >Close the Registry Editor window. >Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer. >When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the >key. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at 6:10 pm Posted by Angela Heaver (3 messages posted) THANK YOU!!! You saved my marriage ;0) This worked a treat and I can get off this computer after 4 weeks of Bllararfffaggh!!! At last I can use my mobile media player and play my sons lego football (most important) THANK YOU again Angela On Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:32 pm, ronpop1 wrote: >Dude, followed your instructions and it worked like a charm! I thought I was going >to have to reinstall OS. I checked a lot of websites for this answer and yours was >by far the clearest, most complete, and easy to follow. THANKS!!!!!!!! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 1:35 pm Posted by SMF (1 messages posted) I had this problem. This was the solution that worked for me. 1. Log on to your computer as an administrator. 2. Click Start, and then click Run. 3. In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK. 4. At the command prompt, typemsiexec.exe /unregister, and then press ENTER. 5. Type msiexec /regserver, and then press ENTER. 6. Verify that the SYSTEM account has full control access permissions to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT hive in the Windows registry. In some cases, you may also have to add Administrator accounts. To do so:Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk. a. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. b. Click the following registry hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT c. On the Edit menu, click Permissions. d. If SYSTEM is not listed in the Group or user names list, click Add, make sure that the local computer name appears in the From this location box, type system in the Enter the object names to select box, click Check Names, and then click OK. e. Click SYSTEM in the Group or user names list, and then select the Full Control check box under Allow in the Permissions for SYSTEM box. f. Click Apply, click OK, and then quit Registry Editor. 7. Restart the computer. If the problem is not resolved, repair Windows XP. For more information about how to repair Windows XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 315341 How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP Article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315353 PS. I just gave permissions to all and then later I will change it back to how it was. On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 11:42 am Posted by camberpete (1 messages posted) re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Monday, February 28, 2005 at 12:40 am Posted by elezar Thanks very much for this - It worked GREAT for XP Pro/Media Centre Thanks everything else I tried did NOT On Monday, February 28, 2005 at 12:40 am, elezar wrote: >Just wanted to add my experience and solution here... I had also noticed that the >service wasn't running, however I wasn't able to start it, on WinXP SP2. Whenever >I tried, I'd get an error saying that it hadn't started in a timely manner (After >about half a second). I finally set it to automatic, and even though I still couldn't >start it manually, once I rebooted, it was started, and I could then install stuff >again. I've seen about 200 solutions to this problem, so if you have the problem >good luck, and hopefully this solution will be the one that works for you. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Monday, January 23, 2006 at 2:49 pm Posted by Reavis (1 messages posted) I have the same problem you described below. Did you find a fix? On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Thursday, January 26, 2006 at 2:48 am Posted by Helmut (1 messages posted) I had the same problem. Followed the tip and "voilà" it works. Thanks a lot. On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm, MOSES CLIVE wrote: >On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >>I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >>time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >>accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >>installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > >>Hi !!! >I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. > >*********Edit the Registry************ > >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >regedit > >Click the OK button. >The Registry Editor appears. > >In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > >Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. >Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. >Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. >Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. > >In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. >The Edit String dialog box appears. >Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: >X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V >where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). >If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. >Close the Registry Editor window. >Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer. >When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the >key. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at 3:51 pm Posted by Martha (2 messages posted) With one modification, I think Mark's answer will work, as mine was set to "manual". Copy " dcomcnfg " , go to Start/Run and paste it into the window and hit Enter. Then follow Mark's instructions below. Thanks Mark--this is a lot safer than editing the registry! On Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at 9:54 pm, Mark wrote: >dcomcnfg > >Then open services. > >Find the Windows Installer on that menu (it's alphabetical so It's near the bottom). >It'll say "disabled". Right click and open the properties then switch it to Automatic. > >That should work. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at 3:57 pm Posted by Martha (2 messages posted) Reavis, check my reply to Mark above, and try his solution. Martha On Monday, January 23, 2006 at 2:49 pm, Reavis wrote: >I have the same problem you described below. Did you find a fix? > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: If /regserver doesn't work Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 1:12 pm Posted by Ezzemo (1 messages posted) Everything was very usefull but if msiexec /regserver displays an error message (that's what happened to me) i suspect is probably due to an error installing or uninstalling a service pack. If you can't register the msiexec, try verifying registry permissions as described here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q319624 in method 4 (described below). -------------------------------- Method 4: Verify the registry permissions 1. Click Start, click Run, then type Regedt32. 2. For each of the registry hives, follow these steps:a. Select the hive. b. For Windows XP, on the Edit menu, click Permissions. For Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4, on the Security menu, click Permissions. 3. Verify that the SYSTEM account has been added and that it has Full control. If it does not, add the SYSTEM account with Full control. ----------------------------------------- That gaved me permissions to register msiexec using the command: msiexec /regserver gudlak :) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, February 18, 2006 at 1:24 pm Posted by Jack (1 messages posted) Hi, I started to do what you was explaining but got stopped at a very early stage. I can't use the Command Prompt. When i type in cmd and the Command Prompt appears, I receive an error message which says 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.com C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate this application.' It gives you two options to choose from, one is 'Close' and the opther is 'Ignore' but even when i choose to ignore it, the Command Promt still closes. Do you have any idea on how I can overcome this problem? Thanks a lot. On Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 1:35 pm, SMF wrote: >I had this problem. This was the solution that worked for me. > >1. Log on to your computer as an administrator. >2. Click Start, and then click Run. >3. In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK. >4. At the command prompt, typemsiexec.exe /unregister, and then press ENTER. >5. Type msiexec /regserver, and then press ENTER. >6. Verify that the SYSTEM account has full control access permissions to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT >hive in the Windows registry. In some cases, you may also have to add Administrator >accounts. To do so:Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry >incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might >require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that >these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk. >a. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. >b. Click the following registry hive: >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT >c. On the Edit menu, click Permissions. >d. If SYSTEM is not listed in the Group or user names list, click Add, make sure >that the local computer name appears in the From this location box, type system in >the Enter the object names to select box, click Check Names, and then click OK. >e. Click SYSTEM in the Group or user names list, and then select the Full Control >check box under Allow in the Permissions for SYSTEM box. >f. Click Apply, click OK, and then quit Registry Editor. >7. Restart the computer. If the problem is not resolved, repair Windows XP. For more >information about how to repair Windows XP, click the following article number to >view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: >315341 How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP > >Article: >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315353 > >PS. I just gave permissions to all and then later I will change it back to how it >was. > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer in win2k?? Is it the same procedure?? Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 3:00 am Posted by Perez Family (1 messages posted) I am having the same problem and have been on this puter for hours trying to fix it. I was really happy to see this thread. i followed all the steps with regedit and went through until i was stumped at the following part: Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File "overview" where is this? when i click on run msiexec.exe a list of parameters appears. Also what do you mean by "register the Msiexec.exe fiile? Please help thank you by the way, i am also having the following problem when i attempt to download spybot.....know anything about this: error 12029 from wininet.dll...........it is an error I get when i get to the installation process. It downloads fine, goes through the motions until I go to install at last step. thank you, any help you give will be extremely appreciated. On Friday, November 21, 2003 at 6:52 am, rahul wrote: >Is the said procedure appl. in case of win2k also..I'm not very free with editing >registry..So afraid, not to end up currupting whole of it. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 8:42 am Posted by Hershel (1 messages posted) I followed all the steps...trying to reinstall and also setting the permissions. However, when I try to run the command msiexec /regserver I get the following message "an event was unable to envoke any of the subscribers" Help I am tearing my hair out here and cannot load anything on my system. Thanks, H On Friday, November 28, 2003 at 9:14 am, Chris Behnke wrote: >I've done that, checked the registry, reregistered the msiexec file. I have even >formated the hard drive and installed windows xp on a clean partition. I still receive >the error when I try to install any program that depends on the win installer that >comes with xp. I am getting desperate. Where before I just couldn't install any new >software, now I can't install my old software, including Office xp, so the computer >is good for games and not much else. >The error I get with office xp is the bootstrapper encountered a problem and has >to close, sorry for the inconvenience; or the installer for the win installer is >missing a .dll file. Hardware seems to work fine. Scanned for viruses also. Help?? >Chris > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: If /regserver doesn't work Monday, April 17, 2006 at 3:32 pm Posted by Jerry Duff (1 messages posted) I too was unable to register msiexec until I did as you suggested in method 4. I had no "system" account in the 1st Key "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT". Once I added that I was able to register msiexec and all is now right with my XP (at least until the next time something goes wrong). I read through a lot of threads and tried lots of "solutions" before I found yours that actually worked. Good job. Now my Installer works as it should. Incidently, my problem started after a failed SP2 installation. I'm gonna stick with SP1 for now. Thank you gudlak for your expertise. jtd ;) On Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 1:12 pm, Ezzemo wrote: >Everything was very usefull but if msiexec /regserver displays an error message (that's >what happened to me) i suspect is probably due to an error installing or uninstalling >a service pack. > >If you can't register the msiexec, try verifying registry permissions as described >here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q319624 > in method 4 (described below). > >-------------------------------- >Method 4: Verify the registry permissions >1. Click Start, click Run, then type Regedt32. >2. For each of the registry hives, follow these steps:a. Select the hive. >b. For Windows XP, on the Edit menu, click Permissions. > >For Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4, on the Security menu, click Permissions. > >3. Verify that the SYSTEM account has been added and that it has Full control. If >it does not, add the SYSTEM account with Full control. > >----------------------------------------- > > >That gaved me permissions to register msiexec using the command: >msiexec /regserver > >gudlak :) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer (easily) Friday, July 14, 2006 at 4:37 am Posted by Josh (1 messages posted) I downloaded and installed the file from the following site and now my installer works fine. http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/wininstallnt.html On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer (easily) Monday, October 9, 2006 at 6:53 am Posted by dpbarry (2 messages posted) Hi Folks.. My problem is not so much the registering of MSIEXE.EXE but the location of where the msiexec.exe file is. It seems that the owner of the computer has a SYSTEM32 folder and a WIN2 folder which appears to be a copy of the SYSTEM32 folder. It seems that the WIN32 folder has become the default 'SYSTEM32' folder and not the original SYSTEM32 folder as per the system setup. When attempting to register MSIEXEC.EXE, an error occurs saying that 'An event was unable to invoke any of the subscribers' Anyone any ideas on what to do here. I don't want to get too involved with this computer as it belongs to a student. IF something goes wrong, I'll be left to clean up the mess. Regards Declan On Friday, July 14, 2006 at 4:37 am, Josh wrote: >I downloaded and installed the file from the following site and now my installer >works fine. >http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/wininstallnt.html > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer (easily) Monday, October 9, 2006 at 7:09 am Posted by dpbarry (2 messages posted) Sorry Folks.. Made a bit of a blooper in my last text. It appears that for some reason, the owner has created a second windows folder called WIN2 inside the original Windows directory so you now have the original Windwos setup then a folder called WIN2 which is now being used as the default 'Windows' Folder. Hope that makes sense Regards Declan On Monday, October 9, 2006 at 6:53 am, dpbarry wrote: > >Hi Folks.. > >My problem is not so much the registering of MSIEXE.EXE but the location of where >the msiexec.exe file is. It seems that the owner of the computer has a SYSTEM32 >folder and a WIN2 folder which appears to be a copy of the SYSTEM32 folder. It seems >that the WIN32 folder has become the default 'SYSTEM32' folder and not the original >SYSTEM32 folder as per the system setup. When attempting to register MSIEXEC.EXE, >an error occurs saying that 'An event was unable to invoke any of the subscribers' > >Anyone any ideas on what to do here. I don't want to get too involved with this >computer as it belongs to a student. IF something goes wrong, I'll be left to clean >up the mess. > >Regards > >Declan > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 12:36 am Posted by Ayana (1 messages posted) THANK YOU!!!! On Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at 9:54 pm, Mark wrote: >dcomcnfg > >Then open services. > >Find the Windows Installer on that menu (it's alphabetical so It's near the bottom). >It'll say "disabled". Right click and open the properties then switch it to Automatic. > >That should work. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer (easily) Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 2:07 pm Posted by Joseph B Cohen (1 messages posted) Folks - it is just this simple: 1) START--->RUN--->type in 'msconfig' and hit enter. Select the 'Services' tab and ensure that service 'Windows Installer' is checked. Check it if needed. 2) Start up Windows Services (via Control Panel and check for Windows Installer and start it if it is not started. You might need to edit it. Double click on the entry and modify as needed. THIS IS AS EASY AS following instructions On Monday, October 9, 2006 at 7:09 am, dpbarry wrote: >Sorry Folks.. > >Made a bit of a blooper in my last text. It appears that for some reason, the owner >has created a second windows folder called WIN2 inside the original Windows directory >so you now have the original Windwos setup then a folder called WIN2 which is now >being used as the default 'Windows' Folder. > >Hope that makes sense > >Regards > >Declan > > > :) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 4:19 pm Posted by J Ryan (1 messages posted) Moses, thank you so much for your posting. It helped me to resolve a whole host of problems. I might add that your instructions were very analyitical and easy enough for a novice to follow. Excellent job! Shame on Microsoft for not writing a script of some description to tell you how to solve these errors...not just flashing an error message in your face! Thanks again. On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm, MOSES CLIVE wrote: >On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >>I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >>time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >>accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >>installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > >>Hi !!! >I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. > >*********Edit the Registry************ > >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >regedit > >Click the OK button. >The Registry Editor appears. > >In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > >Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. >Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. >Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. >Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. > >In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. >The Edit String dialog box appears. >Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: >X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V >where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). >If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. >Close the Registry Editor window. >Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer. >When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the >key. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 6:58 pm Posted by meredith (1 messages posted) thank you so very, very, very much for having these instructions on the internet. i can't even begin to tell you how freaking happy i am to have finally fixed my windows installer. i've been living without it for a year or so now, and i couldn't install iTunes so i couldn't even get any kind of mp3 player, but thanks to your wonderful instructions, i've happily installed iTunes. seriously. thank you so much. On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm, MOSES CLIVE wrote: >On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >>I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >>time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >>accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >>installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > >>Hi !!! >I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. > >*********Edit the Registry************ > >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >regedit > >Click the OK button. >The Registry Editor appears. > >In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > >Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. >Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. >Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. >Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. > >In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. >The Edit String dialog box appears. >Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: >X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V >where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). >If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. >Close the Registry Editor window. >Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer. >When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the >key. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 4:52 am Posted by stick (2 messages posted) Tried that and computer said an event was unable to inoke any of th subscribers On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm, MOSES CLIVE wrote: >On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >>I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >>time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >>accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >>installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > >>Hi !!! >I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. > >*********Edit the Registry************ > >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >regedit > >Click the OK button. >The Registry Editor appears. > >In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > >Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. >Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. >Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. >Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. > >In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. >The Edit String dialog box appears. >Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: >X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V >where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). >If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. >Close the Registry Editor window. >Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer. >When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the >key. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Monday, February 5, 2007 at 3:27 pm Posted by Adrian (1 messages posted) Ryan, I don't know if you could solve these problem but the only thing I have to say is I had the same issue and after I probe all the solutions listed in these forum that alert disappeared when I shut down my firewall (ZoneAlarm firewall). Hope you solved the problem. Regads, Adrián. On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 8:53 am Posted by Jocke (1 messages posted) Ok, i followed the guide, a and i have a swedish computer so its a little hard. I lost you on: Return to Overview-------------- Register the Msiexec.exe, now HOW do i register Msiexec.exe ?! And whats overview (as i said, i'm swedish) Also its C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe(space)/V or just C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe/V without space. On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm, MOSES CLIVE wrote: >On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >>I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >>time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >>accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >>installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > >>Hi !!! >I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. > >*********Edit the Registry************ > >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >regedit > >Click the OK button. >The Registry Editor appears. > >In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > >Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. >Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. >Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. >Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. > >In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. >The Edit String dialog box appears. >Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: >X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V >where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). >If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. >Close the Registry Editor window. >Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer. >When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the >key. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer (easily) Monday, April 16, 2007 at 2:05 pm Posted by Steven (3 messages posted) There is no Windows Services in my Control Panel. I was able to run Installer from Admin Tools > Services but that did not prove successful, nor did it stop the errors. Still seeking a solution. Thanks. On Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 2:07 pm, Joseph B Cohen wrote: > >Folks - it is just this simple: 1) START--->RUN--->type in 'msconfig' and hit enter. >Select the 'Services' tab and ensure that service 'Windows Installer' is checked. >Check it if needed. >2) Start up Windows Services (via Control Panel and check for Windows Installer and >start it if it is not started. You might need to edit it. Double click on the entry >and modify as needed. >THIS IS AS EASY AS following instructions > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 4:38 am Posted by durrri (2 messages posted) gentlemen, Microsoft has dedicated a support article for this issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319624 hope that helps (me ;p) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 5:57 am Posted by durrri (2 messages posted) sorry, wrong reference in the previous post. the correct microsoft article applicable to Win XP is: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315353/en-us [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 4:16 am Posted by Ben (1 messages posted) I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO Register the Msiexec.exe File PLZ HELP !:) On Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:32 pm, ronpop1 wrote: >Dude, followed your instructions and it worked like a charm! I thought I was going >to have to reinstall OS. I checked a lot of websites for this answer and yours was >by far the clearest, most complete, and easy to follow. THANKS!!!!!!!! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer in win2k?? Please tell me how to register the Msiexec.exe Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 10:01 pm Posted by Error (1 messages posted) hey no need to be confused by that all they are saying is to close the regedit box so you are looking at your desktop again...then to restart and finish up with the last part of what to do but before restarting i suggest that you add this page to your favorites On Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 10:14 pm, Habib wrote: > >hi!! >i have read the whole procedure but just confused in the part where it says ."Return >to overview. Then register the Msiexec.exe file." > >i will really appreciate if u give me a detailed information on how to stop this >windows installer problem step by step. Thank you.. > >habib hey no need to be confused by that all they are saying is to close the regedit box so you are looking at your desktop again...then to restart and finish up with the last part of what to do but before restarting i suggest that you add this page to your favorites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 3:46 pm Posted by Impatience (1 messages posted) This works for XP Pro also. On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Brandon Bostian wrote: >Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being >installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much >simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. > >I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer >service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! >In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The >process took about five minutes. > >To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative >Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. >Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this >service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. > >I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked >perfectly. I hope this helps! > >Brandon > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 6:28 pm Posted by laz305 (1 messages posted) i followed the steps but I don't have an MSI file. What do I do plz? On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm, MOSES CLIVE wrote: >On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >>I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >>time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >>accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >>installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > >>Hi !!! >I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. > >*********Edit the Registry************ > >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >regedit > >Click the OK button. >The Registry Editor appears. > >In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > >Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. >Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. >Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. >Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. > >In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. >The Edit String dialog box appears. >Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: >X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V >where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). >If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. >Close the Registry Editor window. >Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer. >When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the >key. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 1:42 pm Posted by Richard Borthwick (1 messages posted) I have the same problem desribed here with Windows Installer not being properly installed. I have followed your steps down to 'close registry editor' but then when it says 'return to overview and register the Msiexec file' I don't know how to do that so it hasn't worked. Any further help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 8:30 pm, MOSES CLIVE wrote: >On Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 7:58 pm, Ryan Mirk wrote: >>I have a question about properly installing windows installer, because most of the >>time when i want to download something it says the windows installer could not be >>accessed. "This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows >>installer is not correctly installed". And my computer is not in safe mode. > >>Hi !!! >I have a solution for the error, try these steps. carefully and dont miss out any. > >*********Edit the Registry************ > >Click the Start button. >Click Run. >The Run window appears. >In the Open: field, type: >regedit > >Click the OK button. >The Registry Editor appears. > >In the left pane, click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > >Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM. >Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet. >Click the plus sign (+) next to Services. >Click the plus sign (+) next to MSIServer. > >In the right pane, double-click ImagePath. >The Edit String dialog box appears. >Verify that the Value data box contains the following value: >X:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe /V >where X is the drive where Windows is installed (usually the C: drive). >If applicable, type the correct value and click the OK button. >Close the Registry Editor window. >Return to Overview >---------------------------------------------------------- >Register the Msiexec.exe File >Shut down your computer. >Restart your computer. >When you see the Please select the operating system to start message, press the >key. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 7:40 am Posted by Bala (1 messages posted) Thanks you so much for teh link. the MSDN support link that you gave helped resolve my issue. Thanks a Ton. :) On Friday, February 6, 2004 at 4:37 pm, Keith wrote: >You may need to tweak dcom. At run type dcomcnfg, select default properties tab, >set boxes to Identify and Connect. Sometimes it seems these get changed by something >- I had the same prob and it worked fine. No need to reinstall SP3 as according to >Microsoft support >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q319624 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum