Repair Windows Installer Service in Vista (All Versions)

External Since: Jul 09, 2008 Posts: 1

system001;768115 Wrote:
> REPAIR WINDOWS INSTALLER SERVICE IN VISTA (ALL VERSIONS)[/B]
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> FOR ALL THOSE UNFORTUNATE SOULS SEARCHING AND GOOGLING FOR HOW TO
> REPAIR THE WINDOWS INSTALLER SERVICE, I HAVE SOME INFO FOR YOU. A COUPLE
> DAYS AGO I TRIED TO UNINSTALL ONE OF MY APPS AND STALLED ON AN ERROR
> \"WINDOWS INSTALLER SERVICE CANNOT BE ACCESSED\". AFTER MANY TRIALS AND
> ERRORS TRYING TO FIX THIS ISSUE I STUMBLED UPON A NEW FIX FOR THIS ISSUE
> THAT HAS WORKED IN ALL THESE SITUATIONS WHERE THE WINDOWS INSTALLER
> SERVICE WILL NOT MANUALLY START, AND IN ESSENCE NOT ALLOW INSTALL OR
> UNINSTALL TASKS TO COMPLETE.
>
> _*HERE'S_THE_EASY_STEPS:*_
>
> 1. GO TO A WINDOWS VISTA*(ANY VERSION)* COMPUTER THAT HAS THE WINDOWS
> INSTALLER SERVICE RUNNING CORRECTLY AND RUN
> REGEDIT*(START-RUN-REGEDIT)*.
> 2. GO TO THE LOCATION
> *HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES\MSISERVER
> 3. Right click on this key and select "Export" and save the key to a
> Flash Drive or other.
> 4. Double click saved .reg file from working machine and import
> registry settings into damaged Vista computer.
> 6. You may need to go back into services after the import and start the
> Windows Installer service and set it to automatic.
> 7. If you can't get your own reg key from a friend running Vista then
> you could try and use the "clean reg key I used" download here:
> [B]'Free file hosting by Savefile.com'
> (http://www.savefile.com/files/1315653)*
>
> If you have success with this method please post this fix around the
> WWW as I went through over 1000 links with users having the same problem
> and not being able to solve it. Shame on Microsoft, very sloppy. It
> would have been so nice if Microsoft released Windows Installer 4.0 as a
> standalone installation with Vista's release so I could have repaired
> it, most users have been doing fresh installs to fix this.
> Mad

*_Get_your_act_together_Microsoft!!!!_* Mad

>
> THE CAT / GLENHITCH / SYSTEM001 : UPDATED 07/05/2008-3:40 P.M. PST
>

I tried this solution with your "clean reg key" and the problem was not
fixed. Services shows installer is started and that it is set to
automatic. However, if i try to uninstall Adobe Reader for example I get
that message that the windows installer cannot be accessed. Will I have
to reinstall Vista Home Premium 32bit to fix this? I can install and
remove other programs I presume because they don't use the Windows
Installer.

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patp1946

External Since: Jul 05, 2008 Posts: 5

then please default to cats original post.

1. Go to a Windows Vista*(any version)* computer that has the Windows
Installer service running correctly and run
regedit*(start-run-regedit)*.
2. Go to the location
*HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\msiserver*
3. Right click on this key and select "Export" and save the key to a
Flash Drive or other.
4. Double click saved .reg file from working machine and import
registry settings into damaged Vista computer.
6. You may need to go back into services after the import and start
the Windows Installer service and set it to automatic.
7. You may need to restart the machine and then try an install or
uninstall and check that the service did start and that it is set to
automatic.

i did not try the .reg key download.
i got my copy of the key from my roommates computer.

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system001