How can I install the windows installer 5.0?

Anonymous
2010-10-13T23:30:38+00:00

Original Title: I have Microsoft Windows 7 though the windows installer is not working correctly. How can I install the windows installer 5.0 or ensure it is working?

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Anonymous
2010-10-14T13:48:00+00:00

Hi mrclean85,

  1. What is the issue with Windows Installer?
  2. Do you have any issues installing any program?
  3. Do you get any error message related to Windows Installer?

We cannot install Windows Installer 5.0 as it is the default version in Windows 7. If you can provide us more details about the issue, then we can assist you better.

If Windows Installer is malfunctioning, then try to Unregister Windows Installer, and then reregister Windows Installer. To do this, follow these steps:

a. Click Start, type cmd, right click cmd and click run as administrator.

b. On the command prompt, type "msiexec /unreg" and then press ENTER.

c. On the command prompt, type "msiexec /regserver" and then press ENTER.

d. Check the difference.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-10-03T01:32:37+00:00

    Did you ever get or find the windows installer 5.0?  I have a very similar issue.. tried a lot of things so far.. I have the w7 cd but not cab files like in the older versions and I don't know where it is exacted from..

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-10-03T01:42:01+00:00

    Tried  all of this do you know where on the cd I can exact it from w7 pro cd or download it from?

     I have done a lot including take ownership of trusted installer and then renaming the msiexec.exe

    msi.dll and msihnd.dll tried various websites from previous versions then and unreg and registering it.

    Now after tring various things when I try to start it I get

    "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-10-03T03:18:37+00:00

    No I never found an installer 5.0. It doesn't exist. 

    What I ended up having to do was save everything I absolutely needed on a disc.  I then got someone to hook me up with what is basically a starter disc. It is the disc the factory sends with the laptop. So I basically had to erase everything and reboot it and start my computer from scratch.

    It sucked big time and pissed me off. This of course created a whole other problem on my computer that I am dealing with since it apparently was downloaded improperly.

    Someone tell me again why we have computers?!?

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-12-21T05:55:25+00:00

    do you have a link to who you talked to as a microsoft tech?

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