Need to Reinstall Windows Installer in Windows 7

Anonymous
2010-07-08T18:50:26+00:00

HI I NEED TO REINSTALL WINDOWS INSTALLER ON WINDOWS 7 BUT I CANNOT FIND A DOWNLOAD FOR IT  .I SEE FIXES FOR VISTA XP ETC BUT NOTHING FOR 7

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Anonymous
2010-07-08T19:28:47+00:00

Click Start

Type: CMD, from the results, right click CMD

Click 'Run as Administrator'

At the Command Prompt, type: sfc/scannow

This will check for any integrity violations

Restart your system

  1. Insert the Windows 7 DVD
  2. Restart your computer
  3. When asked if you want to boot from your DVD drive, do so.
  4. Choose your language, click Next.
  5. Click 'Repair your computer'
  6. Select operating system you want to repair.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-03-21T23:18:52+00:00

    I followed your instructions on how to repair Windows Installer but it didnt work. I still get the same error "cant connect to "e:/\pictures"...this has both slashes and can see that there is no such directory but i need to remove this step so that the installer works. I get this error message when trying to install 2 different programs (Adobe Reader and Cyberlink YouCam). I did not find all the places you mentioned in the Regedit stage.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-02-26T09:09:30+00:00

    Hi Marilyn,

    Many thanks for your detailed instructions for repairing windows installer.

    where you say : 'Scroll to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress', when i get to the \in progress folder of the reg key, i do not see it, all i have is

    Please could you advise me further on repairing windows installer.

    Best regards

    Marc

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-02-18T18:55:41+00:00

    I am sorry to report that none of the above solutions helped me to get the installer working again. Right now I am therefore unable to install iTunes to initiate my new iPhone, and I am not able to install the new citrix client, which I need to be able to work from home. Please help.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-03-04T16:24:30+00:00

    You're welcome.

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