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
    2012-10-19T12:13:07+00:00

    is there any way to download the windows 7 installer with out the d.v.d i dont have one and my lap top keeps on telling me i need to reinstall my windows installer because they cant find it when i try to install any thing

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-10-13T14:24:28+00:00

    Try going to this link hope it helps www.**winhelponline.com**/     

    Start the Windows Installer service

    1. Click Start, type Services.msc and press {ENTER}
    2. Double-click Windows Installer
    3. Set the Startup type of Windows Installer to Manual
    4. Click Start to start the service. Note down the error message if any.
    5. Click OK.

    Windows Installer Registry Fix

    If the above steps do not help or if the Windows Installer service is not listed in the Services applet, follow these steps:

    1. Download msiserver.zip and save it to Desktop.
    2. Unzip the file and extract msiserver.reg to the Desktop.
    3. Right-click msiserver.reg and choose Merge.
    4. Click Yes when asked for confirmation.
    5. Restart Windows.

    I followed your instructions and it actually got past the starting windows install without the error message, which is good. But...... now it's giving me a message saying The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavaiiable. Click okay to try again, or an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package "SinglImagWW.msi in th box below"..Now I;m lost again, please help. We are almost there....

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-10-04T16:43:31+00:00

    Try going to this link hope it helps www.**winhelponline.com**/     

    Start the Windows Installer service

    1. Click Start, type Services.msc and press {ENTER}
    2. Double-click Windows Installer
    3. Set the Startup type of Windows Installer to Manual
    4. Click Start to start the service. Note down the error message if any.
    5. Click OK.

    Windows Installer Registry Fix

    If the above steps do not help or if the Windows Installer service is not listed in the Services applet, follow these steps:

    1. Download msiserver.zip and save it to Desktop.
    2. Unzip the file and extract msiserver.reg to the Desktop.
    3. Right-click msiserver.reg and choose Merge.
    4. Click Yes when asked for confirmation.
    5. Restart Windows.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-09-30T04:11:24+00:00

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