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Windows Installer does not work

I Have Microsoft The windows Installer Service could not be accsees
Thisa can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode
or if the windows Installer is not correctely installed

Contact your support personal for assistanse
[Version 5.1.2600]
Right now when I tried do install Itune 10.5 I have a message:

"The windows Installer Service could not be accsees
Thisa can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode
or if the windows Installer is not correctely installed
Contact your support personal for assistanse
"
in Services I see Windows Installer installed with followed path
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /VI can run it in cmd window

Please help me to fix the situation

Ashok Dewan

RESTART WINDOWS INSTALLER SERVICE

1. Click START
2. Type 'cmd' (without quotes). Right click the result (there should only be one)
and select 'Run as Administrator'

** Close out of any open programs before moving to the following steps

3. In command prompt, type 'msiexec /unregister' (without quotes and with a space between msiexec and /unregister)
4. Press enter
5. Type 'msiexec /regserver' (without quotes and with a space between msiexec and /regserver)
6. Press enter
7. Type 'net stop msiserver' (without quotes and with spaces between net and stop {and} stop and msiserver)
8. Press enter
9. Type 'net start msiserver' (without quotes and with spaces between net and start {and} stop and msiserver)

senad

you cant use windows installer in safe mode as far as I know.

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Yampolka

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I found the solution http://www.windowsanswers.net/articles/windows-installer-fixes
The cause was that Windows installer w 3.5 .
To fix it I downloaded windows installer 4,5 and it works now