Kirbster Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Whenever i try to install anything that uses windows installer I get the following error message "The windows installer could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode (which I'm not) or if the windows installer is not correctly installed (which it was until this problem started occurring).Contact your support personnel for assistance"So here I am asking for your assistance!!!How do i re-install the windows installer?Please tell me it's easy to do!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Operating system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirbster Posted October 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 sorry, XP Home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Go to start, run, type: services.msc then click OKFind "Windows Installer" , right click and click StartNow try to install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirbster Posted October 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 1 minor problem... its not on the list??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Have another look, if you are certain it is not there.http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;315353Click the above, although it talks about installing Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP it should fix the windows installer.Backup your documents first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirbster Posted October 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 fantastic, problem solved.Thankyou powerless :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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