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Article Number: 000151825

How to Enable Windows Installer in Safe Mode

Summary: This article provides information on Windows Installer under Safe Mode

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Article Content

Symptoms

Windows Installer will not work under Safe Mode, this means that programs cannot be installed or uninstalled in safe mode without giving a specific command using msiexec in command prompt. 

Cause

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Resolution

1. To make Windows Installer work under safe mode, you need to create a registry entry for every type of safe mode you are logged in to. Safe Mode.
2. Type this in a command prompt: REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\MSIServer" /VE /T REG_SZ /F /D "Service"   and then
3. net start msiserver   This will start the Windows Installer Service.

This is in reference of http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/windows-installer-safe-mode


Article Properties

Affected Product

Microsoft Windows 2008 Server R2

Last Published Date

04 Mar 2021

Version

4

Article Type

Solution

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