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.msi install problem and an apparent fix

Posted: August 18th, 2020, 12:57 pm
by Charles2
The last several updates gave me an install problems, after Microsoft pushed my Windows 10 from 1903 to 2004. The screenshot shows the report of failure. At first I could just start the .msi file again, and it would work. I might need two tries.

Then it would not work after half a dozen tries. I stumbled upon a procedure that worked:

Open Windows Task Manager, go to the Services tab, find msiserver, right-click, and Restart. Then launch the .msi file.

The bug is almost surely in Microsoft code. I report it in case other users have the same problem.