Fix Windows Installer Access Denied Error

Fix Windows Installer Access Denied Error: If you are facing the error message “Access Denied” while trying to install a new program on Windows 10 or if you’re facing Msiexec.exe Access is Denied Error then you are at the right place as today we are going to fix this issue. The main cause of the error seems to corrupted or damaged Windows Installer files.

When you try to install or uninstall programs from Windows 10, you may get any one of the following warning messages:

ʻAʻole hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ka Windows Installer Service
Windows Installer Service couldn’t be started
Could not start the Windows Installer service on Local Computer. Error 5: Access is denied.

In order to fix the underlying cause of this problem, we need to re-register Windows Installer files or sometimes by simply restarting Windows Installer services seems to fix the issue. So without wasting any time let’s see how to actually Fix Windows Installer Access Denied Error with the help of the below-listed guide.

Fix Windows Installer Access Denied Error

E hōʻoia i ka hana ʻana i kahi hoʻihoʻi, inā paha e hewa kekahi mea.

Method 1: Restart Windows Installer Service

1.Press Windows Key + R a laila e kikokiko services.msc a hoʻokomo i kahi komo.

2. Huli lawelawe ʻo Windows Installer a laila kaomi ʻākau a koho Waiwai.

3.Click Ka hoʻomaka ' if the service is not already running.

4.If the service is already running then right-click and select E hoʻomaka hou.

5.Again try to install the program which was giving access denied error.

Method 2: Re-register Windows Installer

1. E kaomi Windows Key + X a laila koho ʻO ke kauoha kauoha (Admin).

2. Kākau i kēia kauoha i loko o ka cmd a kaomi iā Enter:

msiexec /unreg

msiexec / regserver

3. E hoʻomaka hou i kāu PC e mālama i nā loli.

4.If the issue is not resolved then press Windows key + R then type the following and hit Enter:

%windir%system32

5.Locate the Msiexec.exe file then note down the exact address of the file which would be something like this:

C:WINDOWSsystem32Msiexec.exe

6.Press Windows Key + R a laila e kikokiko regedit a kaomi iā Enter e wehe i ka Luna Hoʻoponopono.

7. E hoʻokele i kēia kī hoʻopaʻa inoa:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMSIServer

8. Koho MSIServer a laila ma ka puka aniani ʻākau e kaomi pālua ImagePath.

9.Now type the location of the Msiexec.exe file which you noted above in the value data field followed by “/V” and the whole thing would look like:

C:WINDOWSsystem32Msiexec.exe /V

10.Boot your PC into safe mode using any of the methods listed here.

11. E kaomi Windows Key + X a laila koho ʻO ke kauoha kauoha (Admin).

12.Type the following command and hit Enter:

msiexec / regserver

%windir%Syswow64Msiexec /regserver

13.Close everything and boot your PC normally. See if you’re able to Fix Windows Installer Access Denied Error, inā ʻaʻole a laila e hoʻomau i ke ʻano aʻe.

Method 3: Reset the Windows Installer Service

1.Open Notepad then copy & paste the following as it is:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesmsiserver]
"DisplayName"="@%SystemRoot%system32msimsg.dll,-27"
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,
74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,
00,73,00,69,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,56,00,00,00
"Description"="@%SystemRoot%system32msimsg.dll,-32"
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Start"=dword:00000003
"Type"=dword:00000010
"DependOnService"=hex(7):72,00,70,00,63,00,73,00,73,00,00,00,00,00
"ServiceSidType"=dword:00000001
"RequiredPrivileges"=hex(7):53,00,65,00,54,00,63,00,62,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,
00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,43,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,
74,00,65,00,50,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,66,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,50,00,72,00,69,
00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,4c,00,6f,00,63,00,
6b,00,4d,00,65,00,6d,00,6f,00,72,00,79,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,
00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,49,00,6e,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,
73,00,65,00,42,00,61,00,73,00,65,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,74,
00,79,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,
65,00,43,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,50,00,65,00,72,00,6d,00,61,00,6e,
00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,
00,00,53,00,65,00,41,00,75,00,64,00,69,00,74,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,
00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,53,00,65,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,
69,00,74,00,79,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,
00,53,00,65,00,43,00,68,00,61,00,6e,00,67,00,65,00,4e,00,6f,00,74,00,69,00,
66,00,79,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,
00,65,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,66,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,53,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,
6c,00,65,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,
00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,49,00,6d,00,70,00,65,00,
72,00,73,00,6f,00,6e,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,
00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,43,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,
47,00,6c,00,6f,00,62,00,61,00,6c,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,
00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,41,00,73,00,73,00,69,00,67,00,6e,00,50,00,
72,00,69,00,6d,00,61,00,72,00,79,00,54,00,6f,00,6b,00,65,00,6e,00,50,00,72,
00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,52,00,65,00,
73,00,74,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,
00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,49,00,6e,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,73,00,65,00,
51,00,75,00,6f,00,74,00,61,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,
00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,53,00,68,00,75,00,74,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,6e,00,
50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,54,
00,61,00,6b,00,65,00,4f,00,77,00,6e,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,68,00,69,00,70,00,
50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,4c,
00,6f,00,61,00,64,00,44,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,65,00,72,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,
76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,00,00
"FailureActions"=hex:84,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,14,00,00,
00,01,00,00,00,c0,d4,01,00,01,00,00,00,e0,93,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesmsiserverEnum]
"0"="RootLEGACY_MSISERVER000"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001

2.Now from Notepad menu click File a laila kaomi Mālama ʻo As.

3. Mai ka E mālama i ʻano koho koho Nā waihona a pau.

4. E inoa i ka faila me MSIrepair.reg (reg extension is very important).

5.Navigate to desktop or where you want to save the file and then click E mālama.

6.Now right-click on the MSI repair.reg file and select E holo i hoʻonohonoho.

7. E hoʻomaka hou i kāu PC e mālama i nā loli a ʻike inā hiki iā ʻoe Fix Windows Installer Access Denied Error.

Method 4: Reinstall Windows Installer

'Ōlelo Aʻo: Only Applied to earlier version of Windows

1. E kaomi Windows Key + X a laila koho ʻO ke kauoha kauoha (Admin).

2. E hoʻokomo i kēia kauoha i loko o ka cmd a kaomi iā Enter ma hope o kēlā me kēia:

cd %windir%system32
attrib -r -s -h dllcache
ren msi.dll msi.old
ren msiexec.exe msiexec.old
ren msihnd.dll msihnd.old
exit

3.Reboot your PC and then download the Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable from Microsoft website here.

4.Install the Redistributable package and then reboot your PC.

haawiia:

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