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:

Windows Installer Service ha e fumanehe
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

Etsa bonnete ba hore u theha sebaka sa ho tsosolosa, feela haeba ho na le ntho e sa tsamaeeng hantle.

Method 1: Restart Windows Installer Service

1.Tobetsa Windows Key + R ebe o thaepa services.msc ebe o otla Enter.

2.Fumana Tšebeletso ea Windows Installer ebe o tobetsa ho eona ka ho le letona ebe u khetha Matlo.

3.Cholela ho Qala if the service is not already running.

4.If the service is already running then right-click and select Qala hape.

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

Method 2: Re-register Windows Installer

1.Tobetsa Windows Key + X ebe u khetha Laola ka potlako (Admin).

2.Ngola taelo e latelang ho cmd ebe o otla Enter:

msiexec /unreg

msiexec / regserver

3.Reboot PC ea hau ho boloka liphetoho.

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.Tobetsa Windows Key + R ebe o thaepa regedit ebe o otla Enter ho bula Registry Editor.

7. Eya ho senotlolo se latelang sa ngoliso:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMSIServer

8 MISserver ebe o tobetsa habeli fensetereng e ka letsohong le letona 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.Tobetsa Windows Key + X ebe u khetha Laola ka potlako (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, haeba ho se joalo tsoela pele ka mokhoa o latelang.

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 faele ebe o tobetsa Boloka As.

3.Ho tsoa ho Boloka joalo thaepa khetha ea ho theoha Lifaele Tsohle.

4.Naha faele joalo ka MSIrepair.reg (reg extension is very important).

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

6.Now right-click on the MSI repair.reg file and select Matha e le Mookameli.

7.Reboot PC hao ho boloka liphetoho le ho bona hore na u khona ho Fix Windows Installer Access Denied Error.

Method 4: Reinstall Windows Installer

Hlokomela: Only Applied to earlier version of Windows

1.Tobetsa Windows Key + X ebe u khetha Laola ka potlako (Admin).

2.Ngola taelo e latelang ho cmd ebe o otla Enter ka mor'a e 'ngoe le e 'ngoe:

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.

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