Somewhere some software install must have died. Now when I try to install software, I get popup message from the Windows Installer saying 'Another program is being installed. Please wait until that installation is complete, and then try installing this software again. Ben Cantelon Everything In Color Zip Lock here. ' A search on serverfault brings up 'Windows Installer Cleanup Tool' which Microsoft has stopped supporting. Another search lead me to WiseFixer which wants $50 to fix my computer. I don't mind paying some money to fix my computer but I no longer trust things I find via most product review sites or web searches.

On this page you will find a full installation guide for PinguyOS 12.04 LTS. At the bottom of this page there is also a download button which allows you to. How to deal with 'another msi installation already in progress' when all others hints didn't work: In the registry, the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Installer InProgress will point to a file located under the C: Windows Installer directory with an IPI extension.

Why I try to install any program I see 'Another installation is in progress. You must complete that installation before continuing this one.' Googled the web and found that solution would be to delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Installer InProgress registry key and reboot. That didn't help me unfortunately.

When I open 'Services' mmc snapin it shows that 'Windows Installer' service is 'Started', but 'Start/Stop/Pause/Restart' buttons are grayed (the interesting thing is that startup type = 'Manual', so I don't really know how to explain that I already have 2 instances of msiexec.exe in memory and one instance is consuming 50Mb of memory. Looks like there's a serious issue with my installer service - is there any way to fix it (please do mind - I can't install anything!) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Go grab the from. You should be able to see the msiexec.exe service running, and if something is in the middle of installing you should see other msiexec.exe children processes. It would be best to allow them to finish, and maybe try to squeak your install in between. I have seen it before where the.NET Runtime Optimization Service is constantly firing off ngen.exe using the installer service to generate optimized.net assemblies and never allows the installer to use anything else. You can try stopping that service to see if it makes a difference.