{"id":957,"date":"2012-09-21T06:17:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T06:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techsupport.relyonsoft.in\/?p=957"},"modified":"2014-04-23T10:38:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T10:38:48","slug":"this-installation-package-could-not-be-opened-contact-the-application-vendor-to-verify-that-this-is-a-valid-windows-installer-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/this-installation-package-could-not-be-opened-contact-the-application-vendor-to-verify-that-this-is-a-valid-windows-installer-package\/","title":{"rendered":"This installation package could not be opened. Contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid windows installer package."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Error:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This installation package could not be opened. Contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid windows installer package.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snapshot:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techsupport.relyonsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WindowsInstallerErr2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-958\" title=\"WindowsInstallerErr2\" src=\"http:\/\/techsupport.relyonsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WindowsInstallerErr2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WindowsInstallerErr2.jpg 366w, https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/WindowsInstallerErr2-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Causes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It may be due to increasingly restrictive security settings or antivirus application settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The MSI file did not download completely, which resulted in an invalid file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The version of Windows Installer on the client&#8217;s machine is out of date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The .msi he has could be corrupted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Solution 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MSI installation package has been corrupted during the download. You will need to re-download.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Re-register Windows Installer. To do this, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p>1. On the &#8220;Start&#8221; menu, click &#8220;Run:.<\/p>\n<p>2. In the &#8220;Open&#8221; box, type &#8220;msiexec \/unregister&#8221;, and then press ENTER.<\/p>\n<p>3. On the &#8220;Start&#8221; menu, click &#8220;Run&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>4. In the &#8220;Open&#8221; box, type &#8220;msiexec \/regserver&#8221;, and then press ENTER.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copy the setup to desktop or any drive and run the setup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right click on the .msi file and select properties. There will be a button near the bottom of the dialog Unblock. Click this and try running the files again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution 5:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Try running\u00a0<em>sfc \/scannow<\/em>\u00a0from your command prompt to check for and repair any system files or registry issues.<\/p>\n<p>Open command prompt type sfc \/scannow and click enter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Error: This installation package could not be opened. Contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid windows installer package. Snapshot: Causes: It may be due to increasingly restrictive security settings or antivirus application settings. The MSI file did not download completely, which resulted in an invalid file. The version of Windows Installer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relyonsoft.in\/techsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}