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Summary: If you get the "Window Installer, Preparing to install" each time you boot Windows, there are a couple of resources to check out.
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Why do I get "Window Installer, Preparing to install" each time I boot Windows? |
In a nutshell, it depends. Typically it's an artifact from a previous install that didn't complete. But there are a couple of resources that might help:
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How do I stop Windows Installer from loading? is a thread out on the Annoyances.org discussion board that covers the topic. Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application is a related article, also on Annoyances.org.
Related:
What's all this stuff running after I boot Windows? When you start Windows, many programs start automatically as well. It can be difficult to identify everything and whether or not they're all neccessary.
Article C2094 - July 3, 2004
Every time I opened Outlook I was always getting the annoying message "Window Installer, Preparing to install". In the registry I removed the add-ins of Outlook at the following registry key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins]. They were 3 and I removed all of them and It works. Thank you very much for the recipe.
Posted by: Guy Carignan at March 30, 2008 12:38 PMThanks so much for my help, now I have got rid of the problem "windows installer,preparing to install...." , which was started after installing Windows XP in my comptuer.I downloaded the "Windows Installer Cleanup Utility package" from microsoft. just run the package and remove from list. It works.....trust me.
Posted by: Zeshan at May 17, 2008 6:24 AMI downloaded and installed a software from microsoft "Windows Install Clean Up". As others have written, this software removed in incomplete and corrupted installation I must have had. I removed all installers using the program and my "windows Installer" "Preparing to Install" error is gone. Finally!!! Thank you everyone for posting solutions.
Posted by: Don at May 25, 2008 9:41 AMI fixed this with
http://www.openoffice.org/
click this for the default when you install.
it is great. fast load. works really, really good
Posted by: Neil Shotton at June 20, 2008 1:33 PMFor all those having this issue with office 2007, despite the fact that you use Windows Install Clean Up and reinstall office several times, here is a clean solution.
Check this out:
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.office.setup/browse_thread/thread/ba54b2457f1a2e32/?hl=en#
Answer is given by kimwind... on 15 May 2007
Before finding this answer, I had solved Word & powerpoint issues by fixing manually the registry (permission rights on HKCR/.pip) but I was still struggling with Excel and the stdole32.tlb message.
I used Process Monitor without any success (great tool that I highly recommend anyway: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx).
The script given by kimwind fixed it straight away (after 10 minutes execution, be patient, it is worthy and do not worry about the few registry entries that cannot be changed).
Good luck and thank you Kimwind!
Posted by: Renaud at August 1, 2008 4:34 AMfixed the problem. open regedit goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pip\ and change the permissions
SYSTEMS = Full COntrol
ADMINISTRATORS = Full Control
Everyone = Read
This one worked.
Posted by: KiLLeRKaMaTiS at January 7, 2009 2:12 AMTo fix the problem;
"Windows Installer Preparing to Install" do the following;
Start - Run - type "services.msc"
Scroll down to Windows installer and double click on Windows installer.
This brings up "Windows installer properties" change from "Manual" to "Disable", for the "Path to executable:" and apply.
Restart computer.
No more annoying errors, finally!!!
Posted by: Justin at March 16, 2009 5:59 AMAfter windows repair, if you get the "Windows Installer Preparing to Install" window in every action you take, the following is really works!!!
[the thing that i couldn't get is: repairing is why so difficult? how can an end-user do these kind of things? this OS really sucks!]
Start - Run - type "services.msc"
Scroll down to Windows installer and double click on Windows installer.
This brings up "Windows installer properties" change from "Manual" to "Disable", for the "Path to executable:" and apply.
Restart computer.
No more annoying errors, finally!!! [again hate the windows whatever OS]
Posted by: gokcen at April 15, 2009 4:13 AMI just finished downloading Maplestory, but now it has said "Preparing to install..." for 20 minuetes.
Posted by: Warren at June 10, 2009 10:26 AMThe Windows Install Clean Up utility (search for that on the MS website under the knowledge base) did the trick for me.
Posted by: swfan1963 at June 10, 2009 2:25 PM