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General Computer Support / Windows Installer - Error 2203
« on: April 11, 2018, 03:25:39 pm »
I have a seemingly intractable problem with Windows Installer. I find I am unable to install, repair or uninstall any application that uses the MSI installer. The usual error message is "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with the package. The error code is 2203." This has happened with one fresh installation and since then with three existing installations I have been using as test cases while I've looked for solutions, so clearly this is not a problem with installation packages themselves. Google comes up with hundreds of references to this problem, and I have tried all the common suggestions, which I may as well list here to avoid unnecessary dialogue:
- Checked that the Temp environment variables are correctly defined
- Checked ownership and permissions of Temp and Installer folders
- Stopped and restarted the Windows Installer service
- Unregistered and re-registered Msiexec.exe
- Took ownership of the installer file
- Ran WindowsInstallerDiagnostic.diagcab (which just messed up two installations)
- Used SFC and DISM to check for component errors
- Scanned for malware with various tools
- Checked for Registry errors
- Tried carrying out installations in Safe Mode
- Carried out all the repairs in Tweaking.com Windows Repair.
Fortunately I am still able to download and install Windows security and other updates. No other computer operations appear to be affected. My system is Windows 8.1 64-bit. The only active anti-malware program I am currently running is Malwarebytes 3.4.5. I am not sure when exactly this issue arose, but some other possibly relevant information is:
- Major breakdown some weeks ago caused by a crash of my Intel RAID setup, which could not be repaired (I now run on one drive)
- Repeated BSODs caused by the latest version of Bitdefender Antivirus Pro (since uninstalled) and possibly also by the the previous version of Malwarebytes (3.4.4).
I have attached a couple of MSI logs. Any further ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Stephen
- Checked that the Temp environment variables are correctly defined
- Checked ownership and permissions of Temp and Installer folders
- Stopped and restarted the Windows Installer service
- Unregistered and re-registered Msiexec.exe
- Took ownership of the installer file
- Ran WindowsInstallerDiagnostic.diagcab (which just messed up two installations)
- Used SFC and DISM to check for component errors
- Scanned for malware with various tools
- Checked for Registry errors
- Tried carrying out installations in Safe Mode
- Carried out all the repairs in Tweaking.com Windows Repair.
Fortunately I am still able to download and install Windows security and other updates. No other computer operations appear to be affected. My system is Windows 8.1 64-bit. The only active anti-malware program I am currently running is Malwarebytes 3.4.5. I am not sure when exactly this issue arose, but some other possibly relevant information is:
- Major breakdown some weeks ago caused by a crash of my Intel RAID setup, which could not be repaired (I now run on one drive)
- Repeated BSODs caused by the latest version of Bitdefender Antivirus Pro (since uninstalled) and possibly also by the the previous version of Malwarebytes (3.4.4).
I have attached a couple of MSI logs. Any further ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Stephen