Please wait while windows installer configures

Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Windows Installer Please wait while Windows configures [Product Name] The application will then run fine, however this message is annoying.

Any ideas on how to stop the 'configuring' message appearing and what that error log means, and if they are related? RE: Please wait while Windows configures [Product]. EXE to the temp folder, as part of your package, and then deleting it presumably with a custom action?

The event log is reporting that a key path component is missing when windows installer performs the key path checks prior to starting up the application - which happens every time the application is started, as part of the self-healing functionality of MSI apps.

If you are only getting this error on some machines, presumably the rest still have the file in their temp folder and so your delete action failed to work on them.

Posted Oct 08, PM. I was actually installing the EMDB. When i logged on as another user, it couldn't find the EMDB. Thanks for your feedback. Every time I open an Office program word, excel, outlook, powerpoint , I get a windows installer popping up "Please wait while windows configures Microsoft Office standard". The program opens slowly underneath the installer. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.

I found a registry correction searching the web, but it only works for Word. To perform the clean boot follow the step 1 mentioned in the below article and then try checking in this clean boot state -.

If the issue gets resolved check which non-Microsoft service is causing the problem; referring to the article and following other steps. After you have finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to reset the computer to start as usual:. Click Start, type msconfig. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.

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