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Offline dpryor123

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MSI (Windows Installer) Running for hours
« on: September 26, 2013, 10:55:13 am »
Hi Shane,

I downloaded Repair for Windows Installer v1.9.13.  It has been running about 5 hours now.  should I stop it or is this normal?

Thanks

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Re: MSI (Windows Installer) Running for hours
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2013, 04:43:40 pm »
No. That repair should take only a few seconds.

I am curious. Run the repair again, open Task Manager and see what happens to CPU usage while this repair runs (fails to finish). Did CPU usage go throught "through the roof" ?

After that unzip the file in the attachment, run the file with admin rights and report back whether it helped or not. It should repair MSI.


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Re: MSI (Windows Installer) Running for hours
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2013, 06:33:50 pm »
The MSI repair is very fast.

Can you post a screen shot of what you are seeing?

Shane