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Thursday, September 3, 2015 7:24 PM
Hello,
Long story short, I tried to install Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition yesterday. Had to cancel it cuz I had to leave to go somewhere. Canceling the installation took a while, so I forced close the installer with Task manager. Afterwards, I tried to run the installer again and ever since, I keep getting the "Another installation is in progress. Please wait to try again..." error.
Now, I tried to do some of the fixes on this forum but I haven't been successful. So I'm gonna try to be as detailed as I can. To inform, I am running Windows 10 and have AVG Internet Security:
This post advises me to run the Microsoft Fix It tool, but the tool doesn't run on Windows 10 (at least, that's what the website is telling me and it doesn't give me a download link). It also says to 'run services.msc, change Windows Installer to Disable, reboot and then change it back to Manual'. The problem is that it doesn't allow me to Disable it. When I right it click, I don't have to option to select Start, Stop, Pause, Resume or Restart.
2. https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/79a2feb7-69d8-4fa4-ba18-8dc26bb43eca/vs2012-rc-installation-error-another-setup-is-already-running?forum=vssetup
This one asks me to check if, without running the installer, another installer is running on Task Manager. This seems to be the case. I downloaded a second installer with the '(1)' behind it and I see both vs_comminity.exe and vs_community (1).exe running in Task Manager along with msiexec.exe instances. Finally the post says to just wait for them to finish, but, I think I've waited long enough.
There were also some posts suggesting to disable AVG Firewall during installation, but that also doesn't work. I even tried to uninstall Visual Studio 2015, but both the Uninstall and Repair option give me the error.
That's about it. Hopefully you guys can help me out. Any is appreciated. :)
All replies (5)
Thursday, September 3, 2015 8:22 PM âś…Answered | 3 votes
Hi Cahill Ross,
Could you look into this:
1. Is there more than one instance of msiexec.exe running in Task Manager?
2. Open Task Manager and see if there are more than one
3. Kill them
and also could check the process in this article works or not:
Thanks
Sabah Shariq
Thursday, September 3, 2015 7:49 PM
Hi Cahill Ross,
Could you try the process listed in the below article. Look if this works or not,
1. Another program is being installed. Please wait until that installation is complete, and then try installing this software again
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/343255/Another-program-is-being-installed-Please-wait-unt
Hope this might help you.
Thanks,
Sabah Shariq
Thursday, September 3, 2015 8:07 PM
Hello Sabah, thank you for the reply.
As I've mentioned in my post; I've tried this method, but I can't seem to disable the Windows Installer service. When I right-click it, I am unable to select Start, Stop, Pause, Resume or Restart. One thing I forgot to mention though. This fix is if the service is set to Automatic, however, mine is already on Manual.
Saturday, September 5, 2015 8:29 PM
Hello Sabah,
My excuses for replying so late. I did as you said and closed any other 'msiexec.exe' that appeared in the Task Manager and it worked!!!!! Although, I had to do it very often, every time I closed the duplicate, the installer would continue and eventually finished.
Thank you very much, Sabah.
Sunday, September 6, 2015 6:09 AM
Hi Cahill Ross,
Glad that it helped. If 'msiexec.exe' is auto appearing I think their might be any other program or some other installation was interrupted in the middle of installation, which causing the 'msiexec.exe' to start. 'msiexec.exe' is windows installer which kick start only when an installation is started and it helps to process that installation.
Could you check in your services window is the state is set to manual or not.
1. Start > run > services.msc
2. Double-click Windows Installer
3. Next to Startup type, select Manual. Click Apply
4. Next to Service status, click the Stop button
5. Click OK
Hope this helps you.
Thanks,
Sabah Shariq