Software installation classic fault highlights

Installation software is simple, people who have used computers will generally, but this is a light and easy operation in most people's eyes but also give you some color from time to time. How can you face it when the installation is not possible? The author below collected several classic faults encountered during the software installation process, I hope to help everyone!

A. Setup failed to start the installation engine

Q: I am prompted with errors when installing CuteFTP! Prompt "Installer failed to start the installation engine: this interface is not supported", similar tips appear when installing other software, what should I do?

A: There are many reasons for this problem, but the biggest reason may be that the Windows installer required for software installation has a problem. Go to "Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Services", find the Windows installer service, start the service, and try to install. If there are still problems, please go to the Microsoft site to download the latest Windows installer version 2.0 and reinstall.

In addition, the following reasons may cause similar failures:

1. The mini version of ACDSee 5.0 is installed. After installing this software, the system component service will be destroyed, resulting in many programs. Unable to install, the prompt does not support the interface error. Quickly remove this software to install other versions.

2. Some installers are not EXE files, but MSI files. MSI is a script file. If you do not support the interface prompt when you run the MSI installer, double-click the instmsiw.exe file to solve the problem. Because the instmsiw.exe file contains all the files needed to run MSI.

In addition, no administrator rights or system file corruption may cause this interface to be unsupported and the software cannot be executed.

B. setup.msg is missing

Q: When I installed the digital master, I got an error message: "setup.msg is missing", why is this? How to solve?

A: This may be caused by the installation of Baidu search early version of the IE companion plug-in when you are online. This early IE plug-in will affect the installation of some software due to errors. Go to the control panel, delete the plugin in "Delete Add Program", or install the latest version, and then restart the computer once it is deleted.
C. Error when installing ikernel.exe

Q: When I install the software, I am prompted "An error occurred when installing ikernel.exe (0x1200). The system cannot read the specified device". How to solve it?

A: The "ikernel.exe" file must be available when the software program is installed. Only the support of this file can be carried out. The "ikernel.exe" file is the Windows installer engine. It is not allowed to run two such files at the same time. It is estimated that this file may be set to run when it is booted. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to view the task. Is there a file in the manager? If so, select it and click the End Task button. You should be able to continue installing the software.

D. How to install Rising antivirus without floppy disk

Q: I am using Rising 2003 antivirus software, I need to reinstall it recently, but I found it necessary to use floppy disk when I installed it. Continue to install, but I have no floppy drive, can not be installed now, how to install it without a floppy drive?

A: First of all, you must first copy the files in the floppy disk to a local location, such as "E:rx, then enter the Windows DOS window, enter: "subst A: E:rx", then The contents of the file in E:rx will be virtualized into the contents of the A drive. In addition, if you want to delete the virtual floppy drive, just enter the "subst A: /D" command.

Software installation There are still many problems, such as automatic exit during installation, damage to certain files during installation, etc. Most of these problems are caused by some illegal processes in the computer process that interfere with the software installation. I have encountered a similar problem. When I installed Windows XP, I installed a blue screen when I rebooted into DOS and copied the file. I said something like "Sotp:0000", which was originally thought to be hardware incompatible. Or the problem of bad sectors on the hard disk, tossing for a long time, in fact, is caused by the bad installation files, you can change the CD, you should not make my mistakes in the future, the problem is complicated.