2012-10-26

Enable Windows Installer in safe mode

How to enable Windows Installer in safe mode.

Safe mode without network:
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\MSIServer" /VE /T REG_SZ /F /D "Service"
Safe mode with network:
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Network\MSIServer" /VE /T REG_SZ /F /D "Service"

Start Windows Installer service:
net start msiserver

1 comment:

Tina Sharma said...

another option can be with use of a small batch file which can do it in couple of seconds if you dont want to type lengthy command :)

http://tinyurl.com/safemsienable