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Igor Savinkin
Igor Savinkin

Reputation: 6267

Unable to install python on Windows

I follow this tut to install python on Windows 7 (64 bit). But I get an error: 0x80070643: Failed to Install MSI Package: enter image description here What's wrong? P. S. The 1st and 3d methods of this guide have not worked for me.

Update

Should I tick up Add Python to PATH box? enter image description here

Update 2

I've doanloaded the x86-64 embeddable zip file, unzipped it into Python35 and now it works.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 18598

Answers (2)

Jack Williams
Jack Williams

Reputation: 21

  • Go to Task Manager -> Details Tab -> End Task 'msiexec.exe'
  • Try install again.

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Upvotes: 2

Miguel Hernandez
Miguel Hernandez

Reputation: 41

Close the installation program and follow:

  1. On the desktop, press Windows key+R to open a Run dialog.
  2. Type msiexec /unreg, and press Enter.
  3. Follow the first step again.
  4. Type msiexec /regserver, and press Enter.

In this link you can find more information.

Upvotes: 4

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