Problem Description: When installing a new version of Adobe Air, there was a problem, prompting "An error occurred while installing Adobe Air." Administrators may not be allowed to install this software. Please contact the administrator. , think of the control Panel to install the old version of the uninstall, the results of the air uninstall can not unload. Check on the Internet, the results found that the computer Windows Installer service did not start, to Computer Management to start the Windows Installer service, the result of Windows Installer can not start.
Workaround: Use Notepad to write the Installer.reg file, which reads as follows:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[Hkey_local_machinesystemcurrentcontrolsetservicesmsiserver]
"ImagePath" =-
"ImagePath" =hex (2): 25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,
74,00,25,00,5C,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6D,00,33,00,32,00,5C,00,6D,
00,73,00,69,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,
56,00,00,00
Then save the file as a ". Reg" format and double-click the file to import the contents of the file into the registry.
Start-run input msiexec/unreg OK.
Then start-run the input msiexec/regserver OK.
Then go to the Windows Installer service, success! To install Adobe Air Service is also successful!
Another: If the above steps can not solve the problem, the specific reason is that a certain installation Adobeair unsuccessful, and then installed, did not clean up the adobeair of the relevant documents. According to the recommendations of the official website, the process is as follows:
1, install Windows Installer Cleaning utility;
2, run cleaning tools, select Adobeair, click "Remove", clear adobeair residue files.
3, reinstall Adobeair, OK.