Microsoft has made Windows 10 version 2004 available to the developer community, a couple weeks ahead of its release to the general public. Like many IT pros with a Visual Studio (formerly MSDN) ...

Microsoft now allows enterprise admins to re-enable the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler disabled after Emotet abused it to deliver malicious Windows App Installer packages. App Installer (also ...

Microsoft has fixed a recently confirmed Windows 11 issue in a newly released build for Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview channels. This issue would prevent apps from opening on ...

If Windows Installer Service is missing or not available you can try our recommended solutions below in no particular order and see if that helps to resolve the issue. Enable Windows Installer Service ...

No more DLL hell. That was just one of Microsoft Corp.’s goals when it introduced the Windows Installer service along with Windows 2000 nearly four years ago. The service, which now runs on Windows XP ...

If you’re looking to download or upgrade to Windows 11 and go to a search engine to find the files to do so, you might want to be very careful. According to recent reports, hackers are currently ...

Update, 7/2/2022: The final, non-beta version of Rufus 3.19 is available for download from the app's website. One of the new "features" coming to the Windows 11 22H2 ...

Microsoft has disabled the App Installer functionality that allowed Windows 10 apps to be installed directly from a web page by clicking on a link that used the ms-appinstaller URI scheme. This ...

A problem with the Microsoft Installer can prevent apps from opening on Windows 11 or Windows 10 following repairs or updates. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Some Windows users are experiencing Windows Installer Error 1619, Installation of the program failed whenever they try to install an application using Windows ...

Researcher discovered a “more powerful” variant of an elevation-of-privilege flaw for which Microsoft released a botched patch earlier this month. Attackers are actively exploiting a Windows Installer ...

Windows 10's App installer process has become a target for threat actors. The process is being used as a means to disseminate malware payloads. As usual, the whole scam starts with a sketchy email and ...