How to deal with in progress instalation that hold back any new installations? (Windows 7)

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I simply need to install a program into my computer, but whenever I try to it says, "Another installation is in progress. You must complete that installation before continuing this one". When I looked up how to solve this, a post said:

On the Registry Editor (regedit.exe), navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress and delete the entries you can find.

I accessed this folder, but the only program there was (Default) REG_SZ I tried to delete it and a pop up said something like, unable to delete value. What do I delete, or how do I fix my original problem?

Katelyn Thomas

Posted 2016-12-28T08:34:37.017

Reputation: 1

The solution for is to restart your machine – Ramhound – 2016-12-28T13:28:31.257

I have restarted the computer multiple times but it still shows up – Katelyn Thomas – 2016-12-29T06:36:19.180

Answers

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First, if you have not done this already, restart the computer.

If it still refuses to install after that, and the InProgress key is still there, delete the key itself. Do not do this without having restarted the computer first.

Christian

Posted 2016-12-28T08:34:37.017

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