Trying to run executable causes Windows Installer window to appear with a load of random info

Question

When I try to open a setup.exe for a USB driver, the wizard appears briefly then disappears and I get a Windows Installer window containing what follows below and the setup doesn't seem to have run. Anyone any ideas?

Windows ® Installer. V 5.0.9600.16384

msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]

Install Options

    </package | /i> <Product.msi>

        Installs or configures a product

    /a <Product.msi>

        Administrative install - Installs a product on the network

    /j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]

        Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user

    </uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>

        Uninstalls the product

Display Options

    /quiet

        Quiet mode, no user interaction

    /passive

        Unattended mode - progress bar only

    /q[n|b|r|f]

        Sets user interface level

        n - No UI

        b - Basic UI

        r - Reduced UI

        f - Full UI (default)

    /help

        Help information

Restart Options

    /norestart

        Do not restart after the installation is complete

    /promptrestart

        Prompts the user for restart if necessary

    /forcerestart

        Always restart the computer after installation

Logging Options

    /l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>

        i - Status messages

        w - Nonfatal warnings

        e - All error messages

        a - Start up of actions

        r - Action-specific records

        u - User requests

        c - Initial UI parameters

        m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information

        o - Out-of-disk-space messages

        p - Terminal properties

        v - Verbose output

        x - Extra debugging information

        + - Append to existing log file

        ! - Flush each line to the log

        * - Log all information, except for v and x options

    /log <LogFile>

        Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>

Update Options

    /update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]

        Applies update(s)

    /uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>

        Remove update(s) for a product

Repair Options

    /f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>

        Repairs a product

        p - only if file is missing

        o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)

        e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed

        d - if file is missing or a different version is installed

        c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value

        a - forces all files to be reinstalled

        u - all required user-specific registry entries (default)

        m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)

        s - all existing shortcuts (default)

        v - runs from source and recaches local package

Setting Public Properties

    [PROPERTY=PropertyValue]

Consult the Windows ® Installer SDK for additional documentation on the

command line syntax.

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Answer 1

Ive tried that. Ive tried different versions of the exe and no ones suggestion seems to help.

Answer 2

No, never resolved it, just deleted the .exe and pretended it didn't happen. hasn't occurred again, so I assume it was related to that specific .exe.

Answer 3

Im having the same issue. Did you manage to resolve it?

Answer 4

Check if the driver setup file is corrupt.

I faced the same exact issue once I was installing something on my computer and later realized that my installation file was corrupt. I managed get another copy and then completed the installation.