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"This installation package could not be opened."

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I want to add another fix to the list of problems that users have reported. This is kind on an addendum to my previous post on the topic, and I'll cross-link these two.

Several users have reported variations of one of two errors:

  • Installation of the "Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit" product has reported the following error: This installation package could not be opened. Contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package.
  • Unable to find an entry point named "MsiSetExternalUIRecord" in DLL 'msi.dll'.

We've found that this is caused by users having outdated versions of msi.dll and msiexec.exe installed on their machines. Running Microsoft Update should resolve this problem.

Variation: for users running IA64 machines with Windows Server 2003, you will need to download the update seperately by applying the patch for KB898715, which is not deployed by Microsoft Update.

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  • Anonymous
    April 17, 2006
    Oggi, durante l'installazione del Windows SDK su una macchina Windows Server 2003 nuova di zecca, mi...

  • Anonymous
    May 17, 2006
    5:30:15 PM Wednesday, May 17, 2006: [SDKSetup:Error] Config_Products_Configure: Configuration of Product Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (failed): Fatal error during installation.
    5:30:15 PM Wednesday, May 17, 2006: [SDKSetup:Info] Config_Products_Configure: End configuration of product: Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
    Dear Jason,

    I have a problem while i am installing Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation Beta 2(EN) in WinXP sp2 PC. Even i disbled IE,Connection,Use a proxy server for your LAN.

    The below is the Last three lines of Log file.

    Could you advise me, how to Install Successfully.


    Logs:

    5:30:15 PM Wednesday, May 17, 2006: [SDKSetup:Info] Config_Products_Install: End installation of product: Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
    5:30:15 PM Wednesday, May 17, 2006: [SDKSetup:Error] Config_Products_Install: Windows SDK Setup (failed): Installation of the "Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit" product has reported the following error: Fatal error during installation.

    best regards

    jerald

  • Anonymous
    May 18, 2006
    Hi Jerald, thanks for sending your full log to me. I hope we can get this figured out.

  • Anonymous
    June 08, 2006
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    June 08, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2006
    I have problem installing many things. Same problem like this one!

  • Anonymous
    March 18, 2007
    I have Windows XP professional, SP 2. Installation of SDK did not work correctly. Therefore, I have to unistall the program. However, the method suggested in your documentation (control pannel - add or remove programs) does not work. How can I get rid of it in order to try the installation again?

  • Anonymous
    May 08, 2007
    Hi, I'm Jason Sacks, the Setup Program Manager for the Windows SDK. It's my job to help make sure that

  • Anonymous
    April 06, 2008
    I get the same error even after i make windows update and even i have download and install by my self WindowsInstaller-KB884016-v2-x86.exe file! I get the same error again and again!

  • Anonymous
    May 02, 2008
    try disable firewall or allow msiexec to access the internet

  • Anonymous
    November 10, 2008
    For the record, it's possible that this error crops up because of insufficient permissions.  I specifically encountered it installing Java and OpenOffice on Vista SP1.  The solution (as provided by windows support, kudos to them) was to enable the administrator account using "net user administrator /activate:yes" (no quotes), logging in as administrator, then installing the program. If you use that solution, don't forget to disable the admin account afterwords via "net user administrator /activate:no"

  • Anonymous
    November 10, 2008
    Errr...the proper command is: net user administrator /active:(yes|no) ...not activate

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  • Anonymous
    December 21, 2010
    i get the installation package error every time i want to download itunes, what should i do? please help!

  • Anonymous
    March 03, 2011
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