The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it.
While trying to install software updates, perform software uninstalls or repair actions on some or all application that are installed on the computer. An error similar to the following may be reported to the user:
“The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it.”
If verbose logging is turned on you will see something similar to the following:
MSI (s) (74:08) [09:38:20:531]: Product: Microsoft .Product Name Here -- Installation failed.
MSI (s) (74:08) [09:38:20:968]: MainEngineThread is returning 1612
The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it.
Cause
The problem is caused by the following registry keys missing or partially missing:
· “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Patches"
· "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Patches"
Affected Products
Any application that has had a patch applied to it will exhibit the problem.
Resolution
Although the machine is in what we consider a damaged state we do have a tool that a user can run in an attempt to remedy the stated problem. Please visit the following article and click on the “Fix it” button
How to fix MSI software update registration corruption issues https://support.microsoft.com/kb/971187
Comments
Anonymous
May 01, 2013
there is no other way to fix this?? i meant direct wayAnonymous
May 01, 2013
You may try running this tool: http://support.microsoft.com/mats/program_install_and_uninstall/Anonymous
March 17, 2014
Thank you Soumitra, that worked for my problem! :)Anonymous
May 04, 2014
Thank you!Anonymous
September 18, 2014
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September 21, 2014
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