Hi all
vgovind - Manual is the default setting for the Installer service. It starts when it is called on. You can try re-registering the service, but if the file itself is corrupt, a wrong version, or has incorrect permissions, the re-registration might not fix things. Worth a try, though - it'd be nice if it works.
If it doesn't work:
Let's give DISM another try to get your system files healthy again. This time we'll create & use a Windows DVD as the source. The DISM commands will change a little. If this doesn't get your msi.dll situation fixed ... we'll move on to other strategies.
Create a bootable Windows 10 DVD
Go to the Microsoft Windows 10 website:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
1) Once on the Windows 10 site, scroll down to the section "
Need to create a USB, DVD, or ISO?"
2) Click on the blue option button "
Download tool now"
Once the download is complete, double-click
MediaCreationTool.exe
3) "Getting things ready" will appear for a bit.
4) Agree to the License Terms by clicking on
Accept
5) "Getting a few things ready" will appear.
6) On the following screen, select "
Create installation media for another PC".
7) And click
Next.
8) Select your preferences:
language, Windows 10 version, bit-depth (the defaults are English, Windows 10, 64-bit)
9) Select
ISO file.
If the iso is created on a computer already running Windows 10, simply put a blank DVD in the optical drive, right-click the .iso file you created & select "burn disk image". Otherwise use a DVD burning capable program (Roxio, Nero, Sonic, CyberLink, etc.) to create the bootable DVD -- look for a "burn image" option. You must use that special command, because simply copying the file to a DVD doesn't make the DVD bootable, it must be written as a system image (otherwise it ends up as a normal storage DVD that happens to have an .iso file on it).
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Running DISM using a Windows 10 DVD
1) Make sure you are
disconnected from the Internet. No Ethernet cable. Turn off the wireless.
2) Place the
Windows 10 DVD in the DVD drive - cancel or exit out of any resulting screens.
3) Note the
drive letter assigned to your
DVD drive (you'll see this in File Explorer)
4)
Right-click the
Windows Start Menu icon
5) From the menu, select
Command Prompt (Admin)
6) To the question "Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your computer?", select
Yes
7) Type in the following command, replacing the "D" in the Source:wim: with the drive-letter assigned to your DVD-drive (if it's different)
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim
:\sources\install.wim:1 /limitaccess
(if your DVD drive happens to be assigned the drive-letter D, you can copy and paste that line into your command prompt)
It can take quite a while - varies a bit from machine to machine.
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