Install and uninstall a program in Safe Mode

 Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP  Add comments
Apr 292009
 

In Safe Mode, Windows has reduced functionality, because only the core components have been loaded.In order to uninstall a program in Windows, the Windows Installer Service has to be running. If you try to uninstall software in Safe Mode, Windows will just inform you that: “The Windows Installer Service could not be started.” Trying to start the service manually will only get you: “Error 1084: This service cannot be started in Safe Mode.”

All of the services that are allowed to start in Safe Mode are stored in the registry folder

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\

you have to add a REG_SZ key with the service name (not the display) and the value data Service . The service name of the Windows Installer Service is MSIService

Note:-It is not always possible to uninstall software in Safe Mode because the corresponding installer program requires certain services to be running.

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  2 Responses to “Install and uninstall a program in Safe Mode”

  1. grage says:
    May 1, 2009 at 11:37 am

    excellent tip!!!!!

    Reply
  2. dan says:
    January 5, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    could you please explain in precise steps, what exactly to put and in what exact lined if we need spaces and whatnot.

    Thanks,

    Sincerely, Noob

    Reply

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