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The thread discusses a user experiencing an installation failure with BlueStacks on Windows, prompted after an attempt to install an earlier version or reinstallation. The original poster receives detailed information about Windows Installer options and error messages but doesn't specify the exact cause of the failure. A subsequent response suggests resolving the issue by downloading the BlueStacks installer anew and running it with administrator privileges. Overall, the tone is solution-focused, aiming to troubleshoot the installation problem.

THEEMAILGUY

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Today, when i tried installing Bluestacks , a program i had installed before, a error occured.

After the extracting is done, a message popped up [ shown below]

wHEN I pressed ok, it said failed to install bluestacks.

Please help me as i dont know much about computers.

The message:
Windows ® Installer. V 5.0.7601.18896

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
 

Neemobeer

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  • Download the exe installer for Bluestacks
  • Right click it and select Run As Administrator
 

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