Windows Installer coordinator hangs

Windows Installer coordinator hangs

You might experience this when you install MSI packages on your RDS/Terminal and XenApp servers.

The installation will hang and display the message:

Please wait while the application is preparing for the first use

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I have seen this with the following software packages:

  • Google Chrome (Enterprise)
  • IBM i Access

One way to avoid this issue is to create and set the following dword value to 0:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindows NTTerminal ServicesTSAppSrvTSMSIEnable

During deployment with MDT 2012 or SCCM 2012 one way to do this is to add it in your task sequence:

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You can find more information in this link

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2655192

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