If you are installing (or configuring) software on your Window 7, 8 or 10 PC, you may see ERROR 2503 followed by ERROR 2502:
Fortunately there is both a fix and workaround for this problem:
Set the permissions on C:\WINDOWS\TEMP to AUTHENTICATED USERS = FULL CONTROL
End task on EXPLORER.EXE and start a new one WITH ADMIN PRIVILIGES.
You might also try running the .MSI from an elevated command prompt:
Further information is available from:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/1145-73-internal-error-2503-2502
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Your sharing instruction process was very necessary for excel users.I have been using windows 10 system and got this 2503 &2502 error.But now I got the solution from your article how to fixed this error.
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Thank you for the help, this was quick and helpful.
There's a very simple solution: convert the msi-file to an exe-file with msi2exe. Takes half a minute.
Thank you, worked like a charm, I tried to install Araxis Merge