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windows 8 keeps telling me I'm installing...

  • 31-12-2013 04:12PM
    #1
    clairefontaine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭


    I tried to log onto SKYPE but it would not work, the circle just kept spinning so I decided to uninstall it and then re-install it.

    However, windows 8 keeps saying it can't do this because something is already installing. This has been going on for two days now.

    I tried to manually disable the windows installer but there was no option to do this on windows 8.

    Can someone please help me figure this out? I can't see anything that is currently installing.


Comments

  • #2
    danger_mouse_tm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 992 ✭✭✭danger_mouse_tm


    you might try downloading the free version of revo uninstaller and seeing if there's anything you don't need installed and just doing a clear out. Secondly try CCleaner and do a registry clean and try installing skype again.


  • #3
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,136 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    clairefontaine wrote: »
    I can't see anything that is currently installing.

    You did reboot your PC to see if this sorted your issue?

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #4
    clairefontaine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭clairefontaine


    I figured out what to do, I can't remember now - I think I found the windows installer and undid it. It seems to be ok now. Thank you much.


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