One bad day this can happen to you when you try to install Chrome after downloading its setup file you’ll get a dialog from Google Chrome Installer with the message “ Installation failed. The Google Chrome installer failed to Start”. What do you need to do to install your favorite browser again, here is the article that offers fix for the issue.
The fix involves editing registry, so if you’re unaware of registry editing take the help of other advanced users near you.
1. Open registry editor by typing regedit in run command
2. Now navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Google\Update\Clients\ on left pane, right click on key {430FD4D0-B729-4F61-AA34-91526481799D}’ and select Delete button.
3. Now navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE \Google\Update\Clients\, delete the key {430FD4D0-B729-4F61-AA34-91526481799D} and all its sub folders.
4. Now close Registry Editor and try to install Chrome again this time it will work as happened with me.
In fact I had not found key mentioned above for the registry entry in second step, I have found it on the registry entry said in the third step.
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excellent, it worked for me. thanks
Glad it worked you, you’re welcome.
excellent!!! it worked
Thank you.
Thanks lot
Thanks a lot!
Many thanks to you!!!!!
You made my day, thanks!
Really! glad to know that.
Great solution, thanks a million. Even the Google Chrome help site couldn’t fix this.
great solution! very very well
this is worked! thank you so much~!
this didnt work for me i dont have anything chrome related and i want to reinstall it but it wont let me still gives me “Installation Failed. The Google Chrome Installer failed to Start”
cheers, helped alot! now to work out why once installed correctly it wont load grrr
Glad to know that, and you’re welcome here lystria.
thanks alot. really glad it worked.
Doesn’t help here.
Google doesn’t show a feedback button when I click on the link (which appears when getting the error) which shows line #3 as the solution. That sucks.
I think it’s hard to contact Google anyway. I think that’s evil. (Just as with Microsoft and other big companies who don’t offer an easy way to contact. They always point to useless forums and FAQ’s. I think those companies don’t have a clue about what’s user friendly and what not.) Google doesn’t show an option to download the english version of Chrome. That’s evil too.
Same error as Chris, but then in another language:
‘De installatie is mislukt. Het starten van het installatieprogramma van Google Chrome is mislukt.”
Btw, I had the reverse as topic starter: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE \Google\Update\Clients\; not HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE \Google\Update\Clients\.
It doesn’t help man! I found the key(at I think so!), but everytime I try to delete it, a box appears which says that I can’t delete the key! now what should I do? It’s so depressing without chrome i just can’t do anything! and Im stuck wid this fucking firefox! please reply fast dude…im in huge trouble
Do you’ve admin privileges?. Try to open Regedit from command window and then try to delete the key.
Thank you. worked for me