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I am trying to install XAMPP's most recent Windows update on my computer, but I am facing an issue I haven't faced since I got this computer a month ago: It won't install. If I double click the exe file, it will show a loading icon over my mouse pointer and that's it. When I try to install it by running it as an admin, it does the same thing but it also rinders the window I accessed the program from unclickable. Process explorer shows that the installer is a running process using NO CUP, 3,240k of private bytes and 120k of working seed. Since I tried to install it 3 different times just now, there are 3 of these XAMPP installers showing up with the same amount of bytes and sets. Oddly, one of them are showing HIGH integrity while the other 2 are medium.

When I try to kill the processes, it first does say it killed them but they remain on the process explorers active program list and when I try to kill it again, it gives me an access denied error even though I am the admin and only user of this computer. Over all, I've tried reinstalling it 3 times and running the installation 6 times with no success.

What is wrong and how can I fix this?

I am having the exact same issue.

Any thoughts?

Adding to this here are some thoughts.

1. The computer I was trying to add this program to is an Asus computer running Windows Ultimate. Just won't install.

2. Downloaded the very same program to my HP computer running Windows Premium. Runs like a champ.

Go figure.