Appropriate ways to rectify QuickBooks Error 1618

Appropriate ways to rectify QuickBooks

About the issue

This error will emerge while updating or installing the software on your computer. Any of the processes will not be able to complete due to this error as the Windows Installer is preoccupied with another program on your computer or not responding to QB requests. The installation will crash in between, and you’ll see an error message on the screen,” Error install already running.” You’ll face this error every time you try to update or install the computer before fixing the error.

Reasons

The possible reasons that can be held responsible for the occurrence of this errorMicrosoft runtime library is struggling while getting installed on your PC resulting in a faulty software installation. The update/installation file you are using has incurred damage and is now unusable by the software. MSIEXEC.EXE has started running in the background.

Solutions

Some methods to get rid of this error from your QuickBooks are mentioned underneathSolution 1- Ensure that MSIEXEC.EXE isn’t running in the background

Microsoft uses MSIEXEC.EXE to fetch installation packages on your device and initiate the installation. You need to make sure that another application is not using this program, as the Windows Installer may raise issues due to it. The installer can crash, leading to a failure in the update/installation of QuickBooks. Follow the steps given in the below section to fix this issue-

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open the task manager on your PC. Click the Processes tab, and you’ll see all the processes running on your PC. Right-click on the MSIEXEC.exe process and click on End Task.

Close the task manager after the process is stopped and retry installing/Updating QuickBooks.

If the issues persist, proceed to the next method.

Solution 2- Use the QuickBooks Tool hub

You can use the QuickBooks Tool hub to fix issues in the software that may be causing the installation error. Use the steps given below-

If you face this error while updating QuickBooksOpen the QuickBooks Tool hub program on your system and click on Program

Problems

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Select Quick fix my program and wait for the tool to finish.

If you face this error while installing QuickBooksOpen the QuickBooks Tool hub and click on Installation issues. Select QuickBooks Install Diagnostic Tool and wait for it to finish. These issues will be fixed after using the methods above.