Windows 7 and App has stopped working
I have been using the public beta of Windows 7 for a couple days now and everything has been working perfectly. All of a sudden some of my software would not install. It would simply come up with an error message stating “Appname has stopped working”.
It turns out that any software installer that used MSI files would not work. After sometime of troubleshooting and searching the web I found a solution buried in a forum post on TechNet.
- Start Regedit
- Navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisableSessions
- Rename MachineThrottling to _MachineThrottling
After doing this all MSI related installation programs will work again. The great part about this is you do not even have to reboot.
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Comments
Comment from Mark
Time February 24, 2009 at 1:37 am
this is pretty useful information dude… I have been using Windows 7 Beta on a machine at work and I have not run into this issue yet??? If and when I do I know I will return here for the answer! Thanks…
Comment from hemant kumar
Time March 1, 2009 at 11:33 am
i Navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisableSessions
then i dont fouond “MachineThrottling” where i fouond this plese suggest me detail.
Comment from Sushil Kafle
Time September 12, 2009 at 8:11 am
ya like hemant kumar, I also didn’t find the MachineThrottling.