The installer was interrupted before application could be installed. You need to restart installer to try again

Introduction: 

In this article I will explain how to solve “The installer was interrupted before application could be installed. You need to restart installer to try again” problem during installation of custom web setup projects in system.

Description:

In previous article I explained how to create setup project to deploy application in IIS. After create a create Setup project for that application I tried to install it in my system during that time I got error like “The installer was interrupted before application could be installed. You need to restart installer to try again”.

To solve this problem I made some of changes in my system.

Follow below steps to solve this problem

Step1: Go to Control Panel ---> Programs ---> Uninstall a Program ---> Turn Windows features on or off

 

Step 2: After click on Turn Windows features on or off option one new window will open in that select Internet Information Service ---> Web Management Tools ---> IIS 6 Management Compatibility ---> in that select IIS Metabase and IIS6 configuration compatibility

Once you select IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility click OK.

After completion all of above processes try to install setup file it will work for you.