"Error 112 Setup Installation Error" Error Message When You Try to Install a Program (326678)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
This article was previously published under Q326678 SYMPTOMS When you try to install a program, the Setup program stops
responding (hangs), and you receive the following error message:
Error 112 Setup Installation Error: Setup is unable to
decompress and copy all of the program files needed to proceed with the
installation. CAUSE This issue occurs because you do not have enough disk space
available in the temporary files folder.
RESOLUTION To resolve this issue, delete the temporary files in the
temporary files folder to free disk space. To manually delete
temporary files, follow these steps:
- Start Windows Explorer.
- Open the drive:\Windows\Temp
folder, where drive is the drive on which Windows is
installed.
- On the Edit menu, click Select
All.
- Press SHIFT+DELETE.
- Click Yes to confirm the
deletion.
You can also use Disk Cleanup to free disk space.
For
additional information about how to use Disk Cleanup, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 310312
Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 4/29/2003 |
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Keywords: | kberrmsg kbprb KB326678 |
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