Installation failure

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RLS
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Installation failure

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When installing Open Office 4.1.5, it quits with the report: INSTALLATION FAILED BECAUSE ANOTHER COPY OF THE INSTALLATION IS RUNNING.
Where did it come from? Neither Task Manager nor UNINSTALL give any hint.
Open Office 4.1.5 on Windows 10
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Re: Installation failure

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RLS wrote:When installing Open Office 4.1.5, it quits with the report: INSTALLATION FAILED BECAUSE ANOTHER COPY OF THE INSTALLATION IS RUNNING.
Where did it come from? Neither Task Manager nor UNINSTALL give any hint.
You started the installation twice.

1. Reboot.
2. Wait 10 minutes in case it is an installer for another program though the error message you give suggests it isn't. This allows it to finish.
3. Try again.

As your problem will now be solved please view your first post in this thread and click the Edit button (top right in the post) and add [Solved] in front of the subject.
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Re: Installation failure

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RLS wrote:When installing Open Office 4.1.5, it quits with the report: INSTALLATION FAILED BECAUSE ANOTHER COPY OF THE INSTALLATION IS RUNNING.
Where did it come from? Neither Task Manager nor UNINSTALL give any hint.
A Google search for the error message posted doesn't find other instances of that message. It does find similar messages about Windows Installer errors. You might try a Google search to find if any of these similar problems have solutions that you can use.
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