Cannot run msiexec even as an administrator

System - Dell Vostro with Win 7 Professional.

Downloaded Snagit.exe which decompresses a msi file.  I can get the message «Windows cannot access the path specified...» "he tries to call system32\msiexec.exe.  This is regardless of if I right click and "Run as Administrator" or even log in using the built-in Administrator account. Already ran the restore to a point earlier and scanned for integrity problems - nothing.

Watched security Windows\system32 folder, but can't change anything.

Any thoughts?  Thank you
Keith

Hi Keith,

Thanks for the reply.

I suggest you to refer to the article and see if it helps:

Error "Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file" when you try to install, update or launch a program or file

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2669244

I hope this helps. Let us know if you need help with Windows.

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