This patch package could not be opened

I'm running Windows XP Professional and Explorer 8

Some time ago, I installed Silverlight and it was working fine then one day an error popped up saying that she needed to be reinstalled. Also, I got the blue screen of death at the same time. I went to add or remove and tried to uninstall Silverlight and this message popped up "this patch package is could not be opened. "Verify that the patch package exists and you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package" I looked everywhere on the internet for solutions and found nothing.

Hi katieCC,

I suggest to clean installation of Silverlight and try to install the latest version and check if it helps manually:

How to manually clean a broken Silverlight installation

Download Microsoft Silverlight

I also suggest that you send your query associated with Silverlight in the Silverlight Forums for better support:

Silverlight.net Forums

I hope this helps.

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