Windows Installer Patchcache Managed



  1. C /windows/installer/$patchcache$/managed/

Additional information is available in the log file C:UsersADMINI1AppDataLocalTemphckWindows Hardware Certification Kit for Windows 8.134046packageHCKControllerx86enus.log. MSI (s) (F8:94) 16:49:34:957: Windows Installer installed an update. Download the Windows Installer Clean Up Utility and then extract it with 7-Zip to use the MsiZapU.exe. Open a Command Prompt, type MsiZapU.exe G and press enter. The G command tells the program to remove any orphaned cached Windows Installer data files.

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If this per-machine system policy is set to a value greater than 0, Windows Installer saves older versions of files in a cache when a patch is applied to an application. Caching can increase the performance of future installations that otherwise need to obtain the old files from a original application source.

The value of the MaxPatchCacheSize policy is the maximum percentage of disk space that the installer can use for the cache of old files. For example, a value of 20 specifies no more than 20% be used. If the total size of the cache reaches the specified percentage of disk space, no additional files are saved to the cache. The policy does not affect files that have already been saved.

If the value of the MaxPatchCacheSize policy is set to 0, no additional files are saved.

If the MaxPatchCacheSize policy is not set, the default value is 10 and a maximum of 10% of the disk space can be used to save old files.

Registry Key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsInstaller

Windows Installer Patchcache Managed

Data Type

REG_DWORD

Related topics

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AdobeAcrobat updates may fail with:

Error 1328: Error applying patch to file C:Config.MSIPT3E87.TMP. It has probably been updated by other means and can no longer be modified by this patch.

Windows Installer Patchcache Managed

While I still have no verified explanation for this error, I have seen it enough times to figure out a work around which can be summarized by saying install the patches manual:

Windows

C /windows/installer/$patchcache$/managed/

  1. Go to the Adobe Updates page
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  2. Scroll through the page until you find your product, then click on the most current patch
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  3. Download the .MSP and install it
    1. Note that if you see your patch ending with the letters …INCR.MSP that is an INCREMENTAL patch and you need to the previous full patch before installing that one.
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  4. When prompted with Error 1328: Error applying patch… click the IGNORE button