Error 1402 Setup cannot open the registry key

hey, you may follow the below steps:

Steps to Fix/Resolve/troubleshoot the error code 0xE000003D:

1 - Repair your Office app

Error Code 0xE000003D will be fixed when Office repair tool replaces all the corrupted system files. Follow the steps below to run repair tool to fix the error.

1. Open Control Panel using Start.
2. Click on Programs and select Programs and Features.
3. Click on the Office product that you want to repair.
4. Click Change.
5. Select Quick Repair and click on Repair. If Quick Repair didn't fix the Error Code 0xE000003D, select Online Repair and click on Repair.

Note: If Office Repair did not fix this error code, then remove and reinstall the Office installation to fix this Error Code 0xE000003D.

2 - Steps to remove Office

In case if the error persists even after running Office repair tool, uninstall Office from your computer.

1. Open Control Panel using Start

1. Click on Programs and select Programs and Features.
2. Select Office Suite and click on Remove.

Note: If Office installation failed or it didn't fix the error, a manual installation is required to completely remove the Office Suite.

3 - Steps to remove Office manually to fix the Error Code 0xE000003D

If the error code 0xE000003D is re-occurring, proceed with the following steps to manually remove Office program from your computer.
Step 1: Remove the Windows Installer packages

1. Find the Office 16 installation folder, typically located in C:\Program Files\.
2. Right-click the Microsoft Office 16 folder and select Delete.

Step 2: Remove the Office scheduled tasks

1. Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.
2. At the command prompt, type the following commands and press Enter after each one:

schtasks.exe /delete /tn "\Microsoft\Office\Office Automatic Updates"
schtasks.exe /delete /tn "\Microsoft\Office\Office Subscription Maintenance"
schtasks.exe /delete /tn "\Microsoft\Office\Office Click To Run Service Monitor"
Step 3: Use Task Manager to end the Click-to-Run tasks

1. Open Task Manager.
2. Click the Process tab
3. If the following processes are running, right-click each one, and then click End task after you select each process.

• .exe
• setup*.exe

Step 4: Delete the Office files

1. Press Windows logo key + R to open the Run dialog box.
2. In the Open box, type %ProgramFiles%, and then click OK.
3. Delete the "Microsoft Office 16" folder.
4. Delete the "Microsoft Office" folder.
5. Open the Run dialog box, type %ProgramFiles(x86)%, and then click OK.
6. Delete the "Microsoft Office" folder.

Step 5: Delete the Office registry sub keys

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. Delete the following registry sub keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AppVISV
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office
• Then Delete the Office key.

Step 6: Delete the Start menu shortcuts

1. Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.
2. Type %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs, and then press Enter.
3. Delete the "Microsoft Office 2016 Tools" folder.

4 - Download and install Office

1. Sign in to your My Account page using the link https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=613327
2. Choose Install.
3. Click Run or the equivalent depending on the browser you're using.
4. When you see "You're good to go", click All done.

Error Code 0xE000003D for Microsoft Office Outlook and Windows Updates

The first thing you should do to fix this error is - if you're using Windows 98 or 2000 - to use the 'registry checker' facility. This is done by loading up the "Run Console" with CTRL + R and then typing "registry checker". If the registry is intact then this will not be a problem. On later versions of Windows, you should use a 'registry cleaner' program to perform this task.

If you have XP, Vista or Windows 7, you should first download a registry cleaner from the Internet and let that scan your system. It will look for any registry errors on your PC and then fix them, which should fix the 1402 error in the process. To use one of these, you need to download a registry scanner program and then let it scan your PC. It will identify all the damaged parts of Windows and should fix them. And if one of these registry errors is causing the 1402 error then a quick restart after the registry scan should enable you to install Office or the program you wanted.

If that method did not work, you should try using a different user account, or creating a new user account, to install the program onto. It's often the case that user accounts will become corrupted for whatever reason, blocking access to the registry. This causes the 1402 error because it means that the program cannot access the files and settings it needs to create when it's being installed. You should try creating a new administrator account and then installing the program on that.

1. If you receive the "Error 1404" error message, remove the registry subkey that is referred to in the error message. To do this, follow these steps:
   
   Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
   1. Click Start, click Run, type regedt32 in the Open box, and then click OK.
      
   2. Locate the registry subkey that is referred to in the "Error 1404" error message. Make sure that you locate the exact registry subkey that is specified in the error message.
   3. Right-click the registry subkey that you located in the previous step, and then click Permissions.
   4. Under Group or user names, click Administrators, click to select the Full Control check box under Allow, and then click OK.
   5. Right-click the registry subkey, and then click Delete.
      
      When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
2. Start Windows Explorer, and then locate the drive:\Winnt\Installer folder. In this folder location, drive is the hard disk where Windows is installed.
   
   Note This folder may be hidden. If the drive:\Winnt\Installer folder does not appear in Windows Explorer, follow these steps:
   1. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the View tab.
   2. Under Advanced settings, click to select the Show hidden files and folderscheck box, and then click OK.
3. Grant appropriate access permissions for the drive:\Winnt\Installer folder for the following groups: Administrators: Full Control
   SYSTEM: Full ControlTo do this, follow these steps:
   1. Right-click the drive:\Winnt\Installer folder, and then click Properties.
   2. Click the Security tab.
   3. In the Name list, click the appropriate user group or user name that you want to assign permissions for. For example, click Administrators.
   4. Under Allow, click to select the check box for the appropriate permission that you want to set, and then click OK. For example, click to select the Full Controlcheck box, and then click OK.
4. Restart the computer.
5. Insert the microsoft office CD into the CD or DVD drive, and then run the microsoft office Setup program.
6. After the microsoft office Setup program has completed running, reinstall your antivirus software program.

Remove traces from registry too.

go to start.programs.run. type regedit in box. hit enter.

find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES. SOFTWARE.scroll down to microsoft office.delete.

DO NOT CONFUSE with microsoft windows or any other microsoft program.regedit is a volitile area you can mess up your os by deleting the wrong thing.

after this go to computer. cdrive program files and find microsoft office folder and delete. reboot pc when done.

good luck

Error "1606: could not access network location \Startup" occurs when installing Adobe Creative Suite 4 products or Acrobat (8 or 9)Check out this website for the fix to this issue.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/402/kb402867.html

use registry software to maintain registry ........ use ccleaner or some free registry software first

Do the following solutions first of all please remove all previous versions of Acrobat, and then reinstall.
1. Choose Start > Control Panel (Windows XP)
2. Double-click Add Or Remove Programs.
3. Select Adobe Acrobat [version] and click Remove.
4. When prompted, confirm that you want to remove Acrobat.
5. Repeat the above procedure for all installed versions of Acrobat.
6. Restart the computer, and then reinstall Acrobat.
Now, perform the steps below during Acrobat Reader installation. The Administrators group listed below is the default local administrative group for Windows XP.

1. Write down the path to the key referred to in the error message and leave the installation running. For example: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pdf\PersistentHandler.
2. Choose Start > Run, type regedit in the Open text field of the Run dialog box, and then click OK.
3. Navigate to the parent of the key referenced in the error message. For example, for the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pdf\PersistentHandler, open (double-click) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >SOFTWARE > Classes > .pdf.
   Note: These steps may vary slightly depending on the path in the error message
4. Right-click on the parent key and select Permissions (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.pdf).
5. Verify that the Administrators and SYSTEM is present and that Full Control is selected under the Allow column.
6. In the Permissions dialog box, click Advanced.
   
7. Select the Administrators group (1) and "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" (2). Note: Select the current administrator account if the Administrators group is unavailable.
   
8. Select both "Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to this object" and "Reset permissions on all child objects and enable propagation of inheritable permissions," (1) and then click the Owner tab (2).
   
9. Click OK (3) in the "Advanced Security Settings" dialog box. Windows will now reset the permissions for each child object to correspond with its parent.
10. Minimize the Registry Editor and click Retry.

• If the error reoccurs with the same key proceed to Solution 4.
• If the error occurs with another registry key repeat Steps 1-10 using the new registry key.
• If the error does not occur finish the installation following the on screen instructions and exit the Registry Editor.

Please let us know how it goes.

You'll need to reset the security settings. Go to this Microsoft page for step by step instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=313222#appliesto

Without that key, there is not much you can do, either buy it again or ask someone for a key. Just google it!



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Good Luck

-Austin