Sunday, July 17, 2011

ERROR: Microsoft Lync 2010 must be installed by running the appropriate Lync setup executable

Issue:
You experience the following symptoms:
• A local Windows Installer (MSI) installation for Microsoft Lync 2010 can fail, and the following warning is displayed in the Microsoft Lync 2010 Setup dialog box:Microsoft Lync 2010 must be installed by running the appropriate Lync setup executable


Resolution:
Use the Lync 2010 UseMSIForLyncInstallation Group Policy setting to enable or block MSI deployments for Lync.msi as follows:

Name: UseMSIForLyncInstallation
Default: 0
Range: 1 or 0
Registry Location:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Communicator
To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Communicator
3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
4. Type UseMSIForLyncInstallation, and then press ENTER to name the registry entry.
5. Right-click UseMSIForLyncInstallation, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 1 if that value is not already displayed, and then click OK.
7. Exit Registry Editor.
8. Restart the Windows client.

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