avast reported Trustedinstaller.exe so i deleted it. With a name like ‘trusted installer’ the false-positive possibility didn’t even cross my mind.
I need to know where I can download it 
. I have searched everywhere! Can any of you maybe upload it as an attachment? I have a Vista home premium 32 bit system. Please my updates stopped working. I have too much school work in this computer to reinstall the OS.
The file is small and its location is C:\Windows\servicing\TrustedInstaller.exe
Well, deletion isn’t really a good first option (you have none left), ‘first do no harm’ don’t delete, send virus to the chest and investigate.
A search of the forums for trusterinstaller.exe will retuned much information as I believe this has been detected (incorrectly) before.
A file recovery tool might be able to recover the deleted file, but avast is likely to alert, so pause the standard shield when you try to recover it.
http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.HTML - The Recuva tool is well regarded.
Have you got SP1 for Vista, I don’t know if that might replace the old trustedinstaller file ?
Well, here you have trustedinstaller.exe, but mine is from win vista ultimate sp1 64 bits, so i dont know if it will work on your vista. Take care.
I couldnt post it here, but i uploaded it to rapidshare.com, here is the link → http://rapidshare.com/files/193441752/TrustedInstaller.zip
Here’s one from my Vista H/P sp1 32 bit.
http://rapidshare.com/files/193470334/trustedinstaller.zip.html
Just in case the one from cazoza doesn’t work.
Oh no no this is too good to be true ;D! I’ve had this topic in the Vista forums for the past two months!!
Do you have any ideas how awesome you guys are? Coz if you don’t here it is: you guys are
AWESOME
Thank you very much. Placing the file in its folder was a bit tricky, but now my updates work again!! 44 important updates and a ton of recommended ones just waiting there, lying down like a seductive mistress, just waiting to be installed!
DavidR, your absolutely right. It was a stupid thing to delete it without researching, but you know whats even more stupid: calling an important system file trusted installer`
Marc and Caz, what can I say you guys… Thank you very much. You just rocked my socks.
No problem Taz, Glad I could help.
No problem, glad I could help.
I bet you won’t do it again though ;D
Welcome to the forums.
I made the same mistake. I am running Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit Edition SP2 and your file saved the day. I am certainly grateful. - ODB
Glad i could help! take care friends!
could you re-upload the file??
Here you go Nezor.
http://rapidshare.com/files/232639212/Trustedinstaller.zip.html
I hope this works cause I’m really in a desperate condition… 
I know this is solved. For future reference (not that I’m implying you need it) there is a much easier solution to resolve this type of issue. You could’ve used Vista’s built in system restore feature to go back a few days/weeks to restore your system settings in order to regain the original trustedinstaller.exe file. This would have taken all of 10 minutes and perhaps required a reboot.
HI, I have the same problem, the Trustedinstaller.exe was deleted form the C:\windows\Servicing\ directory
I have windows Vista Premium x64 installed.
I was not able to copy it back to the protected C:\windows\Servicing\ directory
This is a question to “TazOrama” you said:
"Placing the file in its folder was a bit tricky, but now my updates work again!! "
How did you do that ?
TIA
Frank
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i wan to know how do it too.
Oh this was a while back so lets see what i can remember. Basically you need to:
1- Log in as an Administrator
2- Disable User Account Control (UAC)
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-user-account-control-uac-the-easy-way-on-windows-vista/
3- Give your account Full control of the directory
[right click the folder servicing>properties>security>Edit>Administrators(***/Administrators)>check all the Allow boxes>OK>OK]
4- Take Control AWAY from SYSTEM And Trusted Installer
[right click the folder servicing>properties>security>Edit>SYSTEM>uncheck the first two boxes>Trusted Installer>uncheck the first two boxes>OK>OK]
5- Make sure you uncheck the read only box if it is checked or has a blue square in it
[right click the folder servicing>Properties>General>Uncheck read only box>OK]
I recommend you undo all these after you successfully place the file in the folder.
If this doesn’t work, try googling the error message you get when you try to place trustedinstaller.exe in the servicing directory. OR post the error message so we can google it for you ;D
If I put the trustinstaller again in the servicing folder, its entry in “services” will be restored?
Hmmm… the entries in “services” are controled, as far I know, by Windows Registry and not by files in that folder… :
So I have to restore the registry entry too or maybe it was not deleted. Anyone know how i can verify it? I dont want to install windows again and i can’t use the system restore because the problem appears before the old restore point.
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