Icloud Windows Installer Error

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Adele Strecker

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Aug 3, 2024, 3:22:57 PM8/3/24

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I have posted this in the Apple forums, but thought I would try this community as well. I am on a Windows 11 computer, using Outlook 365. I am able to install iCloud successfully, and log into the client. When I try to set up iCloud for Outlook, so I can see my family calendar along side my work calendar, I get the following error:

I have nothing showing in my log files in regard to errors. I have researched online, and have tried everything I can find. I've uninstalled and re-installed, used an older version, removed all files from the AppData folder related to iCloud, etc. I have been able to set up the software successfully on one of my other computers, however, it is this one that is causing this issue.

In July this above fix stopped working due to an update and the only way I found to fix it at the time was to completely uninstall and reinstall iCloud, starting with manually removing the iCloud outlook add-in. But that takes hours, removes all iCloud data from the system, and then re-syncs. And I had to do it three times. Way too much effort.

Then this past week iCloud forgot its password for outlook synchronizing again, and I wasn't willing to uninstall and reinstall again, so I kept fiddling around until a new set of steps revealed itself. This one is just five minutes, and hopefully it will work moving forward. That may sound overly optimistic, but looking at the steps in hindsight, they now make sense.

You're welcome.

One more set of tips before you/we giveup:

a) Open an elevated command prompt (run-as administrator), then running the command "DISM /online /cleanup-image /restoreHealth" and then when that is done, "SFC /scannow". Then reboot. This will find and fix any operating system files that need to be udpated or are corrupted.
b) Do a full online repair for Microsoft Office. Then reboot.
c) And then remove/replace the outlook add-in as per the 15 steps above.

That will make sure all of your Windows and MSOffice files are up to date and properly configured before you remove and replace the Outlook add-in. It may fix the issue. Or, if it doesn't fix it, at least you'll know that the problem isn't Windows or Office.

It's definitely frustrating. Even moreso because it's just this one add-in / .dll for outlook that is losing its credentials -- everything else in iCloud for windows works fine for me without any intervention.

Personally, I like Windows more than OS X. But... I do look on with envy as my friend with a Mac has everything work seamlessly, including contacts, photos, iMessage chat, facetime, and even copy/paste between devices. It's astounding to watch.

Good luck.

A new Windows update, combined with an iCloud app update, confused the system again. The solution required resurrecting the step where iCloud setup gets run "As Administrator". It's still five minutes once you're used to bit, but yet, it's also a pain in the article. It would be great if Apple could just fix the issue.

@jmcrawf Thank you again for your reply! I gave up yesterday after hours of trying to figure out what the issue was. Initially, I didn't have permission to use iCloud as an Admin. After uninstalling/reinstalling iCloud, following the steps, I still couldn't get the fix to work on my 2nd laptop. Woke up this morning, and the issue resolved itself?!?! I simply hit "Wrong Password" in my Outlook and wouldn't you know it, it changed to "Refresh" and my calendars updated. I couldn't believe it. My fingers are crossed this will stay fixed. Your fix got my calendars syncing again across laptops AND stopped the annoying icloud password request over and over again. Thank you so much for your fix!!!

The latest Microsoft update broke iCloud again. While the October 2022 update above still works, this update streamlines it slightly by cutting out most reboots (kill all iCloud processes before the old step 9).

Unfortunately, no. I. Have not migrated to Window 11 and still cannot connect properly with iCloud with Outlook. I am slowly giving up and thinking more and more to go toward a Mac as I am using an IPhone and IPad and I am tired to loose my time on this and stop using it.

The iCloud app for Windows makes it easy to access and sync your photos, files, calendars, contacts, passwords, and more on your Windows PC. If you use both Apple and Windows devices, it makes sense to get the iCloud app. But what if Windows doesn't allow you to download or install the iCloud app?

One unusual reason why you might be unable to install iCloud is if Windows Media Player is missing or disabled on your PC. In that case, you might get the error message "Your computer is missing media features" while installing iCloud.

The iCloud app relies on Windows Media Player to play audio and video files on your computer. If you have previously disabled Media Features on your PC, iCloud won't install unless you re-enable them.

Microsoft offers several useful troubleshooters for fixing common issues with your Windows computer. In this case, you can run the Program Install and Uninstall troubleshooter to fix any problems that may have been preventing Windows from installing iCloud.

Using the Microsoft Store is not the only way to install the iCloud app on your PC. If the above solutions don't help, you can try downloading the iCloud installer and running it manually. To do so, use these steps:

Going through the solutions above should help fix any problems and allow you to download and install the iCloud app on your Windows 10 or 11 PC. Following that, you should be able to use services such as iCloud Photos and Drive on your Windows PC.

I removed the LaunchConditions completely and the installer starts. But almost at the end I receive an error that a program the installer wants to launch does not start and everything is rolled back. I try to install iCould 4 (4.0.3.56) on a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

Why I did not think that was the issue when my installer began to run having made the usual amendment through the Orca app I dont know but that has resolved my issue and I now have iCloud installed on 2012 R2 perfectly!

For it to work for me i have had to now on two server completely remove the launchcondition table on icloud64.msi and then installed the other msi-packages prior to the icloud64.msi. That works beautifully!

Following the latest steps using iCloud 5.1 setup on Windows Home Server 2011 (ie. Windows Server 2008 R2) and it fails. When trying to launch iCloud, I get the following error:
This program cannot start because MSVCP120.DLL is missing from your computer

Solution: You need to ensure that you install both AppleApplicationSupport x32 and x64. I also had AppleSoftwareUpdate and Bonjour64 installed, these may be required also, if the installer fails ensure to install these two and try again.

We all know the importance of backing up iPhone data to the computer regularly. However, it seems that iTunes causes endless trouble, for instance, installation problems on Windows, data erasure, iTunes error 21.

I am not saying that iTunes is a bad program, it helped so many iOS users backup iOS data anyway. With the development of technology, many iOS data manage tools capable of offering iOS users more convenient and easy ways to backup iOS data are launched and sometimes they work so much better than iTunes. AnyTrans is one of them.

With the above two tips, you can certainly fix iTunes problem with Windows installer package. Do those two tips helpful? Do leave comments below. By the way, as you can see, AnyTrans is indeed a better iOS backup tool than iTunes. Now, iMobie offers all users a free trial. Why not get it now and start trying right away?

Although iCloud has been introduced by the Apple especially for its users, the iPhone device users can use the Windows computer to install the iCloud on the Windows computer, and then they can the iCloud drive for Windows computer as well.

Here in this article, we are going to discuss the same aspect as to how iCloud can be installed on the Windows computer since the Apple has released the various versions of iCloud for Windows 64 bit/32 bit operating systems.

Some of us the iPhone or iPod users might be using the Windows 10 computers and the topic of wonder for those people could be when they realize, that they can actually use the iCloud services on their windows computer.

A control panel for iCloud is a tool which lets the users manage the required settings of iCloud as per the desired way of the user of iCloud. We know that Apple, however, allows the Windows computers to use iCloud, but they had not provided the reasonable iCloud control panel to the Windows users due to which many of the Windows iCloud users were facing difficulty with it.

Earlier the many of iCloud users on the Windows pc were complaining about many issues such as all of the sudden crash of iTunes in Windows 10 but now with the all-new control panel feature users can now control such bugs.

Here we would like to make it clear that although Apple has provided its compatibility of using the iCloud on the Windows computer devices yet the Windows 10 and 8.1 are the only windows which are officially considered best to use the iCloud services on the Windows computer.

When it comes to the Apple for providing the iCloud control panel the Apple has although released the iCloud control panel for the Windows 7 users, but the users have been having some kind of issues about the compatibility of the control panel with the Window 7.

There could the error faced by any user while installing the iCloud on the Windows computer and the error could be of several types either related to the getting of iCloud on the Windows computer or it could be regarding the installation of the iCloud on the Windows computer.

If you are facing any kind of issues while getting iCloud on your Windows computer then we suggest you try out a different Internet Explorer (or similar) browser since sometimes it could be the fault of the browser that you are using.