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January 18th, 2018 11:00

Unable to install Support Assistant - Windows 10 - error from 7-zip: operation requires elevation

Unable to install Support Assistant - Windows 10 - error from 7-zip: The operation requires elevation.

Tried to right-click and run as admin, no error this time but never installs. 

I am the only user on this machine and setup as administartor. 

  • LindaInTX

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    Posted January 18th, 2018 12:00

    Same problem


    @mgd312 wrote:

    Unable to install Support Assistant - Windows 10 - error from 7-zip: The operation requires elevation.

    Tried to right-click and run as admin, no error this time but never installs. 

    I am the only user on this machine and setup as administartor. 


     

  • GedoG

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    Posted January 20th, 2018 09:00

    Same here. INspron 15 5000, Windows 10. Without dell support center can't basically do any diagnostic/update....

  • 31965

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    Posted January 22nd, 2018 06:00

    This is a fairly easy fix.  download the installer to the desktop.  Then right click on the file and tell it to run as administrator.  That will install the file.  

    Hope that helps

  • MsRegal

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    Posted January 22nd, 2018 18:00

    My Support Assist is only halfway working.  Some of the functions work and some do not. I cannot run the diagnostics from the Dell Support page either because it requires Support Assist.  I cannot schedule the automatic hardware checkup, but it will run manually.  Optimize my System won't  show up to select.  The driver check isn't taking place. 

    I tried to reinstall Support Assist and am having problems.  I did save it to my desktop and ran as administrator (several times actually).  I uninstalled it and started from scratch again.  

    Even installing as administrator, I get the following message, "Installation was not completed successfully.  You must reboot the system before you may install again."

    After I reboot, Support Assist is partially installed but still doesn't work properly.  

    I am already having problems with my mouse/touchpad (no curser) and a failing graphics driver so I really wanted Support Assist to help me diagnose/fix the problems.  Can anyone help?

  • GedoG

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    Posted January 23rd, 2018 12:00

    I tried several times, playing around with installation files and admin privileges. I've been able to install support assist on my laptop (inspron 15 5568, Windows 10) but everytime that I go to www.dell.com/support, the app is not recognized and ask me to install again. It is getting really frustrating. 

  • mag72

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    Posted January 24th, 2018 02:00

    Same issue here -- downloading to my PC and running as admin doesn't help -- same error.

  • jmw1901

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    Posted January 24th, 2018 21:00

    I was having the same problem.  I ended up here:  http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln300789/dell-support-center-or-my-dell-do-not-work-after-upgrade-to-windows-10?lang=en#Reinstall and selected the Download the latest version link & it worked.

     

  • shanepetty

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    Posted February 2nd, 2018 09:00

    That little blurb at the bottom of your link worked. Thanks for the post...

    Install the latest version of Dell SupportAssist

    To reinstall Dell SupportAssist, download the lastest version from our support site. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

  • Wres1110tp

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    Posted February 19th, 2018 11:00

    Worked perfectly, thank you all so much!

  • Hirajima

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    Posted April 18th, 2018 05:00


    @shanepettywrote:

     

    To reinstall Dell SupportAssist, download the lastest version from our support site. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.


    I'm afraid that this has not worked for me. When I run the resulting aulauncher.exe file, I get a message saying that it is searching for updates, and then a message that no updates are available.  I have also followed the advice within SupportAssist to reboot the computer and try again.

    This started after an update to SupportAssist was automatically downloaded and (supposedly) installed.

    The context of this problem is an Inspiron 13 which I have had since only yesterday. It has run all the Windows updates, the Dell firmware update and the Intel update just fine.