Unfortunately for many players who like to communicate with each other via voice communication, during the installation of Discord, a problem may arise in the form of the error “installation has failed”. Often this problem occurs with Windows 10 owners who have already installed Discord before.
Among other things, even if some users manage to get around this error and still install Discord, problems begin when using the program already on the system. As the users themselves say, this may be due to a previously installed update for the OS.
In today’s article, we will try to take a closer look at the “installation has failed” error while installing Discord on Windows 10, and also show you how to get rid of it. Well, or at least try to do it.
Installation has failed error on Discord: how to fix it
So, you needed to install Discord for yourself, for example, to chat with friends or teammates in the game. However, as soon as you downloaded and tried to install the program, you got an “installation has failed” message on your screen. Unpleasant, yes, but this is not a sentence: you can get rid of this message and still install Discord on the system on Windows 10.
As a rule, the “installation has failed” error from Discord appears due to corrupted files of the installed program, ie. they were damaged right during the installation process, as a result of which it could not be completed correctly. To fix the “installation has failed” error, you need to try the following:
- right-click on the Start bar;
- select the “Task Manager” item from the context menu;
- find the Discord installation process in the list of running tasks and close it;
- click Windows + S;
- enter “Control Panel” in the search engine and open it;
- go to the “Programs and Features” section;
- remove from the list of programs Discord, if you find it in it;
- press combination Windows + R;
- enter the command % appdata% and press Enter;
- after opening the “AppData” folder, delete the “Discord” folder from the “Local” and “Roaming” folders;
- after completing all of the above, restart your computer.
Once you’ve done all the steps we covered above, try installing Discord again. This time, the “installation has failed” error should disappear during the installation process.
Let’s now take a look at what to do if Discord starts to crash on Windows 10 after installing an update. Unfortunately, a huge number of players have recently started complaining that Discord is not working correctly after installing updates from Microsoft. If you yourself have encountered such a problem, then know that the only solution in this case is to uninstall the latest update.
To complete the uninstallation of a specific update in Windows 10, do the following:
- right-click on Start;
- open the “Parameters” of the system;
- go to the “Update and Security” section;
- go to the “Windows Update” tab;
- click on the button “View the log of installed updates”;
- click on the “Remove updates” button;
- uninstall the latest system update that caused Discord issues.
It’s sad, of course, to uninstall a brand new update for Windows 10, but if it is incompatible with Discord, then you will have to get rid of it, at least for the time being. We hope we were able to help you with the “installation has failed” error when installing Discord, and also gave you tips on what to do if you encounter problems with it after installing updates for Windows 10.