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New Participant
March 12, 2026
Question

Meta Link installation error

Refuses to install on Windows 11. Tried many times. Re-booted many times. Deleted folders as suggested and re-tried. No change. Just keeps saying it encountered an error. It goes through installation and you see files installed in all the places but nothing appears in 'installed programs'. You would think it would uninstall what has been installed before aborting and flagging an error. Just to say there is an error is hardly helpful, with the only suggestion to reboot and try again.

I have had Meta installed before but stopped using it as it never connected reliably (I have Quest 3) so changed to VD and all worked smoothly.   

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    BarryQ3Author
    New Participant
    March 13, 2026

    None of the suggestions help in the link

    BarryQ3Author
    New Participant
    March 13, 2026

    To add, I went into Safe Mode and removed all Meta and Occulus folders everywhere but installation still stopped with an error. One thing I spotted was that a Meta Link shortcut appeared on the Desktop towards the end and then it just disappeared. So something right at the end of the installation.