
In my experience, a lot of struggle, and you end up with the same error message. Renaming the exe files is one resolution for Windows cannot find issue. If it still exists, here is the last solution for you. sfc scannow is not recognized as an internal or external command in cmd (Basically I need to access FTP site and want to setup IIS) I have set path also in Environment variable Also cannot do anything from Registry Editor. When it is finished, you can check to see if the Windows cannot find issue still exists.

#WINDOWS CANNOT FIND SETUP EXE INSTALL#
Failed solution 4: A mix of "Failed solution 3" and "Failed solution 2." Disable the firewalls as in 3) above, run as “administrator” as in 2) above, and then try to install Office. Then, it will start to troubleshoot and fix the issue.Again, the same error will appear and you wil not be able to install Office 2013. From the Control panel, go to Control Panel -> Windows Firewall -> Turn Windows Firewall on or off -> Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended) and then run the setup.exe file. In my experience you just get the above error message again.

Right-click on the setup.exe file, and choose “Run as administrator” before installing Office 2013.

The file is on a location that is not currently accessible like a network location or an external drive that is not currently connected to the PC.
#WINDOWS CANNOT FIND SETUP EXE WINDOWS 8#
Restart your Windows 8 or Windows 7 computer, re-insert the Office 2013 installation disk into the DVD drive, and then run the Office setup.exe. You do not have permissions to the file or the file location. I can’t recommend these solutions: I tried them and they didn’t work. If you continue to have problems, please contact Microsoft or your system administrator.” Failed Solutions Proposed in Forums Fix for: Windows cannot find setup.exe Make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again. Please try reinstalling Office from your installation source, or if you installed from a downloaded package, please re-download and reinstall. “Setup can't find or validate an installation file.
