Re-run the setup. Many users report the error vanishes immediately.

Highly compressed installers require massive system memory configurations to extract heavy archives. If your system runs out of physical RAM, Windows needs an expanded virtual memory allocation to handle the load. Press Win + R , type sysdm.cpl , and press .

: Insufficient RAM or limited paging file (virtual memory) size. Security Interference

Set this to 1.5 times your total RAM in MB (e.g., 12288 for 8GB RAM).

Once in Safe Mode:

In 2026, while Windows 11 and 12 have become more robust, this error remains common due to the high compression techniques used to distribute games.

Press Win + R , type temp , and hit Enter. Delete all files in the directory.

The error message usually appears on Windows PCs when a setup program fails to decompress compressed file archives during heavy software or game installations.

The system cannot handle the decompression process.