The expected version of the product was not found on the system error while installing SharePoint designer 2013 Service Pack 1

This SharePoint tutorial, we will discuss how to fix error The expected version of the product was not found on the system which comes while installing SharePoint designer 2013 Service Pack 1.

Recently I was trying to download and install service pack 1 for SharePoint designer 2013 but while installing I got the error as The expected version of the product was not found on the system. The error looks like below:

Download Link: SharePoint designer service pack 1 64 bit download

The expected version of the product was not found on the system

Open command prompt in administrator mode (search for cmd and then right-click and click on Run as administrator) and then run the below command.

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\spdsp2013-kb2817441-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe PACKAGE.BYPASS.DETECTION.CHECK=1

Once you run the above command, you can see the installation will start like below:

Once you the installation complete, you can see the a successful message like below:

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• Errors were found when compiling the workflow. The workflow files were saved but cannot be run error in SharePoint online designer workflow

I hope this SharePoint tutorial helps to fix error, The expected version of the product was not found on the system error while installing SharePoint designer 2013 Service Pack 1.