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If I am understanding correctly, your installers are failing because they can't reach out and download the install files?
Have you done something to your firewall to make it more strict on outgoing connections? Standard firewalls normally allow all processes to connect outwards, and only block incoming, which wouldnt cause you any problems with installers.
If you have made it more strict, perhaps relax it while doing the install, and then re-strict it afterwards?
Alternatively, look for offline installers, and you won't need to worry about firewall issues: https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/4402611273485-BlueStacks-5-offline-installer
thanks. it feels like loosening the firewall defeats the purpose, but I can at least install Bluestacks without that for now.
If your firewall is restricting outbound, that's unusually strict. Unless you have a really good reason for doing so, your probably making it harder for yourself unnecessarily.
And you'd only need to do it briefly while doing the install, you can turn it back on right after.