Windows error 0x80070642, -2147023294

Python installer: "0x80070642 - User cancelled installation"

Whenever I try to install Python 3.6.3 (32-bit) to my Windows 7 laptop at work, the installer fails with the following error. > 0x80070642 - User cancelled installation This error consistently occurs half-way through the installation while installing "Python 3.6.3 Standard Library (32-bit)", as indicated by Python's progress bar turning [...] read more

Xamarin Android installation fails

I'm trying to install Xamarin for Android and I'm having a really weird issue and I can't find any help anywhere. Once the installation starts and I click on Next button in the screen with the answer about if I want to collect information, it doesn't do anything. Checking the [...] read more

Trouble installing Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows (error with vcredist?)

update: the same issue is happening with the visual c++ redistributables I'm having trouble installing Visual Studio 2013 for Windows (the version for developing apps). I'm trying to install this on the Surface Pro 2 256GB edition running an up to date windows 8.1. I'm getting an error with the [...] read more

Install VS2015 DotNetCore RC2

I wanted to update the Aspnet5 rc1 to DotNetcode RC2. I am unable to uninstall rc1. If I install rc3, I get following error: Here is the log: [0584:098C][2016-06-09T23:30:46]e000: Error 0x80070642: Failed attempt to download URL: 'https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/6/1/46116DFF-29F9-4FF8-94BF-F9BE05BE263B/packages/AspNetCoreLocalFeed_rc2_14.msi' to: 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\{486C853B-822E-452D-9046-814A51B05A27}\AspNetCoreLocalFeed' [0584:098C][2016-06-09T23:30:46]e000: Error 0x80070642: Failed to acquire payload from: 'https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/6/1/46116DFF-29F9-4FF8-94BF-F9BE05BE263B/packages/AspNetCoreLocalFeed_rc2_14.msi' to working [...] read more

How to write the MsiPackage / InstallCondition based on a string comparison in a Wix bundle?

In my WiX Bootstrapper Application I want to install a 32bit OR a 64bit MsiPackage depending on the Outlook Bitness. So I search for the registry value (it can be x64 or x86), read it into a variable and set the InstallCondition of each MsiPackage to a string comparison of [...] read more

Wix Bootstrapper custom Failure Page Message dependent on error code

Having the following WIX Bootstrapper theme: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Theme xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/thmutil/2010"> <Window Width="485" Height="300" HexStyle="100a0000" FontId="0">#(loc.Caption)</Window> <Font Id="0" Height="-12" Weight="500" Foreground="000000" Background="FFFFFF">Segoe UI</Font> <Font Id="1" Height="-24" Weight="500" Foreground="000000">Segoe UI</Font> <Font Id="2" Height="-22" Weight="500" Foreground="666666">Segoe UI</Font> <Font Id="3" Height="-12" Weight="500" Foreground="000000" Background="FFFFFF">Segoe UI</Font> <Font Id="4" Height="-12" Weight="500" Foreground="ff0000" Background="FFFFFF" Underline="yes">Segoe UI</Font> [...] read more

Error during the installation of Python

I have downloaded too many versions of Python. But during the installation of each of them; it gives me the following error: > One or more issues caused the setup to fail. Please fix the issues and then > retry setup. For more information see the log file. 0x80240017 - [...] read more

WiX BootStrapper with multiple EXTERNAL msi files

I have a couple of MSI Files which i want to be executed: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension" xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension" > <Bundle Name="MySetup" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="minais" IconSourceFile="Setup.ico" UpgradeCode="a383d9df-3db4-468c-81b9-cb3a566c7ae7"> <BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense"> <bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication LogoFile="Setup.png" ThemeFile="Res/MyCustomBootstrapperTheme.xml" LocalizationFile="Res/MyCustomBootstrapperTheme.wxl" LicenseFile="SetupInfo.rtf"/> </BootstrapperApplicationRef> <Chain> <ExePackage Id="NETFW35" SourceFile="$(var.TargetDir)Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1\dotnetfx35sp1.exe" DisplayName=".NET Framework 3.5 SP1" Vital="no" InstallCondition="NOT netfx35" /> [...] read more

Error installing Visual Studio 2015

I'm trying to install Visual Studio 2015, and receive the following error: enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/UKsZv.jpg] Additionally, here is some of the input from my log file: [3218:039C][2016-07-07T11:34:22]e000: Error 0x80070002: Failed to move verified file to complete payload path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{79750C81-714E-45F2-B5DE-42DEF00687B8}v14.0.25420\packages\BuildTools_MSBuild_amd64\BuildTools1.cab [3218:039C][2016-07-07T11:34:22]e000: Error 0x80070002: Failed to cache payload: cabDB4A67A526A8A2A72A590422CCE486F7 [...] read more

WiX Bootstrapper

I am trying to create an installer for a simple .NET WPF C# app. I am using VS 2013, and WiX 3.10.2. Following the steps in the Wix Tutotial/ .NET/ Bootstrapping I have created a Boostrap.exe which chains .NET web installer and the app Setup.msi. EDIT: My goal is to [...] read more

Windows Phone 8 SDK installation failed

I am trying to install WP8 sdk but it gives me following error. enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/0sshg.png] I have Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit and using Visual Studio Premium 2012. the setup file i used to install sdk is wpsdkv80_enu1.img. Here is the log [135C:16BC][2013-10-25T14:40:35]: Error 0x800700e8: Failed to [...] read more

Cancel Installation of Wix Burn Boostrapper and Remove ARP Entry

I have a Wix Bootstrapper that, for the cases solving this issue, installs a single msi. If the user cancels mid installation, or the installation is unable to complete due to files in use, the bootstrapper starts the rollback process. The partially installed msi is properly cleaned up and files [...] read more

Visual Studio 2015 Community Setup Failed on Windows 8

I have windows 8 and trying to install Visual Studio Community 2015 Visual studio installation setup shows error: enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/skjE2.png] > > [04DC:142C][2018-09-09T16:07:54]i000: Setting string variable > > 'BundleResult' to value '1603' [04DC:142C][2018-09-09T16:07:54]i319: > > Applied rollback package: vs_teamExplorerCore, result: 0x0, restart: > > None [1560:06BC][2018-09-09T16:07:54]i351: Removing [...] read more

Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise KB3022398 could not be opened

I started getting crashes of Http64.exe so I tried to run VS2015 repair from CP. After a while, it stopped working. I tried to run repair again but got error: KB3022398 This update package could not be opened. Verify that update package exists etc.. Then I tried to restore to [...] read more

Failed to install "DotNetCore.1.0.1-VS2015Tools.Preview2.0.3" to VS2015 Update3

I have my VS2015 update 3 successfully installed but failed to install the latest Net Core 1.0.1 Tooling preview2. I tried a couple of time to repair it but still have the same issue. I looked into the log file and I found this: > [1F88:1A48][2016-12-17T21:34:04]e000: Error 0x80070642: Failed attempt [...] read more

Error on installing .Net Core

Trying to install .Net Core over VS Community 2015 update 3. I am stuck with the following error. Tried downloading and copying the msi file (AspNetCoreLocalFeed_.msi) manually but the destination folder as seen in the log file is being created dynamically so it doesn't work. Also attempted to install it [...] read more

Wix Burn Managed Bootstrapper - No Rollback

I have a managed bootstrapper to install the SQL Server 2014 Express in silent mode. Installation works fine, but if the user cancel's the setup, then Burn doesn't start a rollback?! Here's the Chain definition: <Chain> <ExePackage Id="SQLServer2014SP1_32bit" DisplayName="SQL Server 2014 Express SP1 (32 bit)" DownloadUrl="https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/D/6/2D6264A9-FA30-4731-920F-F21548052577/DEU/x86/SQLEXPRWT_x86_DEU.exe" SourceFile="C:\Test\SQLEXPRWT_x86_DEU.exe" Cache="no" Compressed="no" PerMachine="yes" [...] read more

Installation of visual studio on win 10 64

I am trying to get any visual studio 201x running on windows 10 . My system is as follows. Amd 955 Am3+ sabertooth mb 16 gb 1600 ram 250 gb hdd avl Express 13 update 5 for desktop. from web gets as far as install cannot continue because some components [...] read more

Error on installation - Office 365

I'm using Windows 10 and had Office 365 installed on my pc. The problem was: I had a 64-Bit version installed from the office 365 website which installed it as 64-Bit. For legacy reasons I need the 32-Bit version. So I deinstalled Office in the Settings > Apps & Features [...] read more

How to find the path of python folder?

I am using windows 10, 64 bit 1809 version, when I type python in command prompt it says python is not recognized as internal and external command, operable program or batch file, there is no python folder in c://users/user/AppData/local/programs/ as well, but when I try to install older version of [...] read more

Visual Studio 2015 Community: Setup Failed! Installation Error

I am trying to install Visual Studio 2015 Community (with updates) on Windows 7 x64, but in the start of the installation, when it is about to install Build Tools 14.0 (x86) it fails. I do not know why this happens and i have tried to find answers but nothing [...] read more

Issues when installing Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise

I am trying to install Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise edition on Windows 7 64bit platform. I have installed Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. Now I want to install VS 2015 Enterprise but at the end of the installation some error messages appear saying: Cannot find one or more components. Please re-install [...] read more

Installing WEC 2013

I'm experiencing so many different problems installing WEC 2013 - it fails at various points, depending of what I select. I tried downloading all the different update versions ISOs from MSDN and they all fail in one way or the other. One of the many failure examples is this dialog: [...] read more