Can't Install any .msi files

[hellarda]

Hi all,

bit of a weird one this, currently running Win 8 CP and I can't seem to install ANY .msi files, even ones contained in within in exe file.

For example trying to install vmware workstation I get this error:



no idea why... tried installing with admin rights... no change.

any ideas?

cheers

 

[KIA]

I’m using windows 8 dev build and had a similar issue. Silverlight, VMware, and Virtual box were all failing to install. Same issue as in this article.

I had to do a few things to make it work. I took ownership of the temp folder, and I went up to appdata and saw that it was set as read only (….well some kinks are expected in a dev build but…really?) I took off the read only and applied that to all the sub folders. Then I deleted all the temp data as stated above. And now all those programs install just fine.

Now this was for windows 8, but perhaps someone is having a similar problem with 7.

http://www.sysprobs.com/fixed-the-m...tion-uninstall-repair-and-update-in-windows-7

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/mi...nguage=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1031302