Adobe AIR installation on Vista. Message: 'An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. '
After failing to apply an update to Adobe Air, I attempted to re-install it from scratch. This is at the end of the installation log:
[2014-09-27:20:02:36] Rolling back install of c:\users\martin\appdata\local\temp\air6641.tmp\setup.msi
[2014-09-27:20:02:36] Rollback complete
[2014-09-27:20:02:36] Exiting due to error: [ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="1603" errorID=0]
[2014-09-27:20:02:36] Exiting due to error: [ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="1603" errorID=0]
[2014-09-27:20:02:36] Runtime Installer end with exit code 7
[2014-09-27:20:02:38] Runtime Installer end with exit code 7
[2014-09-29:07:59:54] Runtime Installer begin with version 15.0.0.249 on Windows Vista x86
[2014-09-29:07:59:54] Commandline is:
[2014-09-29:07:59:54] No installed runtime detected
[2014-09-29:07:59:59] Relaunching with elevation
[2014-09-29:07:59:59] Launching subprocess with commandline c:\users\martin\appdata\local\temp\aire002.tmp\adobe air installer.exe -ei
[2014-09-29:08:00:03] Runtime Installer begin with version 15.0.0.249 on Windows Vista x86
[2014-09-29:08:00:03] Commandline is: -stdio \\.\pipe\AIR_3488_0 -ei
[2014-09-29:08:00:03] No installed runtime detected
[2014-09-29:08:00:03] Starting silent runtime install. Installing runtime version 15.0.0.249
[2014-09-29:08:00:04] Installing msi at c:\users\martin\appdata\local\temp\aire002.tmp\setup.msi with guid {7BBAEC47-1CC0-4CB8-ADB4-531B78DBD1DD}
[2014-09-29:08:00:06] Error occurred during msi install operation; beginning rollback: [ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="1603" errorID=0]
[2014-09-29:08:00:06] Rolling back install of c:\users\martin\appdata\local\temp\aire002.tmp\setup.msi
[2014-09-29:08:00:06] Rollback complete
[2014-09-29:08:00:06] Exiting due to error: [ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="1603" errorID=0]
[2014-09-29:08:00:06] Exiting due to error: [ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="1603" errorID=0]
[2014-09-29:08:00:09] Runtime Installer end with exit code 7
The log covers many attempts. The latest was on 29th September.
Following a suggestion in another forum thread, I checked the file permissions for folder 'c:\users\martin\appdata\local\temp'. As far as I can see, they give full control to the SYSTEM, administrator and sole user (martin) accounts. There are no options with 'Deny' against them.
I have run Microsoft FixIt. I also tried the Windows Installer Cleanup utility (msicuu2.exe) but I got 'Access Denied' with no further details.
Any suggestions?
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