Failed to package AIR application Main.exe:

I made a new, sample project with AIR to experiment with building an .exe but it fails. The error:

unexpected failure: Platform conversion failed. Process exited with error 5. Output was "[ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="execute: UPDATE `Property` SET `Value`= ? WHERE `Property`= ?[1627]: MSI Error" errorID=0]<br>"<br>java.io.IOException: Platform conversion failed. Process exited with error 5. Output was "[ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="execute: UPDATE `Property` SET `Value`= ? WHERE `Property`= ?[1627]: MSI Error" errorID=0]<br>"<br> at com.adobe.air.nai.NativePackager.conversionFail(NativePackager.java)<br> at com.adobe.air.nai.NativePackager.invokePlatformConversion(NativePackager.java)<br> at com.adobe.air.nai.NativePackager.createPackage(NativePackager.java)<br> at com.adobe.air.ADT.parseArgsAndGo(ADT.java)<br> at com.adobe.air.ADT.run(ADT.java)<br> at com.adobe.air.ADT.main(ADT.java)