ERROR MESSAGE


'The installation of setup support files files is failed. Setup cannot continue.'

 

 

 

 DESCRIPTION


Installation of Arcserve fails and the below can be seen in the Logs.

 

Prodwiz.log:

C:\Windows\TEMP\CA_XXXX.tmp\Prodwiz.log

2011-07-14 14:45:28    MSIEXEC.EXE /i '' /qn MASTERSETUP=1
LANGUAGEID= REBOOT=ReallySuppress /l*v ''
2011-07-14 14:45:28    MSIEXEC.EXE /i
'\\tsclient\G\Components\CA\SetupSupport\SetupCommon.msi' /qn MASTERSETUP=1
LANGUAGEID=1033 REBOOT=ReallySuppress /l*v
'C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\AS_SetupSupport.txt'
2011-07-14 14:45:28    ConvertMacro End
2011-07-14 14:45:28    LaunchProcess Begin
2011-07-14 14:45:28    Commandline: MSIEXEC.EXE /i
'\\tsclient\G\Components\CA\SetupSupport\SetupCommon.msi' /qn MASTERSETUP=1
LANGUAGEID=1033 REBOOT=ReallySuppress /l*v
'C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\1\AS_SetupSupport.txt'
2011-07-14 14:45:28    Working Dir: (null)
2011-07-14 14:45:28    LaunchProcess: return 0 with ExitCode 1645
2011-07-14 14:45:28    Install SETUPSUPPORT Failed.
2011-07-14 14:45:28    InstallPrerequisites return FALSE.

 

 

 

 SOLUTION:


This happens if the setup files are dumped on a TSClient Share and you are running the installation from a Remote Desktop Connection. You may perform the installation locally Or refer the below Microsoft article.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927063

 

 

 MORE INFORMATION

 

Refer to Microsoft Error Codes for windows installer.