Arcserve Fix: "The installation of setup support files files is failed. Setup cannot continue."

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.