Fatal Error - "Installation Ended Prematurely because of an error"

The following worked for me:

http://www.qliktips.com/2010_08_01_archive.html

The registration key of vbscript under ( 32bit and 64 bit versions)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID{B54F3741-5B07-11CF-A4B0-00AA004A55E8}

or

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID{B54F3741-5B07-11cf-A4B0-00AA004A55E8}

is wrongly repeated under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. This would explain why sometimes running the installation as an administrator sometimes works.

I had problems with installation of VirtualBox and Sketchup. Installation ended prematurely. Tested with two different windows 10 computers and with both of them installation failed same way.

I usually sign in to windows with PIN. I tried to reboot and sign in with microsoft account instead and got VirtualBox and Sketchup installed without problems on both computers i tested.

So maybe sign in with PIN does not give the same permissions as signing in with microsoft account that is cousing the problems.

Hi,

a. Are you logged in as the administrator of the computer?

b. Do you get any error code alonwith with these error messages?

c. Did you make any software changes recently?

These are some of the steps which will help the windows installer to work without any error.

Method 1.

Check if the Windows installer service is started

1. Click start->type in services.msc and press enter-> check for windows installer->start the service if it’s stopped

2. If Windows Installer does not work correctly, open Problem Reports and Solutions to see if a solution is available.

Open Problem Reports and Solutions by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking  System and Maintenance, and then clicking Problem Reports and Solution

3) Unregister Windows Installer, and then reregister Windows Installer. To do this, follow these steps:

             1. On the "Start" menu, click "Run:.

              2. In the "Open" box, type "msiexec /unreg", and then press ENTER.

              3. On the "Start" menu, click "Run".

              4. In the "Open" box, type "msiexec /regserver", and then press ENTER.

Method 2.

Since there are some non-system applications running I would recommend you to install it in the Clean Boot state and check.

Enable a Clean Start: 

1. Click Start, type msconfig in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

     User Account Control permission.

     If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the

     password, Or click Continue.

2. On the General tab, click Selective Startup.
3. Under Selective Startup, click to clear the Load Startup items check box.
4. Click the Services tab, click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable All.
5. Click OK.
6. When you are prompted, click Restart.
7. After the computer starts, check whether the problem is resolved.

If the issue is resolved check which third party is causing the problem, referring the link given below:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

8. Install the softwares now and check.

Reset the computer to start as usual

9. After you have finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to reset the computer to start as usual:

Click Start, type msconfig.exe in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

10. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue. On the General tab, click the Normal Startup option, and then click OK. 
11. When you are prompted to restart the computer, click Restart.

Method 3.

If the issue still exists provide us the event viewer logs.

Type eventvwr.msc /s in the address bar.

  List any events that are listed as "Error" in the main window when you go to "Windows Logs" and "Application." There are often a lot of them. Send us whichever ones you see listed for the last couple days. (Please also do for the logs in "System"). When you do, provide us the name of the "Source" and whatever is listed in the description box below the list of logs when you click on one.

For more information about event viewer refer to the articles below:

Open Event Viewer

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-Event-Viewer

What information appears in event logs (Event Viewer)?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-information-appears-in-event-logs-Event-Viewer

Hope this helps.

Thanks and Regards:

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I tried Method1, Method2, Method3 but all failed. The software is returning the same fatal error. Can somebody download the flowcode software and test it in windows7 home premium to find out what is the problem especially in Hp Pavilion Laptop? Because the software works fine in Windows XP and Windows 7 Home Basic.

Hello KUNIBABINA,

What version of Windows 7 are you using? The different versions are Windows 7 Starter, Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate. There is not a Windows 7 Home Basic version but there is a Windows Vista Home Basic. Is that the version that is on your Dell Laptop?

Have you tried to install by right click on the setup.exe or .msi and choose "Run as Administrator"?

What errors do you have in the Event Viewer?

Please reply back with an update.

Sincerely,

Marilyn

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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