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Cannot Upgrade VMware View Client 5.X / Windows Installer Error.
You try to install View Agent 5.X on Windows 6 64BIT.
Error: Event 1013, Msinstaller “Product View Agent — The System must be rebooted before installation can continue.
Existing Versions
Every time you install it should reboot
- Option /c to clean does not do something
- You did remove VMware Tools
- You did uninstall old Version of View
- The account has enough permission and is Local Admin
| MSI Windows Installer Logfile you get with: VMware-viewagent-x86_64-5.3.5-3038335.exe /V”/l c:\drivers\viewlog.txt REBOOT=Reallysuppress” |
| MSI (c) (EC:E4) [13:12:26:910]: Doing action: VM_MustReboot Aktion 13:12:26: VM_MustReboot. Aktion gestartet um 13:12:26: VM_MustReboot. Das System muss neu gestartet werden, bevor die Installation fortgesetzt werden kann. MSI (c) (EC:E4) [13:12:29:317]: Transforming table Error. |
Check if there are pending reboots, ore name of files:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\RebootRequired
Normally there is something wrong in the Windows Installer Database then or the Installer is missing some MSP/MSI Source Files or Transforms.
| Here is how to fix the German client, Do the Reboots as it wants it |
| :: VMWARE Repair VIEW Client :: V1.0, 24.09.2015, M. Butsch cls @echo off :: Vmware tools remove MsiExec.exe /X{0240CD90-92F5-46EA-AF6D-E9E4092FDCE9} /quiet MsiExec.exe /X{057921DD-9895-48EE-8094-8274956086B1} /quiet :: Uninstall View Agent MsiExec.exe /X{C9E58A5B-0C62-42D3-9303-2131F66C1BD3} /quiet MsiExec.exe /X{E1BF8D0F-3C8E-43F8-93E7-9E779B2F25AB} /quiet MsiExec.exe /X{FE2F6A2C-196E-4210-9C04-2B1BC21F07EF} /quiet reg delete “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress” /f reg delete “HKLM\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\Control\Session Manager” /v PendingFileRenameOperations /f pause |
| Reboot the client 1) Install VMWARE Tools from Vcenter Command REFRESH > Reboot > Then RUN the command |
| :: —————————————————————————- :: Installieren aktuelle Version \\server\sw$\vmware\view_agent_5.3.5\VMware-viewagent-x86_64-5.3.5-3038335.exe /s/v/qb+ DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=0 VDM_SERVER=gzfvdm2 REBOOT=Reallysupress |