I now remembered similar issue occured with @nima1024 my suggestion fix was: 1) go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall make a copy of the whole key to restore it in case of errors check the sub keys for the vc++ products clear InstallSource value for each (meaning replace content with nothing) 2) go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products make a backup copy check the sub keys for vc++ products from SourceList key, clear LastUsedSource value
@digital john Late Feb I bought a new laptop and installed a slipstreamed LTSC(my own doing). I had used abbodi's v17 repack to install the runtimes without issue. It's only now when I tried v18(and v18b) for testing purposes that I experienced this issue. Like I mentioned in abbodi's thread, on a fresh install of LTSC .379 on a VM this issue is non-existant, even after many installs/uninstalls of the repack(/aiU > run as admin OR "dirty" install). @abbodi1406 Will try asap.
@wilenty Code: SetupType: "Uninstall and Install only Visual C++ runtimes: x64 and/or x86" Components to Uninstall: "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) -> 8.0.61186", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.7523", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable - 10.0.40219", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x64 Additional Runtime - 11.0.61135", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x64 Minimum Runtime - 11.0.61135", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.40664", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.40664", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.20.27404", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.20.27404", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable -> 8.0.61187 [{x86}]", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.7523", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) - 11.0.61030 -> 11.0.61030.0 [{x86}]", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) - 11.0.61030 -> 11.0.61030.0", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x86 Additional Runtime - 11.0.61135", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x86 Minimum Runtime - 11.0.61135", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.40664 -> 12.0.40664.0 [{x86}]", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.40664 -> 12.0.40664.0", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime - 12.0.40664", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.40664", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x64) - 14.20.27404 -> 14.20.27404.0 [{x86}]", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) - 14.20.27404 -> 14.20.27404.0", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.20.27404", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.20.27404" Components to Install: "Visual C++ 2005 x64", "Visual C++ 2008 x64", "Visual C++ 2010 x64", "Visual C++ 2012 x64 Minimum", "Visual C++ 2012 x64 Additional", "Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum", "Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional", "Visual C++ 2019 x64 Minimum", "Visual C++ 2019 x64 Additional", "Visual C++ 2005 x86", "Visual C++ 2008 x86", "Visual C++ 2010 x86", "Visual C++ 2012 x86 Minimum", "Visual C++ 2012 x86 Additional", "Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum", "Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional", "Visual C++ 2019 x86 Minimum", "Visual C++ 2019 x86 Additional" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) -> 8.0.61186"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.7523"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable - 10.0.40219"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2012 x64 Additional Runtime - 11.0.61135"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2012 x64 Minimum Runtime - 11.0.61135"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.40664"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.40664"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2017 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.20.27404"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2017 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.20.27404"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable -> 8.0.61187 [{x86}]"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.7523"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) - 11.0.61030 -> 11.0.61030.0 [{x86}]"; ExitCode: -2147023284; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) - 11.0.61030 -> 11.0.61030.0"; ExitCode: -2147023284; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2012 x86 Additional Runtime - 11.0.61135"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2012 x86 Minimum Runtime - 11.0.61135"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.40664 -> 12.0.40664.0 [{x86}]"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.40664 -> 12.0.40664.0"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime - 12.0.40664"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.40664"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x64) - 14.20.27404 -> 14.20.27404.0 [{x86}]"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) - 14.20.27404 -> 14.20.27404.0"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2017 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.20.27404"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Uninstall "Visual C++ 2017 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.20.27404"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) -> 8.0.61186"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.7523"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable -> 10.0.40219.473"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2012 x64 Minimum Runtime -> 11.0.61135.00"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2012 x64 Additional Runtime -> 11.0.61135.00"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime -> 12.0.40664.00"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime -> 12.0.40664.00"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" ERROR: The older version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.20.27508 cannot be removed. Contact your technical support group. Install "Visual C++ 2019 X64 Minimum Runtime -> 14.20.27508.01"; ExitCode: 1603; indicates: "Fatal error during installation" ERROR: The older version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.20.27508 cannot be removed. Contact your technical support group. Install "Visual C++ 2019 X64 Additional Runtime -> 14.20.27508.01"; ExitCode: 1603; indicates: "Fatal error during installation" Install "Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable -> 8.0.61187 [{x86}]"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.7523"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable -> 10.0.40219.473"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2012 x86 Minimum Runtime -> 11.0.61135.00"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2012 x86 Additional Runtime -> 11.0.61135.00"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime -> 12.0.40664.00"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" Install "Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime -> 12.0.40664.00"; ExitCode: 1612; indicates: "The installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it" ERROR: The older version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.20.27508 cannot be removed. Contact your technical support group. Install "Visual C++ 2019 X86 Minimum Runtime -> 14.20.27508.01"; ExitCode: 1603; indicates: "Fatal error during installation" ERROR: The older version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.20.27508 cannot be removed. Contact your technical support group. Install "Visual C++ 2019 X86 Additional Runtime -> 14.20.27508.01"; ExitCode: 1603; indicates: "Fatal error during installation" 2019-03-20 22:33:24 Work time: 00:00:20,32 @abbodi1406 Actually, deleting the entire registry... "folders" for vc++ runtimes did the trick. Now everything is hunky dory. Even after multiple uninstalls/installs the problem does not appear.