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Troubleshooting MSI Error 1304
Recently, I ran into this error while trying to install a product. The error
read: "Error 1304.Error writing to file %s. Verify that you have access to
that directory." (%s was replaced with the actual filename from the error)
It turns out for this issue, the file generating the error was a .NET assembly that
was being installed to the GAC. After much troubleshooting, we looked to see
what version of .NET was actually installed, and discovered that no .NET installation
was present. For reasons other than I want to get into at this moment, the
lack of .NET slipped past our installer. So we fixed that issue, and got .NET
2.0 installed and everything was dandy.
PS: If you are running into this error code for your installation, make sure
to verfiy that your media ins't corrupted. Re-download or re-copy the media
to ensure this. Also, if you are running this off of a network share, network
errors could cause this. A corrupted CAB file is your most likely culprit.
-JP
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