Error 1406 Installing Web Developer Express

Error 1406 Installing Web Developer Express

• Xin Zhang

  Andreas:

  I am not comfortable with messing around with the registry.  However, I did the following:

  1.  Opened up Regedt32

  2.  did a find on "AC0714F7-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4"

  3.  Found HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{AC0714F6-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4}\Instance CLSID and the entry under that was  "Microsoft Add-In Authouring Designer"

  4.  Modified it to read "Microsoft Add-In Authouring Designe"

  5. Changed it back to "Microsoft Add-In Authouring Designer"

  6.  Found Next occurrence (key name="HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSAddnDr.AddInInstance") and I was able to modify its contents as well.

  7.  Found next occurrence (key name = "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSAddnDr.AddInInstance.1").  Also modifiable.

  8.  Next occurrence, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
  {AC0714F6-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4}\Instance CLSID", was also modifiable.

  9.  Next occurrence, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{AC0714F7-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4}", was also modifiable.

  etc., etc.

  Based upon that I assume that "You can try to manually add a entry under that key with regedit and see if it also fails" did not result in the failure you suggested might occur.

   

  As for the fixes you referenced: (1) I have never installed any of the betas. (2)  the other issues seemed to do with the above attempt to do manual writing to the key ("Modifiable" ).  I have been able to write to those keys, so I cannot figure out how the references you provided apply to my case.

  Now what   (Final point - got the same error trying to install VC# Express)

  
  
  

• YT

  They applied that as it was also error 1406 and permissions to write to the registry.

  I referenced those because they mention all possible solutions I know of.

  Be sure to run as administrator
  Check the permissions to registry
  Be sure that there is no applications denying access like anti virus software.

  Another idea mentioned was to use regmon and see what the actual error is.
  http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html

  
  
  

• Ronald Zariits

  Same problem and same [wacky] fix. I tried for a whole month to install the damn thing, till I opted to move to altova xmlspy instead for my desktop and installed VWD on my toshiba laptop. What gives MS What a let down The mvp guy didn't have a work around nor an explanation for
  
  - actually fixing the problem on your desktop
  - or reason as to why it did install on my laptop
  
  
  
  
  

• Rosalba

  Like many others, I also had problems installing VS Express with those errors.
  
  My solution:
  
  Make note of the key when the error appears.
  Run regedit, go to the key, export it (for bu) & delete it.
  Re-run the install.
  Repeat each time the error appears (it will always be a different key).
  
  In my case, I had to delete the following keys:
  
  HKLM\Software\Classess\.xsd
  HKLM\Software\Classess\.dtd
  HKLM\Software\Classess\.xdr
  HKLM\Software\Classess\.xslt
  HKLM\Software\Classess\.wsdl
  
  After doing so, VS Web Express installed properly & recreated the keys.
  
  Hope this helps someone.
  

• k111kk

  I had this same error and found that by closing the stupid IM window in the tool bar fixed the problem. I hope this works for you too.

  GEK

  
  
  

• grnfvr

  I am very confused, it tries to create a key it just closed, that implies it just had it successfully opened.

  Have you verified your computer if free from virus and malicious software

  I am not sure I will be able to figure out what more could help you. You might want to consider reporting this to the product feedback center, you will be able to attach the logfile there.
  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback

  You can mail the regmon log to me, I will be even more confused... :)
  afjohansson(at)hotmail.com
  Replace (at) with @

  
  
  

• Hamdy Ghanem132708

  Hi --
  
  Did you ever find a way to resolve this issue I experience the same issue with the registry. I was hoping someone had found a workaround...
  
  Thanks in advance!
  
  

• DAN TRUNG

  dcd112778,

  what did you do to install when getting this error Setting registry permission

  As a MVP I do not possess any magic powers. :) If you have a clear idea what you needed to do to get it installed you might want to report it via http://connect.microsoft.com .

  With your feedback you will help microsoft improve the express editions so if you have some please use the connect site.

  
  
  

• jstacy

  Thanks for staying with me on this. I am still lost!

  I have regmon but I hardly know what to do with it. As I mentioned, I am NOT a deep technical person and most of this is - at least currently - way over my head.

  What do I do with a regmon once I do this. I attempted to filter on the GUID that keeps popping up as the basis for the 1406 error. I got a long listing of something in REGMON, but it is all gobbldygook to me. I would be happy to attach the log from regmon, but I don't see any attach link on this page. I can email it to you and perhaps you can make sense out of it.

  The lines in all that garbage that jump out at me are below (especially the ones that talk about access denial):

  23 132.42771912 msiexec.exe:1544 OpenKey HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{AC0714F7-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4}\ProgID SUCCESS Access: 0x20019
  24 132.42773438 msiexec.exe:1544 QueryValue HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{AC0714F7-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4}\ProgID\(Default) SUCCESS "MSAddnDr.AddInInstance.1"
  25 132.42773438 msiexec.exe:1544 QueryValue HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{AC0714F7-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4}\ProgID\(Default) SUCCESS "MSAddnDr.AddInInstance.1"
  26 132.42774963 msiexec.exe:1544 CloseKey HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{AC0714F7-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4}\ProgID SUCCESS
  27 132.42778015 msiexec.exe:1544 CreateKey HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{AC0714F7-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4}\ProgID ACCESS DENIED Access: 0x2001F NT_AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
  28 132.42784119 msiexec.exe:1544 CreateKey HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{AC0714F7-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4} SUCCESS Access: 0x2000000
  29 132.42787170 msiexec.exe:1544 CreateKey HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{AC0714F7-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4}\ProgID ACCESS DENIED Access: 0x2001F NT_AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
  30 132.42788696 msiexec.exe:1544 CloseKey HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{AC0714F7-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4} SUCCESS
  

  What now

  
  
  

• Madmaniakid

  Arrgghh! There is nothing worse than random, senseless errors in apps for no apparent reason!!!
  
  Thanks for the update.
  
  

• ShawnSantana

  Well, I am confused, as well.  I am not sure how I can verify the absence of something (viruses, etc.)  However, I can say that I have had NAV and Spysweeper (plus firewalls up) active on this machine since it was purchased.  The only time I have ever let down the shields has been when downloading and installing tghe MS Visual Express products.  Neither of these has ever complained about any malware.

  Perhaps you are aware of some other means of validating the absence of malware that I could use.

  As for the log, I shall send same to you via separate email and I shall attempt to get some support from the product feedback center.  I* must say, this has been most disappointing.  I had looked forward to MS providing something neat that I could try.  Instead, I have spent many hours in the weeds grasping at straws to no avail.

   

  
  
  

• Torsten Pietrek

  I read bugs submitted to product feedback center.

  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/SearchResults.aspx text=1406&stype=1&fields=1&type=0&witId=0&pId=0&category=0&os=0&oslang=0&status=0&msstatus=0&resolution=0&chgdays=&validation=0&votes=&voterating=0&workarounds=False&attachments=False

  You can try to manually add a entry under that key with regedit and see if it also fails.

  Use regedt32, where you can right click and check the permissions.

  
  
  

• MarkSee

  Well, you won't believe this!

  I had finally given up on ever getting an answer to the problem of installing these onto my XP Pro desktop.

  I was, however, able to successfully install all of the express products on my XP Pro laptop - no problems, no issues there. Still could not install any of them on my desktop

  Then, a few weeks after doing that successful install on the laptop, I logged into my desktop via remote desktop connection from the laptop and tried to run the Express installs on the desktop. Mirabile dictu! They installed with zero problems.

  The only thing that had changed on the desktop was the normally occurring batches of intervening, automatic updates of:
  (1) Windows Automatic Update
  (2) Webroot Spysweeper
  (3) Norton Antivirus

  Go figure.

  
  
  
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