Installing VMware Tools fails with the error: Error 1935: An error occurred during the installation of assembly
Article ID: 329076
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Products
VMware Desktop Hypervisor
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
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- Cannot install VMware Tools
- Installing VMware Tools fails
- You see the error:
Product: VMware Tools -- Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly
'Microsoft.VC80.CRT,publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50727.762",
processorArchitecture="x86"'.
Please refer to Help and Support for more information. HRESULT: 0x8007054F.
assembly interface: IAssemblyCacheItem, function: Commit, component:
{98CB24AD-52FB-DB5F-A01F-C8B3B9A1E18E}
Activation context generation failed for "c:\program files\microsoft sdks\Windows\v7.1\Bin\guidgen.exe". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC90.MFC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8" could not be found.
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Resolution
This issue occurs when the Microsoft Installer is unable to find the Microsoft Foundation Classes.
To resolve this issue:
To resolve this issue:
- Open a command prompt. For more information, see Opening a command or shell prompt (1003892).
- Run this command:
regsvr32 mfc90.dllThis command re-registers the library needed by the installer.
If the installation continues to fail, download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package from the Microsoft Download Center.
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