Monday morning eh? It surely is!
Trying to install CrashPlan 4.4.1 (CrashPlan-x64_4.4.1_Win.exe) is proving to be a lot more hassle than it should..
Error messages shortly after kicking off the .msi installation:
CrashPlan setup ended prematurely because of an error. Your system has not been modified. To install this program at a later time, please run the installation again.
Click the “Finish” button to exit the Setup Wizard.
Event viewer has some additional info but not much:
Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: CrashPlan. Product Version: 4.4.1. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Code 42 Software. Installation success or error status: 1603.
Product: CrashPlan — Installation failed.
Solution, as usual, was pretty simple. It turns out that Windows firewall needs to be started for the installation to complete properly (odd one I know!) Mine was turned off so simple netsh command to turn it back on did the trick:
Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: CrashPlan. Product Version: 4.4.1. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Code 42 Software. Installation success or error status: 0.
Just wanted to say thanks for this post. This issue had me stumped for a good few hours!
Glad I could help and thanks for stopping by 🙂