Win7 (32 & 64 bit) systems that will not install any updates to .NET Framework

Sysnative Windows Update · Oct 4, 2019

Yes. Exactly, I want you to extract the files from it in order to bypass that exe file and run the setup (that's contained within it). If you are not sure how to do this, let me know, and I will extract the files for you.

SysEngineer · Oct 4, 2019

No I should be good. I'll have to install something like 7Zip on this system but shouldn't be an issue.

SysEngineer · Oct 4, 2019

Okay...did the following:

Installed 7zip.
Extracted the .exe to a new folder and ran setup.exe.

Here's the output:

Went to the link at the bottom of that and reviewed the article. The blocking issue message in the screenshot above matches none of the ones lined out in that article. I did look at the mentioned registry keys and here is what I saw.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Compatibility Assistant\Persisted

Notice no "layers" key

Sysnative Windows Update · Oct 4, 2019

Is this installed: Download Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile (Standalone Installer) from Official Microsoft Download Center

SysEngineer · Oct 4, 2019

I can run it if you think I should. I don't see any signs of it being installed but that doesn't mean it's not. Is there a way to check it or should I just download and install?

Sysnative Windows Update · Oct 4, 2019

Go ahead with the install...

SysEngineer · Oct 4, 2019

I'm convinced this system hates me...

Sysnative Windows Update · Oct 4, 2019

Reboot and retry...

SysEngineer · Oct 4, 2019

Rebooted and retried install but got same "Installation Did Not Succeed" error.

Sysnative Windows Update · Oct 4, 2019

Darn... Upgrading the machines to Windows 10 is out of the question?

SysEngineer · Oct 4, 2019

Honestly, I can't say. I thought the plan was to completely replace the hardware but if that is the plan it's slow in the making. At this point, I'm not opposed to throwing in the towel and calling this a lost cause. Unless you've got a few cards left in the deck to play yet.

Sysnative Windows Update · Oct 4, 2019

Let's try this:

Win7 (32 & 64 bit) systems that will not install any updates to .NET Framework

SysEngineer · Oct 4, 2019

Okay, I'm going to have to set this aside for today. I'll get to that on Monday..hopefully.

Sysnative Windows Update · Oct 4, 2019

SysEngineer · Oct 7, 2019

Okay I was able to run the FRST process again this morning. The search completed but I get a pop up saying "Cannot find the C:\users\ltadmin\desktop\searchregtxt file. Do you want to create a new file?"

Not sure if this is expected output (meaning we've cleaned up any/all references to .NET) or if this is an indication of any error.

Sysnative Windows Update · Oct 7, 2019

This is unexpected. What did you do exactly?

SysEngineer · Oct 7, 2019

loaded the reg string in an elevated command prompt. once complete I right-clicked to run as administrator the FRST.exe (FRST64.exe will not run on this system b/c it is a 32 bit OS), typed .NET framework in the search box and hit search registry.

Sysnative Windows Update · Oct 7, 2019

I'd do a Repair install here. The system is getting weirder and weirder.

SysEngineer · Oct 7, 2019

Yeah I'm a believer this system was hosed even before I opened this thread honestly. I don't know that I can get the resources in place to do that work. I'm completely okay with closing this thread out as I don't believe without some drastic work we'll ever get it back to functional.

Sysnative Windows Update · Oct 7, 2019

I would also advise that you consider upgrading this to Win10 as Win7 support is ending very soon.

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