Civil 3D 2010 Install, dreaded 1603 error

[Anonymous]

I have tried to install Civil 3D 2010 on my computer and as mentioned, it aborts with a 1603 error when it tries to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64). I have gone through the forums and tried all the solutions I could find. I have downloaded and installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) directly from Microsoft and it installed perfectly fine. I have ran setup as administrator. I am out of ideas...

Here is the error:

Install    Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64)    Failed    Installation aborted, Result=1603

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Anonymous]

Does no one have any help for this?

[TravisNave · Accepted solution]

If the prerequisite is already installed and installation still fails, then you may need to make an advanced edit to the setup.ini file to ignore the error. Please make sure you did manually install the prerequisite file from Microsoft and then modify the setup.ini file accordingly.

For more information on this process, please see my KB article here:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Installation-Licensing/Install-NET-Framework-Language-Pack-Failed-Inst...

[Anonymous]

This worked! Wonderful, thank you!