.NET framework 4.0 installation error. (0x80070642)

Question

Ok. I searched for a while, but I still can't get .NET to install.

I am trying to install version 4.0.

I downloaded it from HERE

My computer has Windows 7 Starter. Yeah yeah it was included.

The installer just starts, and when it's right about to finish, bam. 

"An error was encountered

Unspecified error"

I checked out the log file, as was suggested in one of the previous questions.

The error code at the end says:

Installation failed with error code: (0x80070642), "User cancelled installation. "

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Please paste the full log.

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Please mark those posts as answer which answers your question. Faraz

Answer 2

As Faraz said, we need to see all the logs to help you.

Please do this:

Collect the logs with this:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E0DA314F-6216-4A18-BC6B-7D29CF83AF20&displaylang=e&displaylang=en

After you run Collect.exe, you'll find vslogs.cab in your %temp% directory. Please upload vslogs.cab to a public site, like SkyDrive, and post the link here.

Answer 3

Oh my god, uploading the log completely slipped my mind. Sorry about that.

Here's the .cab file.

Answer 4

Your vslogs.cab contains no install logs for .NET Framework 4.0, or any other framework for that matter. Is it possible that you cleared your %temp% directory after the install attempt, but before you ran Collect.exe?

Please retry the full installer, then rerun Collect.exe, etc.

Answer 5

Apparently it was a matter of administrative privileges. I already fixed it, sorry for the trouble. It seems that even if the installer asks for the administrator's password, it still wont install correctly. So I changed the account types (there's two). And it ran smoothly. Again, sorry for the trouble.

Answer 6

Glad you got it to work :-)

Thanks for sharing your solution.