"An error occurred during the installation of assembly Microsoft.VC90.MFC" (Windows)
- Live Versions: Live 8.3 - Live 9
- Operating System: Win
Running the Ableton Live installer (*.msi) leads to the following error:
An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'Microsoft.VC90.MFC [...] Please refer to Help and Support for more information.
After clicking OK in the message box, the installation fails.
This is due to a prior installation of a Windows component that left some faulty Registry entries.
To fix this, you can follow the steps as provided by Microsoft's Answers:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970652
To further troubleshoot installation problems on Windows, please also see this dedicated article.