Anith Gopal

Issue: When Windows SDK 7.1 is installed or repaired after Visual Studio 2010 SP1 is installed and the SDK installation includes the Visual C++ Compilers feature, the SDK installation fails with error code: (0x000013EC). Symptoms: Snippets of installation log File: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [9/30/2011, 17:36:35] Equals evaluated to true [9/30/2011, 17:36:35] LessThan: evaluating  [9/30/2011, 17:36:35]RegKeyValue: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftVisualStudio10.0VCVCRedistx64Bld contains ’40219′  [9/30/2011, 17:36:35]all numeric characters – canonicalizing [9/30/2011, 17:36:35] LessThan evaluated to true [9/30/2011, 17:36:35] And evaluated to true [9/30/2011, 17:36:35] BlockIf evaluated to true [9/30/2011, 17:36:35] Logging all the global blocks Installation Blockers: 1.A newer version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable has been detected on the machine. [9/30/2011, 17:36:35] Global Block Checks: StopBlockers evaluated to true

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Installation or repair of the Windows SDK 7.1 fails after Visual Studio 2010 SP1 is installed