[Windows] 11,708 error when installing a program

Last update on June 24, 2009 09:29 AM by jak58
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[Windows] 11,708 error when installing a program





Symptom


You are installing software on Windows (e.g. JDK).
The installation fails and you have an error in the log of events, for example: 

Source: MsiInstaller 
Event ID: 11708 
Product: J2SE Development Kit 5.0 Update 5--Installation operation failed. 

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Cause


You have recently installed Microsoft Installer 3.1 or higher.

Solution


Uninstall Microsoft Installer 3.1.
You can then install the software properly.
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