How can I fix windows installer from error 1772 and download,install and run Plan3D?

Question

I tried to download and install Plan3D\Floorplanner. When the system try to run Plan 3D, the msg I get from one particular program is this..:"Product: Plan3D -- Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action _C7AC21C0_6D3E_4630_AF6C_8E724 6C43EB6,
location: C:\Program Files\Plan3D\Floorplanner\Plan 3D.exe, command: -i"."The installer interrupted before Plan 3D would be installed. You need to restart the installer to try again".Tried a couple of things from the threads I found here, but i'm still have problems with windows installer. I have
tried the "msiexec /unregister" and "msiexec /regserver" things. I have re-downloaded and installed it as an automatic update. I'm running window xp professional edition with Service pack 2 (as far as i'm aware) w/ Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1: KB893803. Any help would be greatly appreciate

Answer 1

You may have tried it already, but make sure you dont have an anti-virus app going, or something like a registry/file monitor. Some installations will fail because there is a check going on that causes a problem in the install. With one part of it failing without the proper error, the install just sees that "it failed".

Answer 2

Msg Error 1722

Answer 3

You may not have administrator privileges, and it could also be a problem with hard drive corruption or fragmentation. If you were previously able to install software without any problems, you should run CHKDSK /F on your hard drive, then run the disk defragmenter.