Error opening installation log file. Make sure the specified location exists and is writable

Question

Problem

When you try to install the application on Windows, the following message appears:

Error opening installation log file. Make sure that the specified location exists and is writable.

Decision

When you try to install the application, a temporary folder will be created, for example. Administrator\AppData\Local\{F2234F94-BDEB-4DBD-9ACB-D3AB5C8526C5} {F2234F94-BDEB-4DBD-9ACB-D3AB5C8526C5} . Go to this directory and double-click the .MSI file, and the installation will restart and complete successfully.

Answer 1

This is a very simple solution:

Task manager to kill explorer.exe and then run its new instance.

Source: https://support.software.dell.com/kb/134431

Answer 2

• Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to launch the task manager or right-click the Desktop Task Bar and select "Run Task Manager".
• Click the Processes tab.
• Find and select explorer.exe, click "End Process".
• You may need to select Show Processes for all users.

• Click "End Process" at the invitation.
• The desktop icons and desktop panel disappear.
• Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to start the task manager again.
• Click File → New Task (Run ...).
• Type explorer.exe and click OK.
• The desktop taskbar and icons should appear again.

Answer 3

You may encounter this error if the TMP and TEMP directories are different. This may cause the installer files to be written to TMP, but when you try to read these files using the TEMP value that you see in the error.

Confirm that both values ​​refer to the same path. For example, from the command line:

  set TEMP=%tmp% 

and then run the installation again

Otherwise, it seems like a problem with operating system permissions.