Common AppFabric 1.1 Installation Errors with and without SharePoint

The process of installing the prerequisite failed 

Check that the Application Server Role has been added via Add Roles Wizard

Check prerequisites are installed. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27115 for details.

MSI returned with Error Code: 1603

If you look in the CustomActions log you’ll also see:

Error:  ERROR: Invalid syntax. Default option is not allowed more than '2' time(s).

Error:  Type "SETX /?" for usage.

Multiple attempts to install AppFabric may have corrupted the PSModulePath environment variable. Check that PSModulePath in the Environment Variables looks like:

  C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\;c:\Program Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server\PowershellModules

This same error occurs with SharePoint installations so for more information please see https://blogs.technet.com/b/praveenh/archive/2013/02/22/sharepoint-2013-prerequisites-fails-with-msi-installer-error-code-1603-while-installing-appfabric-1-1.aspx

MSI returned with Error Code: 1603 along with “Cannot create a file when that file already exists”

The setup needs to add a scheduled task for the customer experience program, but the schtasks command line fails if the task already exists. Deleted the task "Consolidator" in "%SYSTEM32%\Tasks\AppFabric\Customer Experience Improvement Program" 

MSI returned with Error Code: 1603 along with “ERROR: The network address is invalid”

Task Scheduler Service is disabled on the Server. This same error occurs with SharePoint installations so for more information please see https://www.sathishtk.com/blog/post/2012/08/17/SharePoint-2013-installation-error-Windows-AppFabric-11-1603-error.aspx

MSI returned with Error Code: 1603 and “0x80040154 Class Not Registered”

Install .NET 3.5

MSI returned with error code: 1603 along with the error “System error 1379 has occurred. Error: The specified local group already exists”.

The groups AS_Observers and AS_Administrators are left over from a previous failed installation. Delete the groups and reinstall. Please see the following for more information: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff637696(v=azure.10).aspx

Is the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AppFabric\V1.0\Gac missing?

Run the installation manually from an elevated PowerShell command line:

c:\WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64.exe /i CacheClient,CachingService,CacheAdmin /gac

“The process of installing the prerequisite failed” along with “Value cannot be null”

The User Temp Variables are missing. To recreate these  variables:  

1) Go to System Properties, Change Settings.  

2) Select Advanced Tab and Click Environment Variables button.  

3) Click New under user variables and create two user variables as follows: 

     a)  Variable Name: TEMP                Variable Value: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp  

     b) Variable Name:  TMP               Variable Value:  %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp 

“The process of installing the prerequisite failed” along with “Setup is unable to  proceed due to the following error(s): Windows Server Appfabric is not correctly  configured. You should uninstall Winidows Server Appfabric and reinstall it using  the Sharepoint Products Preparation Too.”

Run the Sharepoint 2013 Prerequistie Installer:  

prerequisiteinstaller.exe /AppFabric:prerequisiteinstallerfiles\AppFabric1.1-RTM-KB2671763-x65-ENU.exe

For more information please see https://www.spjeff.com/2012/07/19/fixed-sharepoint-2013-setup-error-appfabric-is-not-correctly-configured/

MSI returned with Error Code: 1603

The path to the PowerShell executable that is needed for the AppFabric installation is incorrect. For more information please see https://blogs.technet.com/b/praveenh/archive/2013/02/22/sharepoint-2013-prerequisites-fails-with-msi-installer-error-code-1603-while-installing-appfabric-1-1.aspx

MSI returned with Error Code: 1603 along with “ERROR: The network address is invalid”

Task Scheduler Service is disabled on the Server.

For more information please see https://www.sathishtk.com/blog/post/2012/08/17/SharePoint-2013-installation-error-Windows-AppFabric-11-1603-error.aspx

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 Env_PSModulePath_powershell_i, location: c:\Program  Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows  Server\Microsoft.ApplicationServer.InstallHelper.exe, command: powershell.exe  "-command \"$str = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable(  \\\"PSModulePath\\\ ",  [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine); $str =  $str+\\\";c:\Program Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows  Server\PowershellModules\\\"; c:\Windows\system32\setx.exe /M  PSModulePath \\\"$str\\\"\ "" "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\AppServerSetup1_1_CustomActions(2014-5-15  11-08-45).log"

The PSModulePath environment variable is corrupted. There is a quotation mark at the end. Delete the ending quotation mark and re-run the setup. For more information please see https://blogs.msdn.com/b/distributedservices/archive/2014/11/01/appfabric-1-1-error-in-sharepoint-server-2013-installation.aspx

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 SCW_Localize_i, location:  c:\Program Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server\Microsoft.ApplicationServer.InstallHelper.exe,  command: "powershell.exe" "-command \"$content =  Get-Content \\\"c:\Program Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows  Server\\AppFabricServer.xml\\\"; $content = ForEach-Object -InputObject  $content { $_ -replace \\\"INSTALLPATH\\\", \\\"c:\Program  Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server\\\\\\\" }; Set-Content -value  $content -path \\\"c:\Program Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows  Server\\AppFabricServer.xml\\\" \""  "d:\temp\AppServerSetup1_1_CustomActions(2012-03-22  16-22-57).log" 

If you look in the CustomActions log you’ll  also see this error: “EXEPATH=powershell.exe PARAMS=-command "$content =  Get-Content \"C:\Program Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows  Server\\AppFabricServer.xml\"; $content = ForEach-Object -InputObject  $content { $_ -replace \"INSTALLPATH\", \"C:\Program  Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server\\\" }; Set-Content -value  $content -path \"C:\Program Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows  Server\\AppFabricServer.xml\" " LOGFILE=C:\Users\tstspadmin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppServerSetup1_1_CustomActions(2014-12-1015-21-03).log

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The system cannot find the file specified” 

The problem is that the powershell.exe is not in the path so it couldn't be found during installation. Add %windir%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\ to the path and reinstall.

Error 1706. Try the installation again using a valid copy of the installation package 'appfabric-1.1-for-windows-server-64.msi'.

Missing the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AppFabric\V1.0\Gac. SharePoint has its own way to install AppFabric components. You have to run the installation with specific switches as in  

"WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64.exe /i  CacheClient,CachingService,CacheAdmin /gac"

Assembly Install: Failing with hr=80070005 at RemoveDirectoryAndChildren, line 398". 

MSI log reported "Out of disk space" right before the update rollback started. To resolve free up the needed disk space.

Failing with Hosting exceptions

Hosting is not needed with Sharepoint. Reinstall without hosting.