If you are installing a network version of Civil 3D 2011 from a deployment image or from the DVD and your installation stops for no reason or you get an error message stating: "Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x86) Failed Installation aborted, Result=5" you will need to manually install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x86) from the Microsoft website.
How to find the log file if no error message was given when the installation quit.
- If you are installing from a deployment make sure your image doesn't have the silent mode while installing checked.
- You can also look in your temp folder for an installation log that will give you an errors that may have come up while the installation was running.
- To get to your TEMP folder right click on your Start menu > click on Open Windows Explorer.
- In the Windows Explorer type %temp% and hit your enter key.
- look for a recent file with a .log extension and open it up in notepad.
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