So we have a number of user systems and servers that think they need this update "Update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Update 4 Redistributable Package (KB3032622)" but every time they attempt to install it errors. We have this issue on Windows 7, 8.1, 2008 R2, and 2012. I did the internet searching and found lots of people having various issues but no solid answers to a solution. So I went digging into the error logs and found this in the runtime log for the installer.
MSI (s) (2C:B4) [08:50:33:969]: Product: Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x64 Minimum Runtime - 11.0.61030 -- Error 1326.Error getting file security: C:\WINDOWS\system32\atl110.dll GetLastError: 5
Followed by
MSI (s) (2C:B4) [08:50:34:103]: Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x64 Minimum Runtime - 11.0.61030. Product Version: 11.0.61030. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation. Installation success or error status: 1603.
So I went looking for that file and it does exist but the permissions on it were only for my user for some reason. Looking at the ATL100.dll file it also has ALL APLICATION PACKAGES, SYSTEM, Administrators, Users so it makes no sense why the ATL110.dll has only my user.
I tried uninstalling the VC 2012 redistributables but it left behind that DLL with only my user permissions on it. If I ran the VC 2012 x86 installer it would install no issue but if I ran the VC 2012 x64 one it would fail with the exact same error. So I gave the EVERYONE permission to the DLL and that let the installer run and update the dll and it even corrected the permissions on it.
I've started looking at our other systems having this issue and I'm finding the same problem there too. Instead of uninstalling I'm going to test just giving the EVERYONE group to that DLL and see if it fixes it.
Systems Administrator Senior - University of Central Florida