Setup: Cannot install by MSI installer without .NET Framework 3.5

[tksh164]

Description

Cannot install the Az module by the MSI installer (Az-Cmdlets-2.2.0.28110-x64.msi) without .NET Framework 3.5. The installer ended with the following message.

Microsoft Azure PowerShell - May 2019 Setup Wizard ended prematurely because of an error. Your system has not been modified. To install this program at a later time, run Setup Wizard again. Click the Finish button to exit the Setup Wizard.

After install/enable .NET Framework 3.5, the Az module MSI installer works successfully.

At least, this happens on the following OSs (clean install):

• Windows 10 1903 x64
• Windows 10 1809 x64
• Windows Server 2019

Log by msiexec /i Az-Cmdlets-2.2.0.28110-x64.msi /l*v .\setup.log:

...
Action start 8:57:18: InstallerChecks.
MSI (s) (A0:64) [08:57:18:065]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Windows\Installer\MSI6D29.tmp, Entrypoint: CheckForAzureRm
MSI (s) (A0:60) [08:57:18:065]: Generating random cookie.
MSI (s) (A0:60) [08:57:18:081]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 3868 (0xF1C).
MSI (s) (A0:94) [08:57:18:112]: Running as a service.
MSI (s) (A0:94) [08:57:18:112]: Hello, I'm your 64bit Impersonated custom action server.
SFXCA: Extracting custom action to temporary directory: C:\Users\setup\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6D29.tmp-\
SFXCA: Failed to get requested CLR info. Error code 0x80131700
SFXCA: Ensure that the proper version of the .NET Framework is installed, or that there is a matching supportedRuntime element in CustomAction.config. If you are binding to .NET 4 or greater add useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy=true to the <startup> element.
CustomAction InstallerChecks returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
Action ended 8:57:18: InstallerChecks. Return value 3.
...

I guess this issue stems from the code below:
https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/blob/79a4c8f72b2433c2fe44f330b64442828460284b/setup/InstallerChecks/InstallerChecks/InstallerChecks.config

Steps to reproduce

1. Double click the Az-Cmdlets-2.2.0.28110-x64.msi.

Environment data

PS C:\Windows\system32> $PSVersionTable                                 
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.18362.145
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.18362.145
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Module versions

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Module -ListAvailable


    Directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules


ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ----                                ----------------
Script     1.0.1      Microsoft.PowerShell.Operation.V... {Get-OperationValidation, Invoke-OperationValidation}
Binary     1.0.0.1    PackageManagement                   {Find-Package, Get-Package, Get-PackageProvider, Get-PackageSource...}
Script     3.4.0      Pester                              {Describe, Context, It, Should...}
Script     1.0.0.1    PowerShellGet                       {Install-Module, Find-Module, Save-Module, Update-Module...}
Script     2.0.0      PSReadline                          {Get-PSReadLineKeyHandler, Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler, Remove-PSReadLineKeyHandler, Get-PSReadLineOption...}


    Directory: C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules


ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ----                                ----------------
Manifest   1.0.0.0    AppBackgroundTask                   {Disable-AppBackgroundTaskDiagnosticLog, Enable-AppBackgroundTaskDiagnosticLog, Set-AppBackgroundTaskResourcePolicy, Unregister-AppBackgroundTask...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    AppLocker                           {Get-AppLockerFileInformation, Get-AppLockerPolicy, New-AppLockerPolicy, Set-AppLockerPolicy...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    AppvClient                          {Add-AppvClientConnectionGroup, Add-AppvClientPackage, Add-AppvPublishingServer, Disable-Appv...}
Manifest   2.0.1.0    Appx                                {Add-AppxPackage, Get-AppxPackage, Get-AppxPackageManifest, Remove-AppxPackage...}
Script     1.0.0.0    AssignedAccess                      {Clear-AssignedAccess, Get-AssignedAccess, Set-AssignedAccess}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    BitLocker                           {Unlock-BitLocker, Suspend-BitLocker, Resume-BitLocker, Remove-BitLockerKeyProtector...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    BitsTransfer                        {Add-BitsFile, Complete-BitsTransfer, Get-BitsTransfer, Remove-BitsTransfer...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    BranchCache                         {Add-BCDataCacheExtension, Clear-BCCache, Disable-BC, Disable-BCDowngrading...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    CimCmdlets                          {Get-CimAssociatedInstance, Get-CimClass, Get-CimInstance, Get-CimSession...}
Manifest   1.0        ConfigCI                            {Get-SystemDriver, New-CIPolicyRule, New-CIPolicy, Get-CIPolicy...}
Manifest   1.0        Defender                            {Get-MpPreference, Set-MpPreference, Add-MpPreference, Remove-MpPreference...}
Manifest   1.0.2.0    DeliveryOptimization                {Delete-DeliveryOptimizationCache, Get-DeliveryOptimizationStatus, Set-DeliveryOptimizationStatus, Get-DeliveryOptimizationPerfSnap...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    DirectAccessClientComponents        {Disable-DAManualEntryPointSelection, Enable-DAManualEntryPointSelection, Get-DAClientExperienceConfiguration, Get-DAEntryPointTableItem...}
Script     3.0        Dism                                {Add-AppxProvisionedPackage, Add-WindowsDriver, Add-WindowsCapability, Add-WindowsImage...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    DnsClient                           {Resolve-DnsName, Clear-DnsClientCache, Get-DnsClient, Get-DnsClientCache...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    EventTracingManagement              {Start-EtwTraceSession, New-EtwTraceSession, Get-EtwTraceSession, Update-EtwTraceSession...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    International                       {Get-WinDefaultInputMethodOverride, Set-WinDefaultInputMethodOverride, Get-WinHomeLocation, Set-WinHomeLocation...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    iSCSI                               {Get-IscsiTargetPortal, New-IscsiTargetPortal, Remove-IscsiTargetPortal, Update-IscsiTargetPortal...}
Script     1.0.0.0    ISE                                 {New-IseSnippet, Import-IseSnippet, Get-IseSnippet}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    Kds                                 {Add-KdsRootKey, Get-KdsRootKey, Test-KdsRootKey, Set-KdsConfiguration...}
Manifest   1.0.1.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive        {Compress-Archive, Expand-Archive}
Manifest   3.0.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics    {Get-WinEvent, Get-Counter, Import-Counter, Export-Counter...}
Manifest   3.0.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Host           {Start-Transcript, Stop-Transcript}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts  {Add-LocalGroupMember, Disable-LocalUser, Enable-LocalUser, Get-LocalGroup...}
Manifest   3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Management     {Add-Content, Clear-Content, Clear-ItemProperty, Join-Path...}
Script     1.0        Microsoft.PowerShell.ODataUtils     Export-ODataEndpointProxy
Manifest   3.0.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Security       {Get-Acl, Set-Acl, Get-PfxCertificate, Get-Credential...}
Manifest   3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility        {Format-List, Format-Custom, Format-Table, Format-Wide...}
Manifest   3.0.0.0    Microsoft.WSMan.Management          {Disable-WSManCredSSP, Enable-WSManCredSSP, Get-WSManCredSSP, Set-WSManQuickConfig...}
Manifest   1.0        MMAgent                             {Disable-MMAgent, Enable-MMAgent, Set-MMAgent, Get-MMAgent...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    MsDtc                               {New-DtcDiagnosticTransaction, Complete-DtcDiagnosticTransaction, Join-DtcDiagnosticResourceManager, Receive-DtcDiagnosticTransaction...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    NetAdapter                          {Disable-NetAdapter, Disable-NetAdapterBinding, Disable-NetAdapterChecksumOffload, Disable-NetAdapterEncapsulatedPacketTaskOffload...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    NetConnection                       {Get-NetConnectionProfile, Set-NetConnectionProfile}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    NetEventPacketCapture               {New-NetEventSession, Remove-NetEventSession, Get-NetEventSession, Set-NetEventSession...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    NetLbfo                             {Add-NetLbfoTeamMember, Add-NetLbfoTeamNic, Get-NetLbfoTeam, Get-NetLbfoTeamMember...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    NetNat                              {Get-NetNat, Get-NetNatExternalAddress, Get-NetNatStaticMapping, Get-NetNatSession...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    NetQos                              {Get-NetQosPolicy, Set-NetQosPolicy, Remove-NetQosPolicy, New-NetQosPolicy}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    NetSecurity                         {Get-DAPolicyChange, New-NetIPsecAuthProposal, New-NetIPsecMainModeCryptoProposal, New-NetIPsecQuickModeCryptoProposal...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    NetSwitchTeam                       {New-NetSwitchTeam, Remove-NetSwitchTeam, Get-NetSwitchTeam, Rename-NetSwitchTeam...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    NetTCPIP                            {Get-NetIPAddress, Get-NetIPInterface, Get-NetIPv4Protocol, Get-NetIPv6Protocol...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    NetworkConnectivityStatus           {Get-DAConnectionStatus, Get-NCSIPolicyConfiguration, Reset-NCSIPolicyConfiguration, Set-NCSIPolicyConfiguration}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    NetworkSwitchManager                {Disable-NetworkSwitchEthernetPort, Enable-NetworkSwitchEthernetPort, Get-NetworkSwitchEthernetPort, Remove-NetworkSwitchEthernetPortIPAddress...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    NetworkTransition                   {Add-NetIPHttpsCertBinding, Disable-NetDnsTransitionConfiguration, Disable-NetIPHttpsProfile, Disable-NetNatTransitionConfiguration...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    PcsvDevice                          {Get-PcsvDevice, Start-PcsvDevice, Stop-PcsvDevice, Restart-PcsvDevice...}
Binary     1.0.0.0    PersistentMemory                    {Get-PmemDisk, Get-PmemPhysicalDevice, Get-PmemUnusedRegion, New-PmemDisk...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    PKI                                 {Add-CertificateEnrollmentPolicyServer, Export-Certificate, Export-PfxCertificate, Get-CertificateAutoEnrollmentPolicy...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    PnpDevice                           {Get-PnpDevice, Get-PnpDeviceProperty, Enable-PnpDevice, Disable-PnpDevice}
Manifest   1.1        PrintManagement                     {Add-Printer, Add-PrinterDriver, Add-PrinterPort, Get-PrintConfiguration...}
Binary     1.0.11     ProcessMitigations                  {Get-ProcessMitigation, Set-ProcessMitigation, ConvertTo-ProcessMitigationPolicy}
Script     3.0        Provisioning                        {Install-ProvisioningPackage, Export-ProvisioningPackage, Install-TrustedProvisioningCertificate, Export-Trace...}
Manifest   1.1        PSDesiredStateConfiguration         {Set-DscLocalConfigurationManager, Start-DscConfiguration, Test-DscConfiguration, Publish-DscConfiguration...}
Script     1.0.0.0    PSDiagnostics                       {Disable-PSTrace, Disable-PSWSManCombinedTrace, Disable-WSManTrace, Enable-PSTrace...}
Binary     1.1.0.0    PSScheduledJob                      {New-JobTrigger, Add-JobTrigger, Remove-JobTrigger, Get-JobTrigger...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    PSWorkflow                          {New-PSWorkflowExecutionOption, New-PSWorkflowSession, nwsn}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    PSWorkflowUtility                   Invoke-AsWorkflow
Manifest   1.0.0.0    ScheduledTasks                      {Get-ScheduledTask, Set-ScheduledTask, Register-ScheduledTask, Unregister-ScheduledTask...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    SecureBoot                          {Confirm-SecureBootUEFI, Set-SecureBootUEFI, Get-SecureBootUEFI, Format-SecureBootUEFI...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    SmbShare                            {Get-SmbShare, Remove-SmbShare, Set-SmbShare, Block-SmbShareAccess...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    SmbWitness                          {Get-SmbWitnessClient, Move-SmbWitnessClient, gsmbw, msmbw...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    StartLayout                         {Export-StartLayout, Import-StartLayout, Export-StartLayoutEdgeAssets, Get-StartApps}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    Storage                             {Add-InitiatorIdToMaskingSet, Add-PartitionAccessPath, Add-PhysicalDisk, Add-StorageFaultDomain...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    StorageBusCache                     {Clear-StorageBusDisk, Disable-StorageBusCache, Disable-StorageBusDisk, Enable-StorageBusCache...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    TLS                                 {New-TlsSessionTicketKey, Enable-TlsSessionTicketKey, Disable-TlsSessionTicketKey, Export-TlsSessionTicketKey...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    TroubleshootingPack                 {Get-TroubleshootingPack, Invoke-TroubleshootingPack}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    TrustedPlatformModule               {Get-Tpm, Initialize-Tpm, Clear-Tpm, Unblock-Tpm...}
Binary     2.1.639.0  UEV                                 {Clear-UevConfiguration, Clear-UevAppxPackage, Restore-UevBackup, Set-UevTemplateProfile...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    VpnClient                           {Add-VpnConnection, Set-VpnConnection, Remove-VpnConnection, Get-VpnConnection...}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    Wdac                                {Get-OdbcDriver, Set-OdbcDriver, Get-OdbcDsn, Add-OdbcDsn...}
Manifest   2.0.0.0    Whea                                {Get-WheaMemoryPolicy, Set-WheaMemoryPolicy}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    WindowsDeveloperLicense             {Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense, Unregister-WindowsDeveloperLicense, Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration}
Script     1.0        WindowsErrorReporting               {Enable-WindowsErrorReporting, Disable-WindowsErrorReporting, Get-WindowsErrorReporting}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    WindowsSearch                       {Get-WindowsSearchSetting, Set-WindowsSearchSetting}
Manifest   1.0.0.0    WindowsUpdate                       Get-WindowsUpdateLog
Manifest   1.0.0.2    WindowsUpdateProvider               {Get-WUAVersion, Get-WULastInstallationDate, Get-WULastScanSuccessDate, Get-WUIsPendingReboot...}

Debug output

Error output

[sphibbs]

Looks like wix customization extension is loading clr 2.0, so we cannot just update our dll to be 4x. Need to create another type of customization (script, exe) to skip wix extension from loading the clr.

[markcowl]

Description

Remvoe the customization that detects AzureRM, which should resolve the issue altogether

Cost: 1

[CaryRoys]

Alternate suggestion:

Add a check for .Net 3.5 using either a generic registry search or using the WixNetFxExtension
https://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/customactions/wixnetfxextension.html

Specifically conditioning a launch condition off of NETFRAMEWORK35 property.

[sarah026]

Do we have an update on this? Is .NET a requirement still?

[paulomarquesc]

Hi @markcowl and @cormacpayne, not sure if this fix was already released but the requirement to enable .Net Framework 3.5 on a Windows 2016 server is still happening.

The workaraound I found is to run before installing the MSI:

DISM /Online /NoRestart /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3ServerFeatures
DISM /Online /NoRestart /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3