I had a problem like this in Win 7 when I had the Microsoft Logo Certification stuff installed.
I used it to compare machine states before and after an install.
It had a filter driver that somehow blocked registration service entries.

It was very hard to remove - not just an uninstall. I had to go into the Device Manager to find it in the hidden stuff.

Excuse me, I meant program files 9x86)

Tom

try ccleaner on you registry. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

and, you might try downloading the installs, perhaps something is going on with the dvd version...

and, a clean uninstall (removing all registry entries manually, there are instructions here on the forum or cw kb) reinstall.

I have ran through the registry and manually removed all entry’s pertaining to sonar and cakewalk.
I have turned off UAC
I have tried putting the failing DLL's in the syswow and system 32 directories as someone suggested.
I have tried manually attempting to register the DLL's with Administrator CMD Prompt.
I am running windows 7 64 bit verified.
I have tried setting up a new administrator's account and retried the install.

All of which have failed.. The one thing I can't figure out is that I had Sonar 64bit Producer 8.5 installed on the machine previously to installing this upgrade X2.

And the 32 bit version installs the same shared folder DLL's no problem. I'm still hoping someone smarter than me can figure this out. Is this a challenge why yes it is.
 

Curious what are you talking about Microsoft LOGO Stuff and where is it in the Device Manager?

I am trying to install from the DVD package I got to make sure I had it. I have the same exact problem as stated above. Wondering if it might have something to do with the trial package properties that made it so you couldn't install X2 demo twice. I believe it is having the same exact problem I ran into then.
Knew I could buy X2 within two weeks so I tried to reinstall the demo version just to get me through. Not sure but I believe the fail mode may be the exact same.
Really appreciate those of you working with this. I love Sonar X2 but I need to have it in 64 bit and so far so bad.

Tom

Cbryden


Curious what are you talking about Microsoft LOGO Stuff and where is it in the Device Manager?

It is a free download from Microsoft, used to validate programs for Windows LOGO certification.


I used it because it has a registry and machine state saver that will tell you what changes when you install something.


It interfered with installing Sonar, precisely in the registration services area.


It installs a filter driver that does not go away when you uninstall it - it requires uninstall in Device Manager, but it is hidden.


A real piece of work - that probably would fail MS certification.


If you don't know about it you probably don't have it installed.

did anyone find out how to fix this? Im having the same problem when i try to install x2 on my laptop. it installed normally on my desktop every time, but for some reason it does this on my laptop.

This program is driving nuts.  I cannot get this installed because of this issue at the end of the installation.  Has anyone had any luck getting through this?  I've tried everything listed above and no luck.
 
HELP!

Isn't this something to do with Microsoft redistributables? I think i had this problem and with the help of google I think I uninstalled runtime c++ (can't remember the year) and reinstalled both 32 and 64 bit versions from microsoft site and then my sonar installation worked.
Warning: This is very sketchy and I can't remember the exact problem I had but was an install problem right near end. Sorry if this isn't even slightly helpful but at worst this is a bump.

Bibs