java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException error during installation

Products

• CA Application Test
• Service Virtualization
• CA Continuous Application Insight (PathFinder)

Issue/Introduction

When installing DevTest or any product run into the below error.

An error occurred: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException Error log file: Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.getScreenExecutor(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.runInProcess(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.main(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source) at com.exe4j.runtime.WinLauncher.main(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.launcher.WinLauncher.main(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(Unknown Source) ... 10 more Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: com.install4j.runtime.installer.platform.win32.FolderInfo.getPathFromRegistry0(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String; at com.install4j.runtime.installer.platform.win32.FolderInfo.getPathFromRegistry0(Native Method) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.platform.win32.FolderInfo.getProgramFilesDirectory(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.helper.InstallerUtil.getStandardApplicationsDirectory(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.config.InstallerConfig.getVariableValue(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.config.InstallerConfig.getDefaultResolvedInstallationDirectory(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.config.InstallerConfig.getInitialInstallationDirectory(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.config.InstallerConfig.getInstallationDirectory(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.ContextImpl.getInstallationDirectory(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.InstallerContextImpl.initUpdateInstallation(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.InstallerContextImpl.(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.InstallerWizardScreenExecutor.(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer$2.run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) System properties: java.runtime.name=Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment exe4j.moduleName=E:\InstaladoresDevTest10\devtest_win_x64.exe exe4j.semaphoreName=Local\e:_instaladoresdevtest10_devtest_win_x64.exe sun.boot.library.path=c:\program files\java\jre1.8.0_101\bin java.vm.version=25.101-b13 java.vm.vendor=Oracle Corporation java.vendor.url=http://java.oracle.com/ java.rmi.server.randomIDs=true exe4j.consoleCodepage=cp0 path.separator=; java.vm.name=Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM file.encoding.pkg=sun.io user.country=US user.script= sun.os.patch.level= install4j.exeDir=E:\InstaladoresDevTest10\ java.vm.specification.name=Java Virtual Machine Specification user.dir=E:\InstaladoresDevTest10 java.runtime.version=1.8.0_101-b13 java.awt.graphicsenv=sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment java.endorsed.dirs=c:\program files\java\jre1.8.0_101\lib\endorsed os.arch=amd64 java.io.tmpdir=C:\Users\_CVSOA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\ line.separator= java.vm.specification.vendor=Oracle Corporation user.variant= exe4j.tempDir=C:\Users\_CVSOA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\e4j9F57.tmp_dir1529937294 os.name=Windows Server 2012 R2 sun.java2d.noddraw=true sun.jnu.encoding=Cp1252

Cause

The error is related to the JAVA runtime error for any software or install4j error coming before installing any software.

Environment

DevTest 10.x

Resolution

Please see the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkvvAvxQBig 

Additional Information

https://www.askvg.com/where-does-windows-store-temporary-files-and-how-to-change-temp-folder-location/