Installing VMware Tools fails with "Error 1935: An error occurred during the installation of assembly"

Products

• VMware Desktop Hypervisor

Issue/Introduction

• Cannot install VMware Tools
• Installing VMware Tools fails
• VMware tools install does not complete
• Install of VMware tools windows fails
• You see the error:
  
  Product: VMware Tools -- Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly
'Microsoft.VC80.CRT,publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50727.762",
processorArchitecture="x86"'.


Please refer to Help and Support for more information. HRESULT: 0x8007054F.
assembly interface: IAssemblyCacheItem, function: Commit, component:
{98CB24AD-52FB-DB5F-A01F-C8B3B9A1E18E}

Activation context generation failed for "c:\program files\microsoft sdks\Windows\v7.1\Bin\guidgen.exe". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC90.MFC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8" could not be found.

Resolution

This issue occurs when the Microsoft Installer is unable to find the Microsoft Foundation Classes.

To resolve this issue:

1. Open a command prompt. For more information, see Opening a command or shell prompt (1003892).
2. Run this command:
   
   regsvr32 mfc90.dll

This command re-registers the library needed by the installer.

If the installation continues to fail, download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package from the Microsoft Download Center.