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Title
Error: “An error occurred during the installation of assembly” -
Description
During the installation of the Defender Desktop Login software, the error “An error occurred during the installation of assembly ‘Microsoft.VC90.CRT, version=”9.0.30729.6161”,publicKeyToken=”1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b”,ProcessorArchitecture=”amd64”,type=”win32”.” Is displayed.
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Cause
This error can occur if the prerequisites are not installed before installing the Defender Desktop Login software.
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Resolution
It appears that the error is caused as our required redistributables are not installed.
The required C++ redistributables can be located within the following directory of the Defender installer downloaded ZIP package: \Redistributables\Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 R2 SP1\vcredist_x64 SP1.exe
After installing the above the installer Desktop Login should install without issues.