An error is received directly after clicking the "Upgrade" button during the database portion of a Desktop Authority upgrade.
"ERROR UnhandledException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException: Cannot execute a program. The command being executed was "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\3ikudlm8.cmdline".
In the DAInstaller.log there is an additional error:
Executing process... Filename: 'C:\Users\sladmin\AppData\Local\Temp\VCREDI~3.EXE'. Arguments: '/Q /C /T:"C:\Users\sladmin\AppData\Local\Temp\"'.
2015/08/27 13:45:39 ERROR Executing process 'VCREDI~3.EXE' failed
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified
The additional error is the cause of the error that is given during the upgrade process.
This "Executing process 'VCREDI~3.EXE' failed" error is caused by an incomplete Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable install.
There are two versions of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable prerequisite install, a 64 and 32 bit version.
1. Download and run both of these executables.
32bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/1/c/e1c773de-73ba-494a-a5ba-f24906ecf088/vcredist_x86.exe
64bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/4/1/d41aca8a-faa5-49a7-a5f2-ea0aa4587da0/vcredist_x64.exe
2. Reboot the machine.
3. Run the Desktop Authority installer again.
