Can't install visual studio 2013 on windows 7

Question

I downloaded the ISO file of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate on the Microsoft MSDN website. I could install it on my home PC running Windows 8.1 without problems. However

Answer 1

Having same problem. From the command line run the installer with /Full /Q. This will install it without the UI. A less than optimal solution if you want to change the default locations, but sometimes you just have to get it done.

Answer 2

For me, the problem was the stupid AMD 'Raptr' utility that installs with the AMD driver. Literally having this running was crashing the Visual studio installer:

From the Application Log viewer:

Faulting application name: en_visual_studio_professional_2013_with_update_5_x86_web_install, version: 12.0.40629.0, time stamp: 0x544ac542 Faulting module name: ltc_game32-103398.dll, version: 1.0.0.1, time stamp: 0x560b0dcc Exception code: 0xc0000417 Fault offset: 0x000aa069 Faulting process id: 0x2334 Faulting application start time: 0x01d1089e82a903a4 Faulting application path: c:\Users[myusername]\Downloads\en_visual_studio_professional_2013_with_update_5_x86_web_installer_6815765.exe Faulting module path: C:\PROGRA~2\Raptr\ltc_game32-103398.dll Report Id: 6977618d-4f5f-40a2-b3a7-f34876626ea7 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID:

Seems utterly ridiculous, but as soon as I shut Raptr down, the installer worked fine.

Nothing like 2 days of fighting with the installer to figure this out.

Sigh.

Answer 3

The web installer keeps crashing for me. The event log reported that the crash occurred in my graphics drivers (Intel HD Graphics). I am unable to update my graphics drivers, so that forced me to seek other means.

What solved it for me, was downloading the full ISO file for Visual Studio 2013, and installing using that. It seems it is either a separate build, or it doesn't touch the same execution-paths as the web installer.