Now that you say that, that setting bit me once before. You need to put that in a blog article. Thanks Webster From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Rankin Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 8:58 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 install hangs Well, doesn't it always happen that when you write out a query, you solve the problem. Client has some funky user rights defined. Namely, the permission to "manage auditing and security log" has been removed from local Administrators. Add this back in - and now it works just fine. Thanks to Web for replying - he was on the right track! On 17 March 2015 at 13:26, James Rankin <kz20fl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:kz20fl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: Wonder if anyone could possibly help me out with a Citrix install issue? I am trying to put the evaluation version of XenDesktop 7.6 onto a Server 2012 R2 member server. I run the AutoSelect executable, select XenApp or XenDesktop, but then when I click on Get Started | Delivery Controller, at first the program was crashing with a .Net error. Digging out the log from %LOCALAPPDATA%Temp\Citrix\XenDesktop Installer\XenDesktop Installation.txt showed an error of 11:07:44.7764 $ERR$ : AutoRun:Unable to record application type in the registry, error Access to the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix' is denied. So I created the Registry key manually and gave Administrators Full Control of the key. Now, instead of crashing, the installer looks like it is doing something, but never completes. Analyzing the log file again now shows this - there are a couple of errors near the start which I can't fathom out, highlighted in bold below. However, it does seem to continue after those and then come to a stop at a later point Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 Application version 7.6.0.5019 Running from C:\Testing\x64\XenDesktop Setup\MetaInstallerCore.dll 12:05:58.9597 $ERR$ : XenDesktopSetup:The follow command line arguments were specified: '/NOSPLASHSCREEN /XENDESKTOP ' 12:05:58.9627 $ERR$ : XenDesktopSetup:Error whilst parsing arguments: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Citrix.MetaInstaller.ArgumentParser..ctor(String[] args, ICollection`1 availableGroups) at Citrix.MetaInstaller.Server.MetaInstallerServerApplication.ParseArguments(String[] args) at Citrix.MetaInstaller.MetaInstallerApplication.Run(String[] args) 12:05:58.9627 : XenDesktopSetup:Current User Preferences follows state: invalid-cmdline 12:05:58.9687 : XenDesktopSetup:ShowUI = False NoReboot = False NoPrerequisites = False UIMode = Normal LogPath = VerboseLog = False WorkingDirectory = C:\Users\gklp76a\AppData\Local\Temp\rbt_fed69622-52aa-420e-b0ed-38e2dfb8be4f InstallDirectory = C:\Program Files\Citrix PreselectedComponents = CDRoot = InstallationResuming = False EnableFlashSecurity = False EnableProGraphics = False ChangeFirewall = False ConfigureUdpPorts = False ConfigureRemoteAssistance = False InstallRemoteAssistance = True OptimizeVirtualMachine = False IsVirtualMachine = False IsVMWareVirtualMachine = False XenAppServerLocation = FarmGuid = ControllerNames = WcfPort = NoCitrixWDDM = False CitrixWddmOnHyperV = False EnablePersonalVDisk = False DoNotEnableDesktopExperience = False MasterImage = False User overriden virtual machine False NoResume = False AllowClientHostedAppsUrl (LAA)False 12:05:58.9697 : XenDesktopSetup:MetaInstaller terminating 12:05:58.9697 : XenDesktopSetup:InstallationManager instantiated 12:05:58.9697 : XenDesktopSetup:InstallationManager instantiated 12:05:58.9697 : XenDesktopSetup:InstallationManager instantiated 12:05:58.9717 : XenDesktopSetup:Component 'Microsoft Visual x64 C++ 2008 Runtime' and dependencies instantiated. 12:05:58.9717 : XenDesktopSetup:Component 'Printing Server Role' and dependencies instantiated. 12:05:58.9727 : XenDesktopSetup:Component 'Citrix Universal Print Server' and dependencies instantiated. 12:05:58.9797 : XenDesktopSetup:Product with upgrade code {C6B77583-0ED3-4E64-B9EF-19AFB65A5CEE} is not installed. 12:05:58.9817 : XenDesktopSetup:InstallationManager instantiated 12:05:58.9817 : XenDesktopSetup:InstallationManager instantiated 12:05:58.9817 : XenDesktopSetup:InstallationManager instantiated 12:05:58.9817 : XenDesktopSetup:Component 'Microsoft Visual x64 C++ 2008 Runtime' and dependencies instantiated. 12:05:58.9817 : XenDesktopSetup:Component 'Printing Server Role' and dependencies instantiated. 12:05:58.9817 : XenDesktopSetup:Component 'Citrix Universal Print Server' and dependencies instantiated. 12:05:58.9817 : XenDesktopSetup:Product with upgrade code {C6B77583-0ED3-4E64-B9EF-19AFB65A5CEE} is not installed And that is as much as is ever written to the log. Running Process Monitor and filtering by XenDesktopInstall.exe simply reveals the following three entries, repeated constantly "Time of Day","Process Name","Operation","PID","Path","Result","Detail" "12:08:23.2351971 PM","XenDesktopInstall.exe","CreateFile","532","C:\ProgramData\Citrix AutoRun Waiting","SUCCESS","Desired Access: Read Attributes, Disposition: Open, Options: Open Reparse Point, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened" "12:08:23.2352648 PM","XenDesktopInstall.exe","QueryNetworkOpenInformationFile","532","C:\ProgramData\Citrix AutoRun Waiting","SUCCESS","CreationTime: 3/17/2015 11:54:03 AM, LastAccessTime: 3/17/2015 11:54:03 AM, LastWriteTime: 3/17/2015 12:05:58 PM, ChangeTime: 3/17/2015 12:05:58 PM, AllocationSize: 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM, EndOfFile: 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM, FileAttributes: ANCI" "12:08:23.2352783 PM","XenDesktopInstall.exe","CloseFile","532","C:\ProgramData\Citrix AutoRun Waiting","SUCCESS","" I can see that there is a 0KB file created in C:\ProgramData called "Citrix AutoRun Waiting", but nothing happens to it. Permissions on this file seem to be OK. If you delete the file, the installer exits. I've tried all sorts of things (messing about with UAC, installing various roles and features, running from the command line), but I can't seem to get past this stage. The XenDesktop install is good - I've downloaded it twice and it installs without any issue on the systems in my lab. Anyone have any thoughts? Kind of stumped here. TIA, -- James Rankin --------------------- RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk -- James Rankin --------------------- RCL - Senior Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) | The Virtualization Practice Analyst - Desktop Virtualization http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk