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RBaker
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6 years ago

Power BI Desktop Installation Fails

I am having no luck installing the latest version of Power BI Desktop.   I have downloaded PBIDesktopSetup_x64.exe from the appropriate MS Website.  When I attempt to run it, nothing happens. Ithe...
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RBaker
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6 years ago

When I tried to create a log file (with the -log "xxxx.txt") during the install, no file was created.

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mwegener
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6 years ago

And in the Windows Event Logs?

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    RBaker
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    6 years ago

    I've tried looking there, but I really don't know what I'm looking for.  Nothing jumps out at me.  I just tried installing it a minute or so ago, just so I could look in the events in the last hour, but didn't see anything I could rel;ate to that.  Where should I look?

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      mwegener
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      6 years ago

      Okay, then there doesn't seem to be anything.

      An error event during the installation period would have been helpful.