Sequencing Adobe Premiere Elements 10 with App-V 4.6 SP1

I recently received a number of licenses for premiere elements 10 and due to licensing restrictions decided the best way to move forward would be to use App-V for license management.

I began the package sequencing and towards the end of the installation I recieved an error message when the "Shared Technologies" were installing.

After this installation failure, the Adobe installer kindly begins rolling back the rest of the installation, resulting in a sequencing failure.


The Resolution

This one is extremely easy but took some digging with procmon and working through logs to work it out. The installer is looking for Visual C++ 2008 SP1 x86 and as my sequencing machine didn't have it, the sequencing failed.

Specifically you need version 9.0.30729.17, without this specific version the installation won't proceed. You need to perform this installation BEFORE you start your sequencing and the package must also be installed on any App-V clients that will be accessing the application. If you miss any of these steps the application wont sequence or wont launch.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 x86 is available here

If you require additional information on the silent installation process itself, please check out the Adobe website http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/922/cpsid_92294.html