Adobe Acrobat Pro DC installation failure - exit code 1603

I was getting this error when imaging a new machine. Other apps were installing fine. The error itself didn't offer much information.

I modified the command line to include verbose logging:

MSIEXEC /i "%loc%AcroPro.msi" /q /norestart TRANSFORMS="%loc%AcroPro.mst" /L*V "%loc%Acrobat.log"

I ran the install again and looked at the log file. There I found an error regarding Visual C++ Redistributable 2013. The install failed because this was not present.

Adobe kind of buries the workaround in their documentation, but addding "IGNOREVCRT64=1" to the command line ignores the Visual C++ Redistributable 2013 requirement and installs cleanly.

MSIEXEC /i "%loc%AcroPro.msi" /q /norestart IGNOREVCRT64=1 TRANSFORMS="%loc%AcroPro.mst" /L*V "%loc%Acrobat.log"

Class not registered (Error: 80040154; Source: Windows)

After setting up a new ConfigMgr site, I was testing OSD using a migrated task sequence. We use an HTA front end that collects some basic information about the user: department, building, room, role, etc. This HTA is part of a small package we built in ConfigMgr. However, when we selected the task sequence and the package tried to load, the task sequence failed:

A Google search did not shed any light on the issue. That's why I'm posting this blog, maybe it will help some poor soul.

The reason for this error is HTA support is not enabled by default in WinPE. Without it, HTA files fail to run. You can enable this by doing the following:

From the ConfigMgr console, navigate to Overview - Operating Systems - Boot Images. Right click your boot image (we use the x64 image), and select Properties. Click the Optional Components tab and check HTML (WinPE-HTA). We also added a few more options, such as PowerShell.

Once you do this, you will need to follow the steps to update your boot image.