On many, but not all, of our systems (Server 2008 R2), installation of EMET 4.0 is failing. Here is an excerpt from the verbose MSI log:
REM kill EMET Agent 4.0 process if running (re-installing scenario) strAppName = "emet_agent.exe"
Set objProces
MSI (s) (A0:50) [10:55:47:325]: Creating MSIHANDLE (27) of type 790536 for thread 6736 MSI (s) (A0:F0) [10:55:47:325]: Creating MSIHANDLE (28) of type 0 for thread 1520 MSI (s) (A0:38) [10:55:47:325]: Generating random cookie.
MSI (s) (A0:38) [10:55:47:325]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 6588 (0x19BC).
MSI (s) (A0:DC) [10:55:47:434]: Running as a service.
MSI (s) (A0:DC) [10:55:47:434]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Elevated custom action server.
MSI (s) (A0:F0) [10:55:47:512]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038 MSI (c) (C8:B4) [10:55:47:512]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038
DEBUG: Error 2835: The control ErrorIcon was not found on dialog ErrorDialog The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2835. The arguments are: ErrorIcon,
ErrorDialog, MSI (s) (A0:F0) [10:55:52:223]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038 MSI (s) (A0:F0) [10:55:52:223]: Product: EMET 4.0 -- Error 1720. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A script required for this install to complete could
not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Custom action _FA2E7A16_A819_4F3A_AB7E_0A039BE81BD7 script error -2147024770, : Line 21, Column 1,
MSI (s) (A0:F0) [10:55:52:223]: Closing MSIHANDLE (28) of type 0 for thread 1520 MSI (s) (A0:F0) [10:55:52:223]: Closing MSIHANDLE (27) of type 790536 for thread 6736 Action ended 10:55:52: InstallExecute. Return value 3.