WLinstaller.exe: Catastrophic Failure 0×8000ffff

I use some of the package applications Windows Live Suite And I don't know why this evening I couldn't open anymore Windows Live Writer. He did not report any error and I did not make any modification in the system that could have affected this application. Seemed to open normally but after “loading screen” (I have lapsus. I don't know how the hell is called that thing.) The application was alone. I uninstalled Windows Live Writer and rolled the installer wlsetup-web.exe to reinstall the WLW. Once reinstalled the error persisted. I can not use the WLW. Specific that besides WLW, from the WLSETUP-web.exe package I had Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Messenger.

I remembered that this was a product recently out of beta and looked for the installation preceding the beta version. meaning Wlinstaller.exe. Error 2. At installation, I was greeted by a catastrophe:

There was a problem with the installation. Windows Live Suite was not installed
System Error details
Code: 0×8000ffff
Description: Catastrophic failure

SOLVING:

1. completely uninstall Windows Live Suite (via Control Panel). Specifically, if an error occurs in one of the package applications, you will need to uninstall all the suite and return to the old version (by Wlinstaller.exe).

2. Roll Wlinstaller.exe And resume the installation of all the applications you need.

THE. – However Windows Live Writer.log There have been reported things that I do not struggle to decipher. If you help with something, see The file here.

Download: get.live.com/WL/config_all

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