Installation of Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 fails with error ‘The pipe is being closed’

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION:

Installation of Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 fails with error ‘The pipe is being closed’

ENVIRONMENT:

Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64)

Windows 8 (x86 and x64)

Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)

Windows Server 2012 (x64)

SYMPTOM:

The Installation of Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 fails with errors ‘The pipe is being closed’ for several components and then finally with ‘User Cancelled Installation’ (I know you didn’t cancel the installation!!).

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RESOLUTION:

To resolve this, you first need to download the complete .iso file for the update 3 from this direct link https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=301705

Once you have this downloaded, and extracted/mounted/burnt you need to open an administrative CMD window and navigate to ...\packages\WinACK\ and install these 2 patches:

I. Windows App Certification Kit x64-x86_en-us.msp

II. Windows App Certification Kit Native Components-x64_en-us.msp

Having installed this, you can then run the setup for Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 using the same .iso file that you had downloaded.

 

Content by-

Ritwik Sinha

Comments

  • Anonymous
    August 07, 2013
    This did not work for me.  :(

  • Anonymous
    August 08, 2013
    I am using Window 7 x64 So How can I install app ceri kit which is for WinRT which is possible only on Windows 8/2012 server pm;u. Any workaround for Windows 7 x64?

  • Anonymous
    August 09, 2013
    No wonder it didn't work.  I guess it is only for Windows 8?  I too have Win 7 x64

  • Anonymous
    August 24, 2013
    It doesn't work on Windows 8 x64 with VS2012 RTM

  • Anonymous
    August 28, 2013
    My environment is Win7 SP1.  I had to uninstall the partially installed Update 3 for VS 2012 then do the steps.  THEN it worked.

  • Anonymous
    August 30, 2013
    Doesn't work for Win8 either: The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch.

  • Anonymous
    September 19, 2013
    Supported Operating System Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 •Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64) •Windows 8 (x86 and x64) •Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64) •Windows Server 2012 (x64) www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx

  • Anonymous
    September 20, 2013
    Works fine on Windows 7 Service Pack 1. Thanks, S.

  • Anonymous
    October 01, 2013
    When I try installing those patches or any of them it says: The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch. ?????

  • Anonymous
    October 09, 2013
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    October 14, 2013
    Jason, Your issue appears to be different. Your VS 2012 base installation itself appears to be corrupted as per the error that you are seeing. Try a repair; if that fails you will need a reinstallation of VS. Likely cause is missing installer cache files.

  • Anonymous
    November 05, 2013
    Am also facing same problem as like Jason told. error is: The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch. i tried to uninstall VS 2012 completly reinstallid but same issue. even i tried complete reinstallation of my windows 8 OS, but same issue. so, any one please help me to get resolve it.

  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2014
    I get this same "User cancelled installation" message when trying to install Visual Studio <ANY version> 2013. Is this a common issue with Windows 8.1 (not Preview!)?