AppFabric Troubleshooting: installation failed because installer MSI returned with error code 1603


Issue

AppFabric installation failed because installer MSI returned with error code : 1603

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Symptoms

Installing SharePoint using  Off-Line method using Auto SP Installer.

Installing SQL server before in the same server, this is happening when you set up a Test server where you install everything in the Same server.

Install or manual installing App Fabric without going thorough prerequisites installer.

Manually updating existing App fabric installation with all features.

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Resolution

There could be many reasons for this problem. But most common problems due to manual installation and having incorrect system variable for the PowerShell path.

How to Resolve

Method One

Just uninstall the existing installation from the control panel and re-run the SharePoint prerequisites installer or Auto SP Installer

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Method Two

Change the System Variable to correct value if it is wrong.

for this go to the  PC Properties

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then Advanced System Properties and Environment Variables

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Then check the System Variable PSModulePath which should point to PowerShell Bin path, which is default to

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\c:\Program Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server\PowershellModules

so change the existing value to above if it is incorrect.

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