node.js Setup Wizard ended prematurely

[samarthRT]

I get an error when I insall node.js on "Windows 10 pro" 64-bit.
I get "node.js Setup Wizard ended prematurely..."
I even tried to install different versions. These are :

node-v5.2.0-x64.msi
node-v4.2.3-x64.msi
node-v0.12.7-x64.msi
NTVS 1.1 VS 2015.msi

Attached is installation log file.

Nodejs.txt

[TheHans255]

Wherever your problem is, it's somewhere between lines 25928 and 25970 - before that, it was installing all the files, and after that, it was removing all of them and unregistering all of the components. Not sure quite where your error is - interesting that it's happening on all versions.

[Fishrock123]

cc @nodejs/build?

[joaocgreis]

@samarthRT Can you make sure there is no previous version installed in Control Panel, and uninstall it from there if there is? The root cause for this may be https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/4462/ . As a workaround, if uninstalling first does not work, can you try to install without the "Performance counters" feature (remove under "Node.js runtime" during installation)?

[samarthRT]

@joaocgreis Thanks for reply. I didn't found any previous versions installed on the system. However, installing without the "Performance Counter" feature does the job.
It would be nice if someone can share the its use, as I'm in learning phase.
In the meantime I also found another issue https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/524 regarding the same.

[joaocgreis]

Performance counters allow for node to be monitored: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749249

@samarthRT I'm glad it worked. We can reopen if this becomes an issue for you again.

[joaocgreis]

@samarthRT if you still have the machine where the error happened, can you run these two commands and paste the output here? Thank you!

reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\_V2Providers\{793c9b44-3d6b-4f57-b5d7-4ff80adcf9a2}" /s
reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\_V2Providers\{1e2e15d7-3760-470e-8699-b9db5248edd5}" /s

[samarthRT]

Hey @Compynerd255, I couldn't locate these keys (GUIDs) on my system registry. Are we sure these are not system specific ?

[joaocgreis]

They are used by node, newer and older versions. If there was something there, it could be causing conflict, and with this we would know what. But as there's nothing there, it's not the cause. Thanks!

[samarthRT]

Hi @joaocgreis, m facing another issue. Please suggest

Now as I'm trying to access the npm command, it results in another error :

C:\WINDOWS\system32>npm
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10240
npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\firstName lastName\AppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js"
npm ERR! node v5.9.0
npm ERR! npm v2.7.0
npm ERR! code MODULE_NOT_FOUND

npm ERR! Cannot find module 'glob'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR! http://github.com/npm/npm/issues

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:\WINDOWS\system32\npm-debug.log

*_npm-debug.log *_ :
0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe',
1 verbose cli 'C:\Users\firstName Lastname\AppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
4 verbose stack Error: Cannot find module 'glob'
4 verbose stack at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:339:15)
4 verbose stack at Function.Module._load (module.js:290:25)
4 verbose stack at Module.require (module.js:367:17)
4 verbose stack at require (internal/module.js:16:19)
4 verbose stack at Object. (C:\Users\firstName lastName\AppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\npm\lib\help.js:14:12)
4 verbose stack at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)
4 verbose stack at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
4 verbose stack at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
4 verbose stack at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
4 verbose stack at Module.require (module.js:367:17)
5 verbose cwd C:\WINDOWS\system32
6 error Windows_NT 10.0.10240
7 error argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\firstName lastName\AppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js"
8 error node v5.9.0
9 error npm v2.7.0
10 error code MODULE_NOT_FOUND
11 error Cannot find module 'glob'
12 error If you need help, you may report this error at:
12 error http://github.com/npm/npm/issues
13 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

[ilkercat]

Hi @joaocgreis,
I think it is the cause since I had the same issue on Win7 x64 when using node-v4.3.2-x64.msi. There was an older version of nodejs on my machine installed before.

Unselecting the "performance counter" during the installation did the job for me, but I have run the req queries which you provided and got a result for the second one:

C:\Windows\system32>reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib_V2Providers{1e2e15d7-3760-470e-8699-b9db5248edd5}" /s

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib_V2Providers{1e2e15d7-3760-470e-8699-b9db5248edd5}
ProviderType REG_DWORD 0x0
ApplicationIdentity REG_EXPAND_SZ C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib_V2Providers{1e2e15d7-3760-470e-8699-b9db5248edd5}{3a22a8ec-297c-48ac-ab15-33ec93033fd8}
NameResource REG_DWORD 0x1
ExplainResource REG_DWORD 0x3
InstanceType REG_DWORD 0x6
First Counter REG_DWORD 0x2b88
NeutralName REG_SZ Node.js
Last Counter REG_DWORD 0x2b9c
CounterBlock REG_BINARY 010000000004411000000000000000006400000000000000050000000700000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000200000000044110000000000000000064
00000000000000090000000B00000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000300000000044110000000000000000064000000000000000D0000000F00000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FF00000000040000000004411000000000000000006400000000000000110000001300000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000500000000000100000000000000000064000000000000001500000017
00000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000600000000054110000000000000000064000000FDFFFFFF190000001B00000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000000007000000000541
10000000000000000064000000FDFFFFFF1D0000001F00000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00000000080000000000010000000000000000006400000000000000210000002300000002000000FFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000900000000054110000000000000000064000000FDFFFFFF250000002700000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000000A000000000541100000000000000000640000
00FDFFFFFF290000002B00000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00000000
CounterCount REG_DWORD 0xa

Deleting this entry fixed the issue for me which means that I did not have to unselect the "performance counter".

[joaocgreis]

@ilkercat thanks!

@samarthRT sorry for the delay, I had missed this one. Your npm is installed under appdata, so can you try:

rmdir /s C:\Users\firstName Lastname\AppData\Roaming\npm
npm install npm

If that doesn't help, perhaps the best way forward would be to ask on IRC or create an issue in npm.

[yogibear54]

@ilkercat thanks! This worked for me too.

[gamtiq]

I had the same problem with node 5.5.0 and 6.2.2 in Windows 7 64-bit.
I found that there was HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\_V2Providers\{1e2e15d7-3760-470e-8699-b9db5248edd5} in the register on my computer. After I had deleted this entry, node installation passed fine.
Thanks all!

[MarkPieszak]

Win7 64-bit as well Node 6.3 install. Won't work without not installing performance counters. Previously it worked when an older version was installed and 6.3 was installed with nvm (node version manager) strangely enough.

[pinin]

I removed this item, and the installation was okay HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\_V2Providers\{1e2e15d7-3760-470e-8699-b9db5248edd5}

[DeepakTiwari13]

I was facing same issue on win7 64 bit sp1 machine.
In msi installer I unchecked performance counter installation , documentation installation.
Then it got installed.
v6.7.0

[joaocgreis]

For anyone finding this issue with the same problem: The solution for this seems to be running the next two commands in a Administrator Command Prompt:

LODCTR /S:lodctr_backup_20160901.ini
LODCTR /R

The first command will just create a backup that can be restored with LODCTR /R:lodctr_backup_20160901.ini if anything goes wrong. Please comment here if this doesn't work, and paste the backup file in the comment. Thanks!

[andybakerbrfc]

Hi folks,

Just adding a +1 on this issue. I was attempting to do a per-user install of v4.6.0 on 64-bit (Windows) - "Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601" via

msiexec /I node-v4.6.0-x64.msi ALLUSERS=2 MSIINSTALLPERUSER=1

I encountered the same issue.

As commented above, unchecking performance counters resolves the problem. (Initially found the fix via https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/6647 and the comment by https://github.com/joaocgreis .)

[spike0xff]

So for those of us installing node automatically, not manually/interactively - any suggestions on how to deal with this issue in a fully automated install? Is there a command-line argument along the lines of ALLUSERS=2 & co?

[shenmiweiyi]

I was facing same issue on windows7 64 bit machine.This is my installing log.I try to many ways and still didn't fix the issue.Please help me lookup and fix this issue. Thanks @Compynerd255 @gamtiq @andybakerbrfc @joaocgreis
installlog.txt

[mmouterde]

@shenmiweiyi I just get the same issue (windows7 64bit).
@gamtiq / @pinin solutions worked for me.

[joaocgreis]

@spike0xff You can try:

msiexec /i node.msi /qn+ ADDLOCAL=ALL REMOVE=NodePerfCtrSupport,NodeEtwSupport

[joaocgreis]

@shenmiweiyi Your issue seems to be with ETW. Can you install without ETW? If your D: is a substed drive, then that is the cause of the issue, installing to substed drives does not work.

[Maktm]

Issue still persists on node-v6.9.4-x64.msi on Windows 7. Disabling Performance Counter does the trick.

[emackey]

Issue still persists on node-v6.9.4-x64.msi on Windows 7. Disabling Performance Counter does the trick.

I ran into this too, with node-v6.10.0-x64.msi on Windows 7, and fixed it by disabling performance counter during install.

[danicoolpak17]

I tried teh below and it has worked for me.
@Maktm @shenmiweiyi

I was having the same trouble with my Node.JS installer . It is not issue that the installer has just need to change some settings. I did the below steps.

1 - Clean TEMP Folder
2 - Disable your antivirus for 10 mins or so.
3 - Then do the below steps.
4 - Go to C:>users>"UserName">AppData>Local>Temp
5 - Right Click on Temp and go to Properties
6 - Select Security Tab
7 - Select the User and check the permission and controll give the user full control by Checking Full Control on permission
8 - Go Ahead and Install Node.js and Enjoy.

[NTMan]

@joaocgreis Thanks you advice from comment https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/4329#issuecomment-254825118 helps me

Nodejs 6.10.3 issue present.

[NTMan]

Nodejs 8.9.4 and nothing changed and nobody cares

[danicoolpak17]

@NTMan i see, the problem was saved on my pc using Windows 7 64 bit. And i followed same steps as mentioned

[macario1983]

I had the same problem in Windows 10 Pro X64, I disabled my Avast for 10 minutes, and did full install, and worked!

[dhstack]

@macario1983 THANK YOU. This was driving me nuts. Such a simple fix too.

[ryzhovalexandr]

@macario1983 thanks a lot. I have almost gone crazy with this bug

[vstepanenko]

Disabling Avast helped me too on Windows 10 x64

[fossegutten]

Worked when disabling Avast. Avast is driving me nuts with all sorts of problems. Deleting from all my machines for sure.

[rodcunha]

Wow I was battling this for 3 hours, it all worked with disabling Avast... can't believe it was that simple. Thanks guys.

[ingvald31]

Pfffffff Thank you guys !! I can't believe it too ..

[sebastienguillon]

Thank You @macario1983
I can confirm that it works (disabling Avast while installing Node.js).

I was trying to install v8.11.2 with the Windows 64 bit MSI.

[Danielsberg]

Disabling avast worked for me!

[pierrot974]

Disable avast worked for me !!

[T0T4R4]

After ensuring that the previous node was completely removed, I renamed the following key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib_V2Providers
to
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\old_V2Providers,
then rebooted,
disabled my AV for a while (Trend Micro)
and deleted the %appdata%/npm folder (which took a while)...

[stroop566]

Disable avg worked for me on Windows 10 x64 !!

[macario1983]

I sent to Avast one e-mail to tell the false positive, or the problem, I hope that stop, and other users can do the same with their anti virus

[ranjitsachin]

Disabling avast worked for me..!! :-) Thanks

[ferchinas]

Disabling AVG worked for me, on
Windows 10 "64 bits"

[Stanley-G]

Windows 7 x64, Node-v8.12.0-x64: Disabled antivirus, but that did not help.
Disabled Performance counters, ETW, (see 4329 (comment)) and that fixed it! Thanks, but I wonder why this long-running issue continues to be present across 4 major releases?

[MTmace]

I had this issue with version 10.13.0. Installing without performance counters did not work for me but installing without Event tracing (ETW) did.

[akaleeroy]

For anybody that comes here using Chocolatey on Windows 7... The GUI installer clarifies:

This application is only supported on Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, or higher.

Chocolatey eats this error, upgrade fails with error 1603, generic MSI error. Don't try to fix it scouring the web for hours, like I did.