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emb3rz
Copper Contributor
Aug 07, 2019

Citrix Workspace fails to install with code 0x80079C42

Trying to deploy a new version of Citrix Workspace, and one of my machines fails to install with the above error code (0x80079C42). I can't find anything on Microsoft or by Googling it. Anyone that c...
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BigEHead
Copper Contributor
May 20, 2022

emb3rz did you ever figure this out?  i'm having the same issue.  i think the citrix installer sees an existing version and doesn't want to upgrade it.  not 100% sure though.

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    Harm_Veenstra
    MVP
    May 21, 2022
    You could use Supersedence with the newer version and do a uninstall of the previous Win32 app in the process?
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      BigEHead
      Copper Contributor
      May 23, 2022

      Harm_VeenstraThanks, but if I run the installer manually it can overwrite the existing installation so not sure why I would need to manually uninstall the older version.  Do you know what this error code means?

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        Harm_Veenstra
        MVP
        May 23, 2022
        Not sure, it looks like it tells you that the user cancelled the installation? You do run it as system I think?

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