DAQmx install fails repeatedly with error code 14098

[bobcampbell]

Hello,

I'm trying to install DAQmx 18 on a new Windows 7 64 bit machine. The machine is up to date on all windows updates. Each time the DAQmx installer stops with the message "NI Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Run-Time x86 installation has failed with return code: 14098". I tried installing version 17 and that too fails in the same way. I tried all the obvious things like rebooting. I'm pretty stuck: never had this happen before. 

[bobcampbell · Accepted solution]

Seems to be something messed up with the Windows install itself. A re-install of Windows got rid of the error. There were corrupt manifest files.