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Error 1601 Installing Revit / Revit LT 2018
You are not able to install Revit (or Revit LT) 2018 due to an Error 1601 on the installation log file.
Causes:
The installation is failing on the attempt to install ODBCInstallDriver64 because Windows already has ODBC driver installed.
Solution:
A corrected *.msi file, to work around the problem, can be downloaded and used to replace the existing Revit (or Revit LT) 2018 install *.msi, on downloaded installers or deployments that include Revit/Revit LT 2018, doing the following:
Revit 2018
- Please download the RVT.msi file from the box folder: https://autodesk.box.com/s/0nwoyq53ddckq5qyvaz4230lz2n068py
- Replace the file on the folder:
C:\Autodesk\Autodesk_Revit_2018_English_Win_64bit_dlm\x64\RVT\RVT.msi
- Clear TEMP folder, Turn Antivirus Off.
- Then run the Revit 2018 installation again from the Setup.exe
Revit LT 2018
- Please download the RTL.msi file from the box folder: https://autodesk.box.com/s/7cyx545573lqhao56an7vht8rzgn5uil
- Replace the file on the folder: C:\Autodesk\Revit_LT_2018_G1_R1_Win_64bit_dlm\x64\RLT\RTL.msi
- Clear TEMP folder, Turn Antivirus Off.
- Then run the Revit LT 2018 installation again from the Setup.exe
To Manually Correct this issue:
1) Make a backup copy of the RVT.msi (or RTL.msi) file located here:
- C:\Autodesk\Autodesk_Revit_2018_English_Win_64bit_dlm\x64\RVT\RVT.msi
- C:\Autodesk\Revit_LT_2018_G1_R1_Win_64bit_dlm\x64\RLT\RTL.msi
2) Download, install and run Microsoft Orca.
3) Open the RVT.msi (or RTL.msi) file in Orca, search for ODBCDataSource & ODBCDriver and delete the keys below:
4) Save the Orca revised RVT.msi (or RTL.msi) file.
5) Clear TEMP folder, Turn Antivirus Off.
6) Run the Revit (or Revit LT) 2018 installation again.
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