error during installing visual studio 2017

Question

I am trying to install Visual Studio 2017 RC and I keep getting this error:

[2ea4:002f][2016-11-20T21:47:00] Package 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.OfficeIntegration.Resources,version=15.108.25831.0,chip=x64,language=en-US' failed to install. MSI: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.OfficeIntegration.Resources,version=15.108.25831.0,chip=x64,language=en-US\tfs_officeIntegrationCoreRes.msi, Properties: REBOOT=ReallySuppress ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT=1 MSIFASTINSTALL="7" USING_EXUIH="1" , Return code: 1714, Details: The older version of Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2017 RC Office Integration Language Pack (x64) - ENU cannot be removed. Contact your technical support group.

Answer 1

We were able to force uninstall the problematic package using this Microsoft tool, after which we were able to install VS2017 normally.

The package name in our case was: Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2017 RC Office Integration Language Pack (x64) - ENU​

Answer 2

With my experience, this happens when Visual Studio 2017 setup cannot uninstall/repair/upgrade an existing package. Try this:

1. Quit the VS 2017 installer setup and go to this location "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.OfficeIntegration.Resources"
2. There must be an .msi file with name "tfs_officeIntegrationCoreRes.msi" (based on your error message - it appears that you have office tools installed as part of previous VS installation)
3. Run that msi and remove the component (there must be a remove option). Once done restart the VS 2017 setup again and this time you shouldnt get this error at least.

Hope this helps.