Card #3538 · SketchUp Extension Warehouse
Installation failures due to system privileges and DLL registration errors
Users are unable to install or update SketchUp on Windows due to various system-level errors. These include insufficient privileges to modify system files, failed DLL registrations, and inability to access registry keys even when running as administrator.
Pain score
0.21/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.82distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.56upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 4 verified quotes
The installer has insufficient privileges to modify this file: c:\windows\system32\msvcp100.dll
This installtion package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can acess it, or contact the application vendow to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package
Module C:\Program Files\Sketchup\2015\ThumbsUp.dll failed to register. HRESULT -2147024703. Contact your support personnel.
Could not open key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Exprlorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION. Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel.
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