When you install Photoshop or Premiere Elements, the Status changes to "Rolling back action," and the application is uninstalled.
The installation of Photoshop Elements or Adobe Premiere Elements can fail with one of the following errors:
"The wizard was interrupted before Adobe Photoshop Elements could be installed. Below mentioned application has failed to install: Shared Technologies."
"The Adobe Premiere Elements installation wizard was interrupted while installing Shared Technologies."
"The installation process has encountered an error while installing Shared Technologies."
Depending on whether you have other Adobe applications installed, it's possible that you have Adobe Bridge running as a background process.
If you have a previous version of Elements installed, the Auto-Analyzer from Elements Organizer may be running in the background.
You can disable the Auto Analyzer by following the steps under Disable auto analyzer for smart tags in Tagging photos and videos
If you are using Norton antivirus, make sure that the scanning is off while the Elements installation is running.
If you are using McAfee (VirusScan Enterprise 8.7.0.i or 8.8), do the following:
- Open the main properties screen, and under the Access Protection tab, select the Anti-virus Maximum Protection option under Categories. Deselect the Prevent Alteration Of All The Extensions Registration option.
- Select Common Standard Protection under Categories and deselect the Protect Mozilla & Firefox Files And Settings option.
- Install the McAfee antivirus in Standard Protection Mode and not in Maximum Protection Mode.
If you have Crashplan/Backup software installed on your system, disable or uninstall it and then install Elements. You can enable or reinstall the crashplan/backup software after Elements is installed without errors.
Note: Skip this task if you purchased downloadable software.
- If you are installing from DVD or any external device, try the desktop installation.
- Close all applications.
- Create a folder, such as C:/PSEInstaller/. Do not create the folder on your desktop.
- Insert your Photoshop Elements or Adobe Premiere Elements installation DVD-ROM into your computer's DVD drive or the external device.
- Choose Start > My Computer (Windows XP) or Start > Computer (Windows Vista/Windows 7).
- Right-click your DVD drive or the external device and choose Explore.
- Choose Edit > Select All.
- Drag the selected items onto the folder that you created in step 2. Wait for the copying process to finish. (If an error message appears during the copying process, then contact Adobe Customer Service for a replacement installation DVD-ROM. To contact Adobe Customer Service in your region, go to www.adobe.com. Select your region from the menu at the top of the page, and then click Contact Us.)
- When the copying process is complete, eject the DVD-ROM.
- Open the folder containing the installation files (see step 7), and double-click Setup.exe to start the installer.
- If the installer finishes without errors, delete the folder that you created in Step 2.
If you downloaded the installaiton files, open the Elements folder and check for a folder named "ElementsSTIInstaller".
If the folder is present, open it and make sure the following components are present:
- Deploy folder
- Packages folder
- Payloads folder
- Resources folder
- Set-up.exe file
If any of the components are missing, redownload and extract again.
Occasionally, information in this file can conflict with a Photoshop Elements installation. The install log could mention issues with AFL.dll.
NOTE: Renaming this file will remove the licensing information from all Adobe products installed on this computer. When you next launch other Adobe applications, you will be asked to enter the serial number again.
Many different factors can contribute to an installation rollback. See Troubleshoot installation problems | Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements | Windows for more information.
If no error is returned during an install rollback, you can check the installation log for a more detailed explanation as to why the install failed. Use the Adobe Support Advisor (ASA) to analyze the installation log file. For instructions, see Adobe Support Advisor | Install troubleshooting app. If the ASA tool is unable to provide you with a solution, see the "Analyze the Main Installation Log manually" section in, see Troubleshoot install using logs | Premiere Elements, Photoshop Elements for more information.
If you are using a downloaded installer, or running the installation from the hard drive, the Shared Technologies can fail because of the installation path. You may see the following in the log:
[FATAL] Setup - Launch Path is too long. Please run the installer from some other location.
Copy the installation files to a folder at the root of the drive, such as C:\PSEInstaller\, and rerun the installation. An application installation path must be 260 characters or less. Please review: Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces.
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