Citrix Virtual Desktop Agent install error

by Eddy on

I am not sure if someone else got this error while installing Citrix virtual desktop agent on Windows XP (32-bit) guest VM. I have downloaded latest version of Citrix virtual desktop agent version 2.1.2327 on Citrix knowledge center.

After downloading the Cirtix virtual desktop agent on Windows XP guest virtual machine when i started running XdsAgent installer I was greeted with this error message –

This install requires that .NET Framework 3.5 is installed. Install .NET Framework 3.5 from the original Citrix Virtual Desktop agent media (in the supportDotNet35 folder) or download it from http://www.microsoft.com. “

As listed in error message i was able to browse the .NET framewok in Citrix Desktop Delivery controller CDROM, so i started installing .NET Framework but then again i was greeted with another message. This time .NET installation failed because setup couldn’t locate Microsoft Windows installed 3.1 on Wndows vista desktop. I cound’t find Microsoft windows installer on Citrix installer CDROM so i jumped to Microsoft download site and searched for Windows installer 3.1.

You can download Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2) from Microsoft website, download size is 2.5 MB

WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe

Just to summarize if you are planning to install Citrix virtual Desktop agent on Windows Vista install these pre-requisite in following order :

1. First Install the Microsoft Windows installer 3.1 on Citrix Windows XP virtual machine.

2. After installing Microsoft Windows installer locate the .NET Framework 3.5 which comes with Citrix Desktop Delivery installer CDROM and install .NET framework. After finishing .NET Framework installation on Citrix Xendesktop Windows XP virtual machine proceed with reboot.

3. Once you are done with above 2 requirement you can install Citrix virtual desktop agent on Windows vista virtual machine.