PC Companion error: cannot install sony mobile upgrade engine 0x80070067

[slillian]

This error showed up when I was trying to upgrade the system for z3c. I tried installing the engine manually (Sony_Mobile_Update_Engine_Setup-2.15.2.201501291105.exe) but also failed. The error message said "Access control error (inherit): Invalid filesystem path missing".

Any idea on how to fix this? Don't want to miss the upcoming Lollipop.

[ag3nt0range]

Remove any JAVA runtime, JRE Home existing from your machine. restart and install again. Works for me.

[digeetal]

That's what happens when developers use their own install programs and not for example Windows Installer....

The issue is that the setup program tries to create folders in a different location than the one provided by the user n the window. Doesn't matter where I wanted the program to be installed and what was the folder name - the setup program tried to create folders always on my root folder of my C drive. 

Anyways - the solution for me was:

1. manually create folders C:\Sony Mobile\Update Engine

2. start the installer again

and it worked straight away!

That was very frustrating.

@Sony - please repair this stupid issue in your installer..or better - please fix PC Companion first so noone was forced to use this additional update utility

[medo1988]

Many thanks, it worked after removing JAVA