This is the most critical requirement. On modern systems like Windows 10 or 11, you must manually enable this via "Turn Windows features on or off" in the Control Panel. Windows Installer Version 3.1v2: Required for the setup engine. Microsoft XML Parser (MSXML) 6 SP1: Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Core:
Would you like a concise checklist you can follow to prepare a clean VM for this release? This is the most critical requirement
Both the Core and Localized versions (v6.4 or later). This is the most critical requirement