I have a similar problem with trying to install it straight to Microsoft. The program will start up, I'll agree to everything, and the program will just close while it's "gathering information." It won't appear in the processor of my task manager or anything; it just closes. Multiple attempts have yielded the same result.
I uninstalled the game, opened up the folder, and tried reinstalling it as an administrator. It didn't help; the same Microsoft Visual Error (Error 1935. An error occurred during the installation assembly 'policy 8.0 Microsoft VC80.ATL.type="win32-policy".version=8.050727.publicKeyToken=1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b."prfrocessorArchitecture="x86. I also tried downloading MSVCR80.DLL and putting it in my Elemental folder, but it didn't have any effect. MSVCR90.DLL is already in there. When I t
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 won't install on my Windows Vista computer. Every time I try to install it off Elemental, I recieve en error message (something like 1925, will clarify if needed). If I try to download it off the internet and install it, the program closes almost immediately after it begins installing. Microsoft Visual C++ is apparently essential to playing Elemental; without it, my game won't even start.