installation failed due to Error 1935 on RSA Authentication Agent 7.3 and 7.4 for Microsoft Windows
18 days ago
Originally Published: 2019-05-06
Article Number
000041075
Applies To
RSA Product Set:  SecurID
RSA Product/Service Type:  Authentication Agent 
RSA Version/Condition:  7.3.x, 7.4.x
Issue
The installation of RSA Authentication Agent for Microsoft Windows failed due to the following error:
 
Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly component [AE56AAAF5-F3C0-3D4B-8859-A1e50A3E27BF}.
HRESULT: 0x80070BC9.

 
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Cause
This error occurs because:
  •  The Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile or later not installed.
  • Old registry keys exist under \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RSA.
Resolution

To resolve this issue,

  1. Verify that Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile or later is installed, as per RSA Authentication Agent 7.4 for Microsoft Windows Installation and Administration Guide 
  2. Delete the old registry keys under \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RSA, if found.
  3. Reboot the server.
  4. Try installing the agent again.