When attempting to install a newer version of Adobe Reader or to uninstall the existing version, I get the error 'Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified. Jul 13, 2010 - From: I found the fix. And deleted value of 'Transforms' and was now able to do a repair/reinstall.
I've encountered the following message/error: 'Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid.'
It sometimes appears when installing a MSI while using the commandline property TRANSFORMS='MYMSI.mst'. A quick fix seems to be to install Windows Installer 3.0 or 3.1. More in depth, the problem is created when you make a MST file with Wise InstallTailor. Windows Installer 3.x has been installed on the machine you use to create the transform-file (MST). When using the MST & MSI on a machine with Windows Installer 2.x installed, the above install error appears. If you don't want to install Windows 3.x on your machine yet, create your.MST on a computer with Windows Installer 2.x on it ( you can check the WI version at commandprompt with msiexec /?). This.MST (v2.x) you can edit on a computer with Windows Installer 2.x or 3.x installed and it will work on machines with only Windows Installer 2.x installed.
I don't know if this an 100% fix, but please reply to polish it;-). Trying to make an MST for MS Publisher 2003. Used both Admin Studio, and ORK2003.
After mst created, using simple batch file to execute - msiexec /i PUB11N.MSI TRANSFORMS=pub.MST produces message - 'Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid.' Made sure that both source and destination workstations have same version of Windows Installer. (v 3.01.4) Tried an admin install - msiexec /a PUB11N.MSI produces message - administrative installation supported only in Enterprise Versions.