When trying to install the Hydra_DAO_Install.exe based on this HydraCARD;

https://hydracards.hydratecinc.com/cards/card-864

You get this error;

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Setup
Error 1935 An error occurred during the installation of assembly VC90.MFCLOC

0x80070005

Followed by this one;

An error occurred during setup

Installation failed.

Install or Update appears to hang.

During the install of HydraCAD v56, the user is greeted with the message below.  Following the both sets of instructions of opening and closing AutoCAD, and running a repair of AutoCAD do not make a difference.  You'll still get the error message.

V57 install will say;

Neither AutoCAD 2021, 2022 nor 2023 found (missing registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R24.X).

Please install it before re-running this install

During the install of HydraCAD the following message(s) pop up;

"Unable to Create HydraCAD Shortcut" "Unable to find registry,"

"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoCAD.Drawing.#\protocol\StdFileEditing\server"

The version of AutoCAD will determine the number following the word 'Drawing' in the registry path.

AutoCAD 2022 = 24.1

AutoCAD 2021 = 24.0

AutoCAD 2020 = 23.1

AutoCAD 2019 = 23.0

AutoCAD 2018 = 22.0

"Unable to find default profile" "The default profile 'HydraCADVersion56' 'HydraCADVersion57' does not exist.

The Installed version of the application could not be determined. The Setup will now Terminate

-or-

An error (-5006 : #####) has occured while running the setup