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August 02, 2011

Windows 7 - An error has occurred. Not all the features were successfully changed.

Solved this one thanks to an entry at sevenforums.com.

If you're getting this error, there's a good chance you've moved your ProgramData or Program Files directory to a different partition because you have an SSD boot drive. Foe at sevenforums says he moved Program Files; I just moved ProgramData.

Ignore the Windows solutions, and move the $$PendingFiles directory to the partition that contains ProgramData.

Use the Advanced option of the Security tab of File Properties to take ownership of $$PendingFiles and each of the files in it, change permissions for Administrators to Full Control, and delete them.

Rename or delete $$PendingFiles, create a new $$PendingFiles on the partition that has ProgramData, and (assuming the new partition is d:) do

mklink -j c:\$$PendingFiles d:\$$pendingFiles

Problem solved!

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