[INS-30131] Initial setup required for the execution of installer validations failed

Oracle Client 11.2.0.4 Installation Fails  ::

Oracle Client 11.2.0.4 Installation Fails -- [INS-30131] Initial setup required for the execution of installer validations failed

Problem
While installing Oracle Client 11.2.0.4 on windows, installation fails with the error below:

[INS-30131] Initial setup required for the execution of installer validations failed.

Cause - Failed to access the temporary location.

Action - Check current user has required permissions to access the temporary location. or check the other solution below.

Solution : 

Using the Task Manager, check if RemoteExecService.exe *32 is running or not from your temp location, for example C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp\oraremservice. If it does, then kill the process and delete the oraremservice folder.


If you the process in the Task Manager then kill the process and then restart the installation as shown in below pic.

Check the Oracle Home & Client Version (32 bit- or 64 bit) installed on windows

======================================================================= Check the Oracle Home and Client and db installed in windows system
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Go to %ORACLE_HOME%\inventory\ContentsXML folder and open comps.xml file



Example : C:\app\Murthy\product\11.2.0\client_1\inventory\ContentsXML -- then find the "comps.xml file"  in the file you can see the following lines.
 

If you installed 64-bit client then you can see the following lines.
 

PLAT="NT_AMD64" then this Oracle Home is 64 bit.

If you installed 32-bit client then you can see the following lines.

PLAT="NT_X86" then - 32 bit.

You can install both 32-bit and 64-bit Oracle Home & Clients.