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Unable to install Splunk Free Edition on Windows 7x64 or Windows 10x64

splunkdavidh
Explorer

Unable to install Splunk Free Edition on Windows 7x64 or Windows 10x64.
I started installation as admin and then I get rolling back Window see screenshot below:
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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Have you checked the installation log?

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splunkdavidh
Explorer

Below is the information I found in "splunkd-utility.log"
Location: C:\Program Files\Splunk\var\log\splunk

02-16-2019 15:30:57.542 -0500 INFO loader - Running utility: "validatedb"
02-16-2019 15:30:57.547 -0500 INFO loader - Getting configuration data from: C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\myinstall\splunkd.xml
02-16-2019 15:30:57.548 -0500 INFO loader - SPLUNK_MODULE_PATH environment variable not found - defaulting to C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules
02-16-2019 15:30:57.548 -0500 INFO loader - loading modules from C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules
02-16-2019 15:30:57.646 -0500 INFO loader - Writing out composite configuration file: C:\Program Files\Splunk\var\run\splunk\composite.xml
02-16-2019 15:30:57.744 -0500 INFO loader - Service "Splunkd" does not exist
02-16-2019 15:30:57.744 -0500 INFO loader - Skipping validation of index paths because may not be running as the correct user
02-16-2019 15:30:57.744 -0500 INFO loader - Validated 7 indexes in 77.00 milliseconds
02-16-2019 15:31:00.051 -0500 INFO ServerConfig - Found no hostname options in server.conf. Will attempt to use default for now.
02-16-2019 15:31:00.054 -0500 INFO ServerConfig - Host name option is "".
02-16-2019 15:31:10.817 -0500 INFO loader - Running utility: "check-transforms-keys"
02-16-2019 15:31:10.822 -0500 INFO loader - Getting configuration data from: C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\myinstall\splunkd.xml
02-16-2019 15:31:10.823 -0500 INFO loader - SPLUNK_MODULE_PATH environment variable not found - defaulting to C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules
02-16-2019 15:31:10.824 -0500 INFO loader - loading modules from C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules
02-16-2019 15:31:10.848 -0500 INFO loader - Writing out composite configuration file: C:\Program Files\Splunk\var\run\splunk\composite.xml

What's next?

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splunkdavidh
Explorer

You're referring to Application logs in Event Viewer? If yes then I have not.

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