MATLAB: Problems deploying compiled stand-alones under R2012a

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I'm seeing some rather peculiar behavior when I try to deploy MCR version 7.17 (from the R2012a distribution).
When I run MCRInstaller on my own machine (the one where my full MATLAB installation lives and where I do my compiling), the installation completes with no problems.
However, when I try to run the same installer on any other machine (I've tried 3), I get an error dialog from the Windows Program Compatibility Assistant:
 The program might not have installed correctly
 If this program didn't install correctly, try reinstalling using settings that are compatible with this version of Windows
The dialog also offers options to re-run using recommended settings, which don't help. The installation definitely failed. Compiled standalones will not run.
Any idea what the problem could be? All machines tested are running Windows 7 Pro, 64 bit.
ADDENDUM:
After running the MCRInstaller as an administrator (as recommended by ImageAnalyst), the above installation failure alerts went away, but the standalone .exe fails to execute.

Best Answer

Seems strange. Usually you get that message when you are installing with an old installer package that is not familiar with the type of handshaking that Windows 7 tries to do with newer installers that were built with Windows 7's handshaking in mind, like you were running an installer built in the old WIndows XP days. In your case since you say that it doesn't work, maybe it really did fail for some reason. If it did, you won't have a "C:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Compiler Runtime" folder on your hard drive. Please check for that. ALso, try running as administrator and see if that helps.
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