Hello Steve,

Is the Documents folder mapped to a non-standard location (not the C:\Users\username\Documents, for example)?

The path appears to be C:\Users\Administrator\Documents

Administrator is the account I sign on with.

If it makes a difference, this is a virtual machine running under VMware Fusion.

That's strange, yes, I think it makes a difference, we'll check it.

Also, we have a separate archive with VComponents:
http://valentina-db.com/download/release/win_64/vcomponents_win_vc_x64.zip

Problem solved. It was a mapping problem. It appears there was some kind of alias for the Documents folder pointing to a shared drive that no longer existed. I think this was a carryover from a previous installation of Windows 8 with VMWare.

It would show in the Windows Explorer sidebar but would give an error when I clicked on it saying it was not connected. I removed that and now the installer is working as expected.

Thanks for the clue regarding the path.