Why am I'm getting the error “Boolean needsPrivileges” when trying to install Xamarin for Android?

Question

Iv noticed "Boolean needsPrivileges" coming up in the errors when trying to install xamarin Part of the errors it gives every time i try to install it say "Boolean needsPrivileges" so im not sure if I need to some how give xamarin admin rights or something? Really i'm just guessing for solutions though?

here's the error log from Xamarin installer. Installation of 'Xamarin' failed with more than one exception (attempt 3) Errors while installing items. Exception type: System.AggregateException Installation of archive 'C:\\Users\\Douglas\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Xamarin\\downloads\\Xamarin.VisualStudio_4.2.0.695.msi' failed with exception. Exception type: Xamarin.Web.Installer.InstallException Full stack trace: at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.InstallationArchiveHandler.Install(String

path, Boolean needsPrivileges)

at System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecuteVoid3[T0,T1,T2](CallSite site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1, T2 arg2) at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.BaseSoftwareItem.InstallDownloadedItem(String url, InstallationArchiveHandler handler, DownloadServiceWorkItem download) at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.BaseSoftwareItem.Install(UInt32 tryNumber) at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.XamarinVSSoftwareItem.Install(UInt32 tryNumber) at WindowsInstaller.ProgressPage.InstallationWorker() Installation of archive 'C:\\Users\\Douglas\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Xamarin\\downloads\\Xamarin.VisualStudio_4.2.0.695.msi' failed with exception. Exception type: Xamarin.Web.Installer.InstallException Full stack trace: at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.InstallationArchiveHandler.Install(String

path, Boolean needsPrivileges)

at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.BaseSoftwareItem.InstallDownloadedItem(String url, InstallationArchiveHandler handler, DownloadServiceWorkItem download) at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.BaseSoftwareItem.Install(UInt32 tryNumber) at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.XamarinVSSoftwareItem.Install(UInt32 tryNumber) at WindowsInstaller.ProgressPage.InstallationWorker() Installation of archive 'C:\\Users\\Douglas\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Xamarin\\downloads\\Xamarin.VisualStudio_4.2.0.695.msi' failed with exception. Exception type: Xamarin.Web.Installer.InstallException Full stack trace:

at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.InstallationArchiveHandler.Install(String path, Boolean needsPrivileges)

at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.BaseSoftwareItem.InstallDownloadedItem(String url, InstallationArchiveHandler handler, DownloadServiceWorkItem download) at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.BaseSoftwareItem.Install(UInt32 tryNumber) at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Installer.XamarinVSSoftwareItem.Install(UInt32 tryNumber) at WindowsInstaller.ProgressPage.InstallationWorker()

The installation log is way over the text limit but I noticed it also says needsPrivileges ?I'm not sure how i give it the privileges it needs there

"[2016-10-08 12:08:05.637] [Exception] at Xamarin.Web.Installer.Utilities.InstallMSI(String file, Boolean needsPrivileges, Action`3 processCommandArguments)"

[2016-10-08 12:12:11.802] [Debug] Starting installation complete task. [2016-10-08 12:12:11.809] [Info] Background installation worker completed. [2016-10-08 12:12:11.917] [Info] Installation completed with failure [2016-10-08 12:12:11.923] [Info] Status: failed.

Answer 1

I also see this error and in my case I am using VS 2013. Therefore I installed VS 2015 Build Tools, which can be found here:

C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\Xamarin\downloads\BuildTools_Full.exe

I then re-ran Xamarin.VisualStudio_4.2.0.695.msi from the downloads folder. Admin privileges are not necessary.