Guest additions on Windows 7 detected as Vista

[jaybradley]

Host: Fedora 14, Guest: Windows 7 32bit pro, Virtualbox: 3.2.12 r68302 PUEL

Trying to install guest additions (version 3.2.12). Have tried many options but always get this error:

ERROR (000036b1): The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.
ERROE: Could not install files for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista! Installation aborted.

Further up the error log file I noticed this:

Handled windows version: vista

I'm using Windows 7 so I assume this is the problem. I've also tried the same using virtaloox 4.0.2 but get the same error.

I've been googling for solutions and trying everything I can think of but cannot get this to work. I run a Windows 7 64bit virtual guest on the same host and it's just fine.

Thank you.

[Perryg]

Post the error log (as an attachment) that it tells you to look at. Did you run the command that it tells you to and what did it say?