This is, by the way, an upgrade install over rc1. Need to test a clean install at some point as well. Running the MSI with /L* gives me: Action 8:13:22: RemovePip. Action start 8:13:22: RemovePip. CustomAction RemovePip returned actual error code 1 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox) Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action RemovePip, location: F:\Python34\python.exe, command: -m ensurepip._uninstall MSI (s) (84:50) [08:13:27:188]: Product: Python 3.4.0rc1 (64-bit) -- Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action RemovePip, location: F:\Python34\python.exe, command: -m ensurepip._uninstall Action ended 8:13:27: RemovePip. Return value 3. Action ended 8:13:27: INSTALL. Return value 3.