Feature Transfer Error installing Boris FX Products onto a Windows Avid machine.

You may get the following feature transfer error installing Boris FX products into Avid Media Composer:



To resolve take the following steps:

Open "Run" (by going to Start> Run or "Start", "All Programs",
"Accessories", and
finally "Run")
In the pop-up box type "regedit" and click "OK";

browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE> Software> Wow6432Node> Avid Technology>AVX
Plug-ins

locate "AVX2Directory" and double-click on the "ab" icon next
to it;

In the pop-up window type in the following for the value...

C:\Program Files(x86)\Avid\AVX2_Plug-Ins

...and click "OK".

Close all and you should be able to install with no further problems.

UPDATE

This can also occur on Win XP and the folder paths are a bit different. Below are the instructions for Win XP:

When you are installing Avid FX 5.8 and the following error is popping up:

Feature transfer error

Feature: Avid FX for AVX 2
Component: DLL AVX
File: %ProgramFiles% \
Error: Access is denied.

The installer doesn't find the path for the AVX2-Plug-ins folder. To get around this error message you may edit the according registry value:

1. Go to Start: Run.
2. Type regedit in there.
3. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Avid Technology\AVX Plug-ins.
4. Change the value of AVX2Directory from %ProgramFiles%\Avid\AVX2_Plug-Ins to: C:\Program Files\Avid\AVX2_Plug-Ins
   (or to the explicit path where your AVX2_Plug-Ins folder got installed after the installation of Media Composer)