Created Unassigned: install of .msi fails [1297]

C:>msiexec /i "NTVS Dev 2014-07-03 VS 2013.msi" -l*vx ntvs.log

environment: MS Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 on Win7x64

Note: can not uninstall PyTools for VS either. Could the issue be related?

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MSI (s) (FC:D0) [06:06:59:531]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=DevEnvSetup,ActionType=3122,Source=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe,Target=/setup,)
CustomAction DevEnvSetup returned actual error code 255 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
MSI (s) (FC:D0) [06:09:14:353]: Note: 1: 1722 2: DevEnvSetup 3: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe 4: /setup
MSI (s) (FC:D0) [06:09:14:353]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error
MSI (s) (FC:D0) [06:09:14:353]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT Message FROM Error WHERE Error = 1722
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 DevEnvSetup, location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe, command: /setup
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