I downloaded WinMerge-2.14.0-Setup.exe
When I open this file, the install proceeds, but then I encounter the error:

The first two errors are during installation. The third error is when I try to start up Win Merge after installation.
christianlist wrote:so the first error is causing the other errors to happen
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge]
"ContextMenuEnabled"=dword:00000001
"Executable"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\WinMerge\\WinMergeU.exe"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\Backup]
"EnableFolder"=dword:00000000
"EnableFile"=dword:00000001
"Location"=dword:00000000
"GlobalFolder"=""
"NameAddBak"=dword:00000001
"NameAddTime"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\DefaultSyntaxColors]
"Values"=dword:00000014
"Color00"=dword:00000080
"Bold00"=dword:00000000
"Bold01"=dword:00000000
"Bold02"=dword:00000000
"Bold03"=dword:00000000
"Bold04"=dword:00000000
"Color05"=dword:00000000
"Bold05"=dword:00000000
"Color06"=dword:00ffffff
"Bold06"=dword:00000000
"Color07"=dword:00ff0000
"Bold07"=dword:00000001
"Color08"=dword:00800080
"Bold08"=dword:00000000
"Color09"=dword:00008000
"Bold09"=dword:00000000
"Color10"=dword:000000ff
"Bold10"=dword:00000000
"Color11"=dword:00606060
"Bold11"=dword:00000000
"Color12"=dword:00000080
"Bold12"=dword:00000000
"Color13"=dword:00c08000
"Bold13"=dword:00000000
"Color14"=dword:00a0a0ff
"Bold14"=dword:00000000
"Color15"=dword:00000000
"Bold15"=dword:00000000
"Color16"=dword:0000ffff
"Bold16"=dword:00000000
"Color17"=dword:00000000
"Bold17"=dword:00000000
"Color18"=dword:00800000
"Bold18"=dword:00000000
"Color19"=dword:00c08000
"Bold19"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\Font]
"Specified"=dword:00000000
"Height"=dword:fffffff0
"Width"=dword:00000000
"Escapement"=dword:00000000
"Orientation"=dword:00000000
"Weight"=dword:00000190
"Italic"=dword:00000000
"Underline"=dword:00000000
"StrikeOut"=dword:00000000
"OutPrecision"=dword:00000001
"ClipPrecision"=dword:00000002
"Quality"=dword:00000001
"PitchAndFamily"=dword:00000031
"CharSet"=dword:00000000
"FaceName"="Courier New"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\FontDirCompare]
"Specified"=dword:00000000
"Height"=dword:fffffff0
"Width"=dword:00000000
"Escapement"=dword:00000000
"Orientation"=dword:00000000
"Weight"=dword:00000190
"Italic"=dword:00000000
"Underline"=dword:00000000
"StrikeOut"=dword:00000000
"OutPrecision"=dword:00000001
"ClipPrecision"=dword:00000002
"Quality"=dword:00000001
"PitchAndFamily"=dword:00000031
"CharSet"=dword:00000000
"FaceName"="Courier New"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\LineFilters]
"Values"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\Locale]
"LanguageId"=dword:00000409
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\Merge7z]
"Enable"=dword:00000001
"ProbeSignature"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\Recent File List]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\Settings]
"ShowUniqueLeft"=dword:00000001
"ShowUniqueRight"=dword:00000001
"ShowDifferent"=dword:00000001
"ShowIdentical"=dword:00000001
"ShowBinaries"=dword:00000001
"ShowSkipped"=dword:00000000
"ShowToolbar"=dword:00000001
"ShowStatusbar"=dword:00000001
"ShowTabbar"=dword:00000001
"ToolbarSize"=dword:00000000
"AutoResizePanes"=dword:00000000
"HiliteSyntax"=dword:00000001
"HiliteWordDiff"=dword:00000001
"WordWrap"=dword:00000000
"ViewLineNumbers"=dword:00000000
"DisableSplash"=dword:00000000
"ViewWhitespace"=dword:00000000
"ConnectMovedBlocks"=dword:00000000
"ScrollToFirst"=dword:00000000
"VerifyOpenPaths"=dword:00000001
"AutoCompleteSource"=dword:00000000
"ViewFileMargin"=dword:00000000
"DirViewSortCol"=dword:ffffffff
"DirViewSortAscending"=dword:00000001
"DirViewEnableShellContextMenu"=dword:00000000
"ShowFileDialog"=dword:00000000
"AutomaticRescan"=dword:00000000
"AllowMixedEOL"=dword:00000000
"TabSize"=dword:00000004
"TabType"=dword:00000000
"ExternalEditor"="C:\\Windows\\NOTEPAD.EXE"
"UseRecycleBin"=dword:00000001
"SingleInstance"=dword:00000000
"MergingMode"=dword:00000000
"BreakOnWords"=dword:00000001
"BreakType"=dword:00000000
"CloseWithEsc"=dword:00000001
"Logging"=dword:00000000
"IgnoreSmallFileTime"=dword:00000000
"AskClosingMultipleWindows"=dword:00000000
"PreserveFiletimes"=dword:00000000
"TreeMode"=dword:00000000
"IgnoreSpace"=dword:00000000
"IgnoreBlankLines"=dword:00000000
"FilterCommentsLines"=dword:00000000
"IgnoreCase"=dword:00000000
"IgnoreEol"=dword:00000000
"CompMethod"=dword:00000000
"MovedBlocks"=dword:00000000
"MatchSimilarLines"=dword:00000000
"StopAfterFirst"=dword:00000000
"QuickMethodLimit"=dword:00400000
"DifferenceColor"=dword:0005cbef
"SelectedDifferenceColor"=dword:007477ef
"DifferenceDeletedColor"=dword:00c0c0c0
"SelectedDifferenceDeletedColor"=dword:00c0c0f0
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"SelectedDifferenceTextColor"=dword:00000000
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"SelectedWordDifferenceTextColor"=dword:00000000
"DefaultTextColoring"=dword:00000001
"ProjectsPath"=""
"UseSystemTempPath"=dword:00000001
"CustomTempPath"=""
"MultiDirDocs"=dword:00000000
"MultiMergeDocs"=dword:00000001
"IgnoreRegExp"=dword:00000000
"FileFilterCurrent"="*.*"
"UserFilterPath"="C:\\Users\\MMCC\\Documents\\WinMerge\\Filters"
"CodepageDefaultMode"=dword:00000000
"CodepageDefaultCustomValue"=dword:000004e4
"CodepageDetection"=dword:00000000
"VersionSystem"=dword:00000000
"VssPath"=""
"PluginsEnabled"=dword:00000000
"VssPassword"=""
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thingamahoochie\WinMerge\Settings/Filters]
"Shared"=dword:00000000
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