Cannot install Office 2013 - Seup cannot find or validate an installation file

Question

I downloaded the trial version of Office 2013 to evaluate it, but was unable to install it because I kept getting the following error...
Setup cannot find or validate an installation file.  Please try reinstalling office from your installation source or if you installed from a downloaded  package, please re-download and reinstall.  If you continue to haVe problems
contact Microsoft or your system administrator.
I tried re-downloading the program - again I was met with the same problem.  I tried running the setup file as administrator - problem remained.  I tried copying the program to the hard drive and running it from there as the administrator - problem
remained.  I downloaded Microsoft  fixit tool for problem installations and ran that - that was no use either.  The error message just kept coming back again.
I am assuming the setup file is corrupted in some way but seem unable to get an alternative setup file that will actually INSTALL.  Or is there something so blatantly obvious going on that I'm missing it?
Help please!

Answer 1

I deployed Office 2k13 to client machine via SCCM 2012 R2. It did that flawlessly but I got the same error after trying to uninstall Office 2k13.
setup.exe /uninstall ProPlus /config .\ProPlus.ww\Uninstall.xml
Uninstall.xml file:
<Configuration Product=”ProPlus”>
<Display Level=”basic” CompletionNotice=”yes” SuppressModal=”yes” AcceptEula=”yes” />
</Configuration>
I can uninstall Office 2k13 manually by running setup.exe and following wizard but it is not automatic process so it sucks.
I've responded in your other thread:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/fd735611-95bf-46f6-8add-2229a52e3e93/i-can-not-uninstall-office-2013-from-command-line?forum=officeitpro
Hi, your command-line is not valid - you are using a "relative" path for the <config.xml> and that is not supported..
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178956(v=office.15).aspx#BKMK_config
Note: You must use a fully qualified path. Setup does not recognize relative paths with /config. 
Instead, I suggest that you copy your "Uninstall.xml" file to the same folder where setup.exe exists, then, adjust your command-line like this:
setup /uninstall ProPlus /config Uninstall.xml
Don
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