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: If you encounter issues installing the update, Autodesk suggests resetting Maya preferences or using the Microsoft Fix It Tool to remove corrupted old versions before a clean install. Autodesk Community, Autodesk Forums, Autodesk Forum Where to Find it

To permanently stabilize Maya 2018.5, you must inject environment variables. These tell the software to ignore its own broken defaults.