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Above "solution", like many other so-called solutions to the Prestashop 8 (8.1.6 & 8.1.7) installation issues proposes the deletion of some modules in the installation, something that is not necessary, below solution works consistently.
There are 3 main issues in the installation process of Prestashop 8.1 - most (2) of them are essentially coding complications thus unnecessarily introduced by poor "upgrading", attached 3 modified files you need to overwrite to get the installation working.
Steps to get installation working:
1. Unzip the install zip of Prestahop
2. Do not open / start the installation
2. Identify the files in the zip (do a file search) in your unzipped install folder and make copies of the originals in an "originals" folder
3. Overwrite the files in your unzipped install folder with the files in the attached zip
4. Open / start the installation and follow all steps without issues
5. Copy the original files back in your installation
6. Go to Backoffice, you might get an error - click "Enable debug mode"
7. Backoffice loads, go to "Advanced parameters > Performance" and disable "debug mode"
8. Backoffice go to "Shop parameters > General > Maintenance" and enable store