Threads Replies Last Post 5 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5   Cannot reinstall MSI 3.1, nor install .Net Framework I have some troubes with MSI on XP 32bit. Symptoms are that SP1 for both .Net installer v. 2.0, 3.0 fail to install, be manually downloaded or via Windows Update. It claimes that MSI 3.1 is not installed, but it is, and when i run MSI 3.1 installer is tells me it is not required on my PC. So now i deinstalled al Frameworks and hoped they would be able to install from scratch - not... 2 12/31/2008 2:15:05 AM KB957924 and SP6 merge modules Now that MS has released this security update that upgrades many of the VB6 (and other products) Runtime Extended Files (ActiveX components), are there merge modules newer than the SP6 versions available for the upgraded ocx files? ... 2 12/30/2008 12:54:22 PM Windows Installer problem(s) on Win2K I've had to reinstall the OS (Win2K+SP4) on my main machine, since when I can't install/reinstall (or uninstall) some/most programmes. Trying to, it gets so far, then displays the "This patch package could not be opened..." message. Updated Installer to latest version, but didn't help/solve it; gone through most of what MS recommends on its 'Common Windows Installer Problems' pages - dit... 1 12/29/2008 12:21:01 PM Translation How do I translate foldernames into another language. I am working with Wise and need to name the folders in Japanese. This is just simple translation but my Windows wont allow me to use that kind of caracters and symbols. Any sugestions? ... 1 12/18/2008 11:11:01 AM MS-6758 manual Hi, Can anyone point me to a manual for MS-6758? MSI's site points to a broken link. Thanks, Patrick.... 1 12/13/2008 7:47:43 PM Using VS2005 setup project for VB6-compiled programs I have a legacy VB6 project that has been supported only up through Win XP. As an aside, we have migrated the product years ago to VS2003, then to VS2005, and will port to VS2008 next year. The VB6 project group used the VB6 PDW for deployment. We now have one client insisting on getting this to work on Vista. I've managed to revise the project group to compile and run on Vista using VB... 4 12/11/2008 6:44:10 PM CRT merge module problem on Vista 64 I've got a problem with the CRT merge modules that only seems to affect Vista 64. I'm using Microsoft_VC80_CRT_x86.msm and policy_8_0_Microsoft_VC80_CRT_x86.msm in my installer. On a clean XP system the installer fails to start my service when these merge modules are missing. If I add them then everything is fine, so I guess they work. This does not seem to be the case on Vista 64. The... 8 12/11/2008 8:03:55 AM Error 2229 when initiating a minor upgrade (when upgrading an installation based on a transform). I have an installer from a previous build that was installed on a non english machine (the language of the base product is english, and i have transforms for each language (which moreover only transform the UI strings). When i install a minor upgrade i get an error -2229. Digging into the log results in the following error line: DEBUG: Error 2229: Database: . Could not load table 'Cont... 2 12/8/2008 6:16:03 PM Create minor upgrade while using a newer digital signature I have a package that released in June that was digitally signed with credentials that have since expired. We have a new digital certificate from verisign and have applied that to the current MSI setup build. However, I cannot get the patches to work correctly. 1. I exported the digital signature from the original release and imported it into the msiDigitalCertificate table. 2. I then crea... 9 12/4/2008 6:44:30 PM MSI Error 1320: "The specified path is too long" when installing on a mapped drive Hi, I'm trying to install my product on a mapped drive on my test machine. During the file copy operation the installation process is interrupted by MSI error 1320: "The specified path is too long: ". The dialog shows two options: Retry and Cancel. The mapped drive was created using the subst command. So I substituted my c:\tmp\installer_test\ folder by y: subst y: c:\tmp\installer_te... 7 12/3/2008 6:16:46 AM Windows Installer package not valid for a msi file Hello from France I downloaded Free SQL Server 2008 on a XP sp3 PC and I would like to add databases examples (msi file) but when I want to install them, a pop up appears to say that the Windows Installer package is not valid. I don't know which version of Installer I have (how to do ?) but I would be very pleased to get some help Didou... 2 12/2/2008 5:19:04 PM Command line and verbose logging. Hi, We have created an msi package that use the email adress and password as two custom properties. The password property has been set to be a "hidden" property. Durint command line installation i used the command, msiexec/i C:\AgentSetup.msi /qn /lv C:\installation.txt emailaddress=lek@lek.com password=pass@123 The log file c:\installation.txt contained the entire command line. ... 4 12/1/2008 5:23:09 PM New Advanced Installer 6.7 brings licensing support with trials and registration On November 26th, 2008 Caphyon Ltd. announced the latest edition of its Windows Installer authoring tool. The new Advanced Installer enables developers and system administrators to easily build and repackage complex applications into reliable, ready to deploy MSI and EXE installers, patches and on-line updates. Uniquely focusing from its very beginnings on the ease of use, Advanced Install... 1 12/1/2008 12:36:41 PM VS 2005 Set Up Project Error Hi, I have created two custom WID files (dialogs) and have added in VS 2005 Set up Project. Im getting a error "Unable to build dialog module group named 'Start' C:\MM\Setup_Test\Setup\Setup\Setup.vdproj" How to solve this error? Daniel Felix.... 3 11/24/2008 8:12:31 PM firewall when my computer starts its tates that there is no firewall turned on. but looking at the security center it shows turned on, also looked at administrative tools under windows firewall and it shows automatic. I ran the repair tool and it could not repair because it was not able to find firewall msi. Please help.... 2 11/23/2008 5:26:02 PM What do you think about MSI wrappers? What do you think about using MSI wrappers, i.e. encapsulating setup.exe in MSI in order to deploy by GPO, or encapsulating MSI in order to specify some command-line parameters - when creating transform is for whatever reason not possible. I thought is quite bad idea since it creates the illusion of the possibility to uninstal and repair in add/remove programs, which may not be the case... 5 11/21/2008 5:40:09 PM MSIEXEC ignoring properties Can anybody tell me is there's something wrong with this batch file? I've tried both targetdir and primaryfolder to no avail. I'm installing the Access 2000 runtime and do NOT wish to overwrite "program files\office..." etc. Documentation is so scattered on this tool. Thanks! ------ c: md C:\ACCESS2000_RUNTIME cd c:\ART2kSETUP rem run the setup in quiet mode msiexec /i data1 /qn... 4 11/21/2008 2:15:26 PM Get Windows Installer Version Hi, I'm building an Installation application, and i need to check weather Windows Installer installed on the machine or not, and if so, which version. I've searched google in the last few days, and i found the by checking the version of msi.dll i will be able to know the version, and for checking the version, i can use the GetDllVersion. i'm building my installation, using InstallShield... 2 11/15/2008 10:25:07 PM Installation always hangs at the end of the process I'm using Advanced Installer. The installation is via a single EXE file. If I run this, the installation hangs right at the end of the process. This has been seen mostly when the EXE is run from a network drive but also when it is run locally The screen saying Publishing Product Information is seen for hours, the final installation screen never appears. We have three chained packages... 1 11/12/2008 2:53:03 PM Problem when installing using an MSI When I try to install with an MSI it's stopsd part way through and I get a window appearing telling me the various command line switches available. The only option is to click ok, which I do and then that’s it – my program remains uninstalled. I’ve tried updating windows installer to no avail. Is there a way of fixing this without reinstalling windows? Note this is when I open an msi file ... 3 11/10/2008 6:14:49 PM CustomAction at Uninstall I have a custom action that checks for running process and prompts the user to close them or cancel. The CA sets a property which I can then check. If they press cancel, the uninstall should stop. Where should I sequence the custom action ? After the CA how can I check the property and exit the uninstall ? ... 1 11/4/2008 9:44:01 PM Restore Point How do I get my install package to create an install point ?... 2 11/1/2008 3:11:32 AM Auto close applications How does MSI attempt to close running apps during an uninstall. The apps I created are not being closed and I'm wondering if there is something I need to be listening for. (written in C++) ... 5 10/31/2008 7:24:35 PM Using a Launch condition to check if another product is installed? Is it possible to easily setup a launch condition that checks if another product is installed on the system? I am trying to create an installation that adds some additional files to a folder based on if another application is installed on the system. I have the productcode for the existing application and needs to setup a launch condition for my new installation. I first thought that I ... 5 10/31/2008 7:23:18 PM Enumerating websites with ADSI and C++ Hi All, I seem to have hit a bit of a stumbling block here, I want to add a new page into my installer that will display a list of available web sites in IIS. I have a dll written in C++ it uses ADSI to configure my web application already, but what I would like to do is add a method that will generate a list of web sites so I can then display them in a combo. I have found several ex... 1 10/22/2008 12:42:07 PM 5 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5