Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Emmanuel Stapf [ES] wrote: > What do you mean by that? My install is compiled with WiX v3 and I hadn't > see any errors. Are you saying that my package was faulty? If so, what is > the fault exactly? > No, I was referring to the second link that talked about exceeding the number of components

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-04 Thread Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
> Emmanuel Stapf [ES] wrote: > > I found the reason of that problem by using RegMon where I saw the > > 1450 error when opening a registry key. Then I found those > following > > URLs which perfectly match my problem: > > - http://tinyurl.com/2rj93p > > - http://tinyurl.com/3ey6fe > > > > Th

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Emmanuel Stapf [ES] wrote: > I found the reason of that problem by using RegMon where I saw the 1450 error > when opening a registry key. Then I found those following URLs which > perfectly match my problem: > - http://tinyurl.com/2rj93p > - http://tinyurl.com/3ey6fe > This is why validation is

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-04 Thread Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
I found the reason of that problem by using RegMon where I saw the 1450 error when opening a registry key. Then I found those following URLs which perfectly match my problem: - http://tinyurl.com/2rj93p - http://tinyurl.com/3ey6fe Getting rid of the `Components' subtree (there was only one child

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-03 Thread Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
I did try to run my installation after a fresh reboot and uninstalling whatever I did not need on this machine. Any idea what kind of resources it might be? Thanks, Manu Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > Error 1450 is ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES. Have you tried an installation > after a fresh reboot? >

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Emmanuel Stapf [ES] wrote: > Note that doing: > > msiexec /i My_msi.msi /quiet > > completes the installation and everything seems to be fine. > > Manu > > > Emmanuel Stapf [ES] wrote: > >> I'm having the same problem as Andrew. Did anyone found out what could be >> wrong? In my case, I can inst

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-03 Thread Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
Note that doing: msiexec /i My_msi.msi /quiet completes the installation and everything seems to be fine. Manu Emmanuel Stapf [ES] wrote: > > I'm having the same problem as Andrew. Did anyone found out what could be > wrong? In my case, I can install other MSI packages, but not mine. > > He

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-12-03 Thread Emmanuel Stapf [ES]
I'm having the same problem as Andrew. Did anyone found out what could be wrong? In my case, I can install other MSI packages, but not mine. Here the output of the log: MSI (s) (84:CC) [10:21:48:828]: Executing op: ComponentRegister(ComponentId={4FBFB3EE-4F75-46C7-8464-2710DD1E44A7},KeyPath=02:\

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Richard wrote: > Correct. Windows Installer component GUIDs must be all upper case. > WiX uppercases all GUIDs in the compiler. There is/was a weakness that if you use !(loc) strings for GUIDs, they wouldn't get that massaging, but in the "normal" case, you don't have to worry about it. --

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Andrew Ward wrote: > DEBUG: Error 2908: Could not register component > {FDAFF1E1-E5AF-4A06-ACF2-8C4C94E33F83}. > MSI "registers" each component it installs by recording which product(s) install it; that's all "register" means in this context. It sounds like MSI's private data store is corru

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Richard
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are you saying that lower case hex in the guids is not allowed? Correct. Windows Installer component GUIDs must be all upper case. Unfortunate, but true. GuidGen is unreliable for this. -- "The Direct3D Graphics P

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Chad Petersen
onday, November 12, 2007 2:59 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908 As there is some confusion here, I will repost an unmodified example, this XML snippet: Is producing this error: DEBUG: Error 2908: Could not register component {FDAFF1E1-E5AF-4A06

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Andrew Ward
> > Phil Wilson > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew > Ward > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 1:06 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908 > > Hi Cha

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Andrew Ward
00 and it talks about scanning the > system registry for errors. > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew > Ward > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 1:06 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Su

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Chad Petersen
: [WiX-users] Error 2908 Hi Chad, Sorry for the confusion, I edited that XML snippet and replaced the real guid with MY_GUID, for easier reading. When the errors occur the Guids are all real Guids. I am having trouble finding out what MS actually means by 'register component' in this c

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Wilson, Phil
And there's no lower case in the guids? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Ward Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 1:06 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908 Hi Chad, Sorry fo

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Andrew Ward
f Of Andrew > Ward > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:39 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908 > > Hi Phil, > No, not all files the error occurs for are even executables or dlls, it > actually occurs for every componen

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Chad Petersen
: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:39 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908 Hi Phil, No, not all files the error occurs for are even executables or dlls, it actually occurs for every component in the setup, for example, the help file component:

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Andrew Ward
sage- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew > Ward > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:08 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Error 2908 > > Hello, > I have an installer which works fine on two computers I have

Re: [WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Wilson, Phil
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Ward Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:08 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Error 2908 Hello, I have an installer which works fine on two computers I have tested, but fails on a third computer with the

[WiX-users] Error 2908

2007-11-12 Thread Andrew Ward
Hello, I have an installer which works fine on two computers I have tested, but fails on a third computer with the following error for each wix component element: Action start 19:58:49: InstallFinalize. Action 19:58:49: ProcessComponents. Updating component registration DEBUG: Error 2908: Could