Re: [WiX-users] error: system cannot open the device or file specified

2013-05-17 Thread jo...@msli.com
; > That looks like a user-created folder, and it seems that the install fails > > as soon as it switches to the service to do the install. That file/folder > > may not allow access by the SYSTEM account. > > > > Phil > > > > -Original Message- > >

Re: [WiX-users] error: system cannot open the device or file specified

2013-05-17 Thread jo...@msli.com
day, May 17, 2013 8:08 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] error: system cannot open the device or file > specified > > Nothing is encrypted, so the link didn't help, though I did see that > 'solution' before. >

Re: [WiX-users] error: system cannot open the device or file specified

2013-05-17 Thread Phil Wilson
-Original Message- From: jo...@msli.com [mailto:jo...@msli.com] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 8:08 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] error: system cannot open the device or file specified Nothing is encrypted, so the link didn't help, t

Re: [WiX-users] error: system cannot open the device or file specified

2013-05-17 Thread jo...@msli.com
Nothing is encrypted, so the link didn't help, though I did see that 'solution' before. Per your request, I removed all the variables, simplified the problem to one wxs file, packaging 2 text files, no variables, and I still get the error system cannot open the device or file specified. The comma

Re: [WiX-users] error: system cannot open the device or file specified

2013-05-17 Thread David Watson
1) This http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834549 ? 2) Heat thinks the .exe is a com server, as it is another installer you can ignore it. If you are bundling several packages together you may want to look at the burn bootstrapper which will handle this much better than embedding the sub installers in