It doesn't matter if it's there or not. Your custom action type is evidently "install the one from my MSI file", and if it's not being installed from your MSI file then you get error 2753.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jcafaro10 Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 6:43 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error code 2753? Well I'm sure that my system has .NET on it so is there a conditional check I'd add somewhere to not try and install it if I already have it? Wilson, Phil wrote: > > This error usually refers to a custom action that's running an exe > that's being installed with the product, but isn't installed for some > reason (perhaps because the exe is already on the system and won't be > replaced because of versioning rules). So it can't run the exe from > your package because it's not being installed. There are other > variations, but they all come down to trying to run a custom action of > a file that you're not actually installing. > > Phil Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > jcafaro10 > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:48 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Error code 2753? > > > Trying to get my installer to work. It works for the main files but > there are some files I don't want to install unless I click Complete > (as Opposed to typical, I'm using mondo). It copies the files > correctly regardless but when I also want it to run the ones that it > copies. I think the problem is because of TypicalDefault="advertise" > but isn't that how I set a feature to not be installed typically but > only under comlpete? Example: > > <Directory Id="dotnetfx" Name="dotnetfx"> > <Component Id="dotnetfx.exe" > Guid="{3AF116C7-E703-4F4D-B7BC-B9D4C0E0F093}"> > <File Id="dotnetfxexe" Name="dotnetfx.exe" KeyPath="yes" > Source="C:\tfs\ChannelBox\prereq\dotnetfx\dotnetfx.exe" /> > </Component> > </Directory> > -------------------------- > <Feature Id='dotnetfx' Title='Microsoft .NET Framework' Level="1" > TypicalDefault="advertise"> > <ComponentRef Id="dotnetfx.exe" /> </Feature> > -------------------------- > <CustomAction > Id="DotNetInstall" > FileKey="dotnetfxexe" > ExeCommand="deferred" > Return="ignore" /> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom > Action="DotNetInstall" > After="InstallFinalize"> > > </Custom> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Error-code-2753--tf4154344.html#a11819770 > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Error-code-2753--tf4154344.html#a11829340 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users