0x800700cb is a Win32 error code re-encoded as an HRESULT (0x8007xxxx == error | FACILITY_WIN32). Win32 error code 0xCB == 203 decimal is ERROR_ENVVAR_NOT_FOUND.
The PerformanceCounter elements create a table which is processed at install time to create an .ini and .h file suitable for passing to LoadPerfCounterTextStrings (or the lodctr.exe program). That should be OK on either OS. Does a full verbose log (msiexec /l*v) show any other error messages before the RegisterPerfCounterData lines? What's the value of the TMP, TEMP and USERPROFILE environment variables? Have you tried the latest weekly release? Have you tested this on a completely clean, freshly installed Windows 2000 system? -- Mike Dimmick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Krause, Henning Sent: 12 February 2008 20:02 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] WIX PerformanceCounter element failing on Windows 2000 Hello, I have a problem with installing creating performance counters using PerformanceCounter element in Wix 3. It works great on Windows 2003 and later, but fails on Windows 2000. The error code returned by the performance counter custom action is 203, which translates to "The system could not find the environment option that was entered.". An entry in the event log is created stating that the performance counter configuration is corrupt. But other programs installed correctly and when I use the managed PerformanceCounterCategory.Create from inside a managed custom action it works like charm. Any clues what's going on here? Excerpt from the MSI installer log: RegisterPerfCounterData: Error 0x800700cb: Failed to execute install of performance counter category: <Category Name> RegisterPerfCounterData: Error 0x800700cb: Failed to execute PerformanceCategory table. Error 26253. Failed to install performance counters. (-2147024693 ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
