The Windows Installer does not support installing an MSI inside an MSI. That's called "nested installations". You need to "chain installs" instead... unfortunately, that requires an external program.
-----Original Message----- From: David Bartmess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 14:17 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing Oops, forgot the actual CustomAction, sorry... <CustomAction Id="O2003PIA" BinaryKey="o2003pia.msi" ExeCommand="" Execute="immediate" Return="check" HideTarget="no" Impersonate="no" /> <CustomAction Id="O2007PIA" BinaryKey="o2007pia.msi" ExeCommand="" Execute="immediate" Return="check" HideTarget="no" Impersonate="no" /> -----Original Message----- From: David Bartmess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:12 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Custom actions failing I'm trying to wrap my head around the custom actions, and how to code them. I've got the following in my fragment, and although it builds fine, I always get an error about "a program required could not be run". Any suggestions would be helpful and appreciated! Thanks! <Binary Id="o2007pia.msi" SourceFile="Dashboard\Redist\o2007pia.msi"/> <Binary Id="extensibilityMSM.msi" SourceFile="Dashboard\Redist\extensibilityMSM.msi"/> <Binary Id="o2003pia.msi" SourceFile="Dashboard\Redist\O2003PIA.msi"/> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="O2003PIA" Before="InstallFinalize">(OFFICEVERSION = "Outlook.Application.11") AND Not Installed AND Not O2003PIAINSTALLED</Custom> <Custom Action="O2007PIA" Before="InstallFinalize">(OFFICEVERSION = "Outlook.Application.12") AND Not Installed AND Not O2007PIAINSTALLED</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> Here's the relative part of the verbose logs... MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:07:962]: Executing op: End(Checksum=0,ProgressTotalHDWord=0,ProgressTotalLDWord=15803510) MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:07:977]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0 MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:07:977]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0 Action 14:58:07: RollbackCleanup. Removing backup files MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:07:993]: Calling SRSetRestorePoint API. dwRestorePtType: 0, dwEventType: 103, llSequenceNumber: 284, szDescription: "". MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:07:993]: The call to SRSetRestorePoint API succeeded. Returned status: 0. MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:07:993]: Unlocking Server MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:07:993]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Deleting UpdateStarted property. Its current value is '1'. Action ended 14:58:07: InstallFinalize. Return value 1. MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:07:993]: Doing action: O2003PIA MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:07:993]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText Action 14:58:07: O2003PIA. Action start 14:58:07: O2003PIA. MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:08:431]: Note: 1: 1721 2: O2003PIA 3: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI2EC6.tmp 4: MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:08:431]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:08:431]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1721 Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: O2003PIA, location: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI2EC6.tmp, command: MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:16:087]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:16:087]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1709 MSI (s) (04:64) [14:58:16:087]: Product: Maestro -- Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. 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