Thanks for the responses. I'm not comfortable with giving the build service account admin privileges. Maybe if the whole build thing was in a VM I could do that. Something to look into. -- Andrew Arnott "I [may] not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." - S. G. Tallentyre
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote: > For whatever reason on Windows 2008 (I didn't test Vista, XP, 2003, 7, or > 2008 R2) the MSI Service is only available from logins that either have > administrative access or are logins that are "interactive". Logins that are > from service accounts that to not have administrative privileges cannot > access the msi service and thus cannot run ICE tests. > > I had opened an inquiry inside of MSFT last year about this issue but it > was > never resolved (I got a lot of "I would have thought, however). I never got > any other workarounds either. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:21 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Why do I get ICE failures building from a > serviceaccount? > > The following string format was not expected by the external UI message > logger: "The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can > occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows > Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for > assistance.". > > msiexec service needs to be running for ICE's to be evaluated. > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Deployment & IT Administrator > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > > http://www.iesve.com > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** > Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, > Glasgow G20 0SP > Email Disclaimer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Arnott [mailto:andrewarn...@gmail.com] > Sent: 14 January 2010 00:06 > To: wix-users > Cc: David Christiansen > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Why do I get ICE failures building from a > serviceaccount? > > When I build my WIX project, it succeeds under user account A when I > log in as that person and build it myself from my Windows desktop. But > when that same user account is used from a Windows Service (think > automated build > machine) the same build fails with the below errors. > I've checked the jscript and vbscript engines, and they are registered > under HKLM and not HKCU for that user account. I don't know what else > to try. Any ideas? > > Thanks. > > > http://teamcity.dotnetopenauth.net:82/viewLog.html?buildId=892&tab=build > ResultsDiv&buildTypeId=bt45 > > [07:16:41]: Project "build.proj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx" (MSI > target(s)): > (11m:19s) > [07:27:47]: [Project "build.proj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx" (MSI > target(s)):] Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default > targets): (14s) > [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default > targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE01'. > The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly > registered scripting engine. See > http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to > solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the > external UI message logger: "The Windows Installer Service could not be > accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if > the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support > personnel for assistance.". > [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default > targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE02'. > The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly > registered scripting engine. See > http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to > solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the > external UI message logger: "The Windows Installer Service could not be > accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if > the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support > personnel for assistance.". > [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default > targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE03'. > The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly > registered scripting engine. See > http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to > solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the > external UI message logger: "The Windows Installer Service could not be > accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if > the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support > personnel for assistance.". > [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default > targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE04'. > The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly > registered scripting engine. See > http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to > solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the > external UI message logger: "The Windows Installer Service could not be > accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if > the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support > personnel for assistance.". > [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default > targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE05'. > The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly > registered scripting engine. See > http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to > solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the > external UI message logger: "The Windows Installer Service could not be > accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if > the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support > personnel for assistance.". > [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default > targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE06'. > The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly > registered scripting engine. See > http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to > solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the > external UI message logger: "The Windows Installer Service could not be > accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if > the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support > personnel for assistance.". > [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default > targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE07'. > The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly > registered scripting engine. See > http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to > solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the > external UI message logger: "The Windows Installer Service could not be > accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if > the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support > personnel for assistance.". > [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default > targets):] light.exe error LGHT0216: An unexpected Win32 exception with > error code > 0x643 occurred: Action - 'ICE08' Fatal error during installation > > -- > Andrew Arnott > "I [may] not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the > death your right to say it." - S. G. 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