Hi. I "solved" it by downgrading to an old build of WiX. Seems like a regression to me. With a version from late 2009 it works without any change to the project. With the latest release(s) it fails with the given error message.
Regards, Ben On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:24 AM, <stryde...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey, I'm getting the exact same message as you. Same line and column even. > I'm also on Windows 7, (not an upgrade) using an x64 environment and wix 3.5. > I've noticed some similar problems with heat as well. When you're getting > this error though, are you receiving any warnings? > > I've got a couple of ICE68 (related to custom actions) and one about an empty > media1.cab file. I'm wondering if you don't have something similar. > Also of note: I'm using an MSI that's referencing a couple of wixlibs...Not > sure what your setup is like though. > > Stryder > > <quote author='Benjamin Podszun-2'> > Hi. > > I upgraded my machine from Win XP to Windows 7 last weekend. My > previously working WiX project fails now with this (rather obvious at > first) error: > > Error 77 The "GetLooseFileList" task failed unexpectedly. > System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path. > at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path) > at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2) > at > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Build.Tasks.GetLooseFileList.Execute() > at > Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.TaskEngine.ExecuteInstantiatedTask(EngineProxy > engineProxy, ItemBucket bucket, TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask, > ITask task, Boolean& taskResult) > > File: C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.5\Wix.targets > Line: 1979 > Column: 6 > > Okay - the error seems to be easy to locate, except that > - the sources are exactly the same > - the file locations are exactly the same as far as I can tell > > Any idea how I can track this down? I shot myself in the foot with > this one, because on Monday I was ordered to create a new (and > unplanned for) release and desperately need to build this project. > Thinking about recreating an XP environment because I'm totally lost > here - but any insights, hints, suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Ben > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, > Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW > http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > </quote> > Quoted from: > http://n2.nabble.com/Upgrade-to-Windows-7-GetLooseFileList-task-failed-unexpectedly-tp4547318p4547318.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
