Finally FINALLY narrowed down my issue, which is well described here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2602950/wix-xmlfile-is-keeping-sqldatabase-from-creating-databases
"When I include the XmlFile element to manipulate a file, the databases defined by the SqlDatabase do not get created. If I comment out the XmlFile, then the databases do get created." 7 64bit, 2010 RC. Wix version 3.5.1602.0 (mostly; grabbed it from the last Friday drop (two weeks ago... who was slacking last week?)). 1) Fix? or 2) Workaround? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users