Does your VM have any Printers installed & is the Spooler service running?
It works fine for us using WiX v3.0 build packages on XP 32-bit, XP 64-bit, Vista 64-bit & Windows 7 64-bit. I have a VMWare ESXi server setup with version 7 virtual machines for my own & QA's testing purposes. 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: Kristoffer Danielsson [mailto:kristoffer.daniels...@live.se] Sent: 14 May 2010 00:13 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] PrintEula.ValidatePath fails under VMWare! Hmm... it seems the PrintEula.dll functions are not called at all under this virtualized Vista x64! If I hit the "Print" button in the EULA dialog, the cursor blinks and then nothing! Still, I'm just guessing here... The log: Doing action: WixUIPrintEula ... Invoke remote custom action. DLL: ... MyUIPrintEula. Return value 1. This is so weird! It works on my host W7 machine. > From: kristoffer.daniels...@live.se > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 00:18:51 +0200 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] PrintEula.ValidatePath fails under VMWare! > > > No, the error lies in WiX! > > > > Google only gives you a couple of hits - implying that this error does not > come from some Microsoft component. > > > > >From WixUI_en-us.wxl: > > <String Id="InvalidDirDlgText" Overridable="yes">Installation > directory must be on a local hard drive.</String> > > > > Also tried this: > > msiexec /i MySetup.msi WIXUI_DONTVALIDATEPATH="1" > > > > That worked! Hence, the path validation is buggy! > > > > > > > > > From: kristoffer.daniels...@live.se > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 00:09:29 +0200 > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] PrintEula.ValidatePath fails under VMWare! > > > > > > I modified PrintEula.dll to not use the PathIs* APIs, but it kept failing. > > In the Wix sources I can see the following: > > > > > > > > <Publish Dialog="BrowseDlg" Control="OK" Event="DoAction" > > Value="WixUIValidatePath" Order="3">1</Publish> > > > > <Publish Dialog="BrowseDlg" Control="OK" Event="SpawnDialog" > > Value="InvalidDirDlg" > > Order="4"><![CDATA[WIXUI_INSTALLDIR_VALID<>"1"]]></Publish> > > > > > > > > No matter what's causing it, it has disastrous implications. Not being able > > to install my software on virtual machines is simply not an option :(. > > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:01:32 -0700 > > > From: chad.peter...@harlandfs.com > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] PrintEula.ValidatePath fails under VMWare! > > > > > > If you Google that error it seems select people hit it even on real > > > physical boxes, under other flavors of Windows (98, XP), too. Windows > > > misreporting the drive type if I had to guess. Probably nothing wrong > > > with your authoring. I'm not seeing any definitive solutions out there. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kristoffer Danielsson [mailto:kristoffer.daniels...@live.se] > > > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 2:33 PM > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: [WiX-users] PrintEula.ValidatePath fails under VMWare! > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > Using Wix 3.5. > > > > > > > > > > > > Tried my new MSI under Vista Home Premium, emulated under VMWare 7. It > > > gives me this obscure error when I hit "Next" in the "Destination > > > Folder"-dialog (simple WIX UI): > > > > > > > > > "Installation directory must be on local hard drive." > > > > > > > > > Reading the logs: > > > > > > > > > > > > Doing action: WixUIValidatePath > > > > > > ... > > > > > > Action ended ... WixUIValidatePath. Return value 1. > > > > > > InvalidDirDlg. 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