The phrase "Cabinet error code 11" seems to indicate that the cabinet may be corrupt. The general 1603 code tells you nothing although, it is a general error code for the whole install failing
Regards, greenaj ---- Kurt Jensen <kurt.jen...@ophir-spiricon.com> wrote: > P.S. I have incorporated the tools in 2-4, without any of these > problems, in our current installation using Visual Studio vdproj. > Surely there is some setting I am missing but have not found yet. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Jensen [mailto:kurt.jen...@ophir-spiricon.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 10:23 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] MSI vs Windows 7 UAC > > First I need some guidance. I have several problems which all appear > related to dealing with UAC on Windows 7. But they may each require > separate solutions. Should I post these separately? > > > > 1) On a Windows 7 computer with the default UAC setting, my installation > appears to be failing because SFXCA fails to extract my custom action to > a temporary directory. The relevant messages I get in the log are: > > > > SFXCA: Extracting custom action to temporary directory: C:\Program > Files\Spiricon\BeamGage > > Standard\CustomAction.Install.WiX.CA.dll-9\ > > > > SFXCA: Failed to extract to temporary directory. Cabinet error code > 11. > > > > CustomAction CAInstall returned actual error code 1603 > > > > This message is followed immediately by Rollback messages. > > > > 2) We use a program, written many years ago, that calls > CM_Reenumerate_DevNode in order to simulate Find New Hardware. > Originally I thought that this program was causing the install to fail > but I removed it and found the failure described above. When I tried to > just run it, UAC said it needed elevated privileges. When I ran it as > administrator it appeared to execute without error. But, I keep an > error message in the log as if it was not being run at elevated > privileges. I thought deferred custom actions, and Impersonate="no", > were executed with elevated privileges. Any ideas how I can debug this? > > > > 3) When I click through the installation dialogs, I always get a UAC > dialog before the actual install starts. I always thought MSI was > elevated and would "just run". My MSI is not (yet) signed. Would this > help? > > > > 4) I am using a third tool to install third part drivers. I run this > tool three times. And three times I get a UAC dialog. This is not only > annoying, it looks very unprofessional. This tool is run in a custom > action. Again, I thought deferred custom actions were executed with > elevated privileges. > > > > Please note that I am using WiX v3.0. > > > > TIA! > > > > Kurt Jensen > > Senior Software Engineer > > Ophir-Spiricon > > Ph: 435-755-5429 > > Cell: 435-764-2122 > > www.ophir-spiricon.com <http://www.ophir-spiricon.com/> > > kurt.jen...@ophir-spiricon.com > <mailto:kenneth.fer...@ophir-spiricon.com> > > > > The True Measure of Laser Performance(tm) > > > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > www.clearswift.com > ********************************************************************** > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
