Hmm, I think you should open a bug with all the information. This sounds new.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Jeffrey Cutting <jcutt...@microsoft.com>wrote: > I've just upgraded from VS2008 and WiX 3.0 to VS2010 and WiX 3.5 > (3.5.1916.0, to be exact). I can build a couple of my most simple WiX > projects inside Visual Studio without error. However, when I attempt to > build a few of my other projects (which still build without error in WiX > 3.0) inside Visual Studio, I receive the following error... > > Error 93 The "GetCabList" task failed unexpectedly. > Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.InstallerException: The system cannot > open the device or file specified. > Database="E:\Workspaces\VSBinaries\Install\Release\en-us\MRClient_x86.wixout" > at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.Database.Open(String filePath, > DatabaseOpenMode mode) > at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.Database..ctor(String filePath) > at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Build.Tasks.GetCabList.Execute() > at > Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute() > at > Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.ExecuteInstantiatedTask(ITaskExecutionHost > taskExecutionHost, TaskLoggingContext taskLoggingContext, TaskHost taskHost, > ItemBucket bucket, TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask, Boolean& taskResult) > E:\Workspaces\FRx_Main\main\Tools\WiX\3.5.1916.0\Wix2010.targets > 2108 6 > > I am able to build the same project from a VS 2010 command prompt without > error (well, I run into bug 3031280 in some projects, but I know that one is > fixed for the next build). > > I've tried running as admin to remove potential permissions problems as the > culprit and I've investigated using Process Monitor - there don't appear to > be any file access issues. The wixout file is definitely being written to > the path shown above. > > I would appreciate any ideas on where to start with getting past this. > Please let me know any additional information I can provide. > > Thank you, > Jeff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
