ICE tests require access to the Windows Installer service (msiexec.exe) to run their validation of your MSI. Could it be that it's taking much longer to start up on Windows 7 or isn't available for some other reason (UAC?) for a few moments after it starts? Try monitoring your running processes in something like Process Explorer when you're building & see if msiexec is running when the ICE tests give you the failures. In the same scenario can you run ICE tests on an already existing MSI using InstEd! or Orca? Are you building from a service account or something like that? People have reported issues in the past on Server 2008 when building using accounts which don't have privileges to start the Windows Installer service although the error message is different to yours in those cases & subsequent builds don't help.
Good luck. 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: Brownfield, Cory [mailto:cbrownfi...@aeci.org] Sent: 18 January 2011 20:18 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] First build gives ICE errors; subsequent builds don't Setup: Windows 7 64-bit (fully patched) Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate WiX 3.5 build 2430 (latest weekly) I've recently noticed a problem with all my WiX projects. Trying to build after a change or after a clean, I get a set of ICE errors. So rebuilding always gives me these errors and following up with a build always fixes them. Here is an example set of errors: -------------- Error executing ICE action 'ICE08'. The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738. ". Error executing ICE action 'ICE09'. The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738. ". Error executing ICE action 'ICE32'. The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738. ". Error executing ICE action 'ICE61'. The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738. ". -------------- After getting these errors, I can 'build' again and the errors go away and the MSI is built. It's pretty annoying. I've tried re-installing WiX. I've also tried re-registering the scripting engines (although I don't think that is a problem-I'm not doing any scripting). So any ideas? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
