It *was* a vbscript.dll registration issue. I followed the instructions here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2007/06/07/3151752.aspx (following the 64-bit bits) to fix the problem. I have no idea how the script engine got registered at the user level, but the key was there. Once I removed the 2 user-level script-engine keys, things started working again.
I wasn't having trouble until I patched my computer with the latest round of critical patches from Microsoft. One of the patches was in the critical list but wasn't checked by default. I went ahead and installed it too. That patch changes the way updates are installed, so it's possible it messed with these registry keys. This isn't verified, but I'm including the information in case anyone else starts having issues. Thanks for the help Blair. -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:46 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] First build gives ICE errors;subsequent builds don't Some of the MSFT-supplied ICE tests use VBScript (most use C/C++ native code). 2738 Could not access VBScript run time for custom action [2]. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2007/05/31/windows-installer-erro rs-2 738-and-2739-with-script-custom-actions.aspx Could also be related to an anti-virus product. Be sure to exclude runtime scanning of your %TEMP% directory of your build machine(s) (at least during builds). -Blair -----Original Message----- From: Brownfield, Cory [mailto:cbrownfi...@aeci.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:18 PM 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. 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