Since I wasn't using VBScript in any of my WiX scripts, why was this an issue? Removing the user-level registry keys fixed my problem, so I'm left thinking something was running VBScript below the WiX script level.
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 10:39 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] First build gives ICE errors;subsequent builds don't One more vote for never using VBScript CustomActions. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robmen/archive/2004/05/20/136530.aspx <smile/> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Brownfield, Cory <cbrownfi...@aeci.org>wrote: > 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-er > ro > rs-2<http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2007/05/31/windows-install > er-errors-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. 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. 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