From: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/light.htm use -sval if you use the commandline From: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/msbuild_task_reference_light.htm set SuppressValidation if you use the Light task from MSBuild From: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/votive_property_pages.htm use the Tool Settings project property page if you use Visual Studio > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:00:23 +0200 > From: ca.brenge...@gmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error LGHT0217 the system was unable to find the > specified registry key or value > > ok, thanks. > > But pardon my ignorance, but how exactly do I suppress the validation? > > > 2013/6/19 Blair Murri <os...@live.com> > > > A service account that is not a local administrator seems to fail to > > access the MSI service (which is also required to run validation). Thus, > > the problem may not be misconfigured script engines but instead system > > security. > > > > The workaround is to suppress validation in builds running non-elevated in > > service accounts (non-elevated interactive accounts work fine, I haven't > > yet tested non-elevated batch accounts [running the build from a scheduled > > task instead of from a service]). There was also a suggestion that a "too > > big" environment block may cause this as well. > > > > Blair Murri > > > > > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:38 +0200 > > > From: ca.brenge...@gmail.com > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Error LGHT0217 the system was unable to find the > > specified registry key or value > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > Yesterday I setup a WiX project with MSBuild and everything worked fine > > > when I ran it locally, and I comitted the changes. > > > However, our nightly build failed with error LGHT0217. And I did read the > > > FAQ and the linked blog posts on how to fix it. > > > > > > But the solution, as I understand it, is to modify the registry settings > > > for the user executing the build job. > > > > > > And my problem is that I have no means of modifying the registry settings > > > for the user account that executes the build job, other than via the > > actual > > > build job. > > > I did try instead to execute the registry command operations inside my > > > build script, but the following commands all failed because the key did > > not > > > exist. > > > > > > reg delete > > > "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B54F3741-5B07-11CF-A4B0-00AA004A55E8}" /f > > > reg delete > > > > > "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{B54F3741-5B07-11CF-A4B0-00AA004A55E8}" > > > /f > > > reg delete > > > "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{F414C260-6AC0-11CF-B6D1-00AA00BBBB58}" /f > > > reg delete > > > > > "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{F414C260-6AC0-11CF-B6D1-00AA00BBBB58}" > > > /f > > > > > > build 19-Jun-2013 09:59:15 Executing WiXErrorLGHT0217WorkAround > > > error 19-Jun-2013 09:59:15 ERROR: The system was unable to find the > > > specified registry key or value. > > > error 19-Jun-2013 09:59:15 ERROR: The system was unable to find the > > > specified registry key or value. > > > error 19-Jun-2013 09:59:15 ERROR: The system was unable to find the > > > specified registry key or value. > > > error 19-Jun-2013 09:59:15 ERROR: The system was unable to find the > > > specified registry key or value. > > > > > > Or is it possible to disable the validation? > > > > > > Anyone have any other ideas? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows:
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