Look for the answer by imagi on this page: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1064580/wix-3-0-throws-error-217-while-being-executed-by-continuous-integration There was also a bug on Microsoft's Connect but I'm not seeing it right now. > From: kmo...@profitstars.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:46:31 +0000 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Validation through Visual Studio > > Thanks for your reply. How do I use the "set" command to get the size of the > block? I ran it in both pre-and post-build, but I don't know how to tell if > what I see is too big or not. What is too big? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:51 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Validation through Visual Studio > > You could try to confirm it by running a "set" command in your build to > measure the size of your environment block, but it'd guess that is your issue > (VS adds to the environment block). I'd need to search again for the > reference to the bug to remember what the size limit was. > > > From: kmo...@profitstars.com > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:24:44 +0000 > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Validation through Visual Studio > > > > Sorry, let me clarify: the Windows 7 machine is my development machine. I > > am a local admin, and I can code and compile in .NET, and create and > > compile WiX projects, etc. from this machine with my company network logon > > with no other issue. > > > > I have run installs, including Visual Studio and SQL Server (and Orca). > > > > I couldn't validate through InstallShield after we moved to the Windows 7 > > machine a while ago, but I thought that was an IS problem, since we are a > > on an old version (IS 2009). > > > > I don't seem to have a problem running the Windows Installer, just > > validating. Orca tells me that "The validation engine could not start". > > > > When I compile a WiX project, Visual Studio's message is "light.exe(0,0): > > warning LGHT1105: Validation could not run due to system policy. To > > eliminate this warning, run the process as admin or suppress ICE > > validation." > > > > I couldn't find much on the Web on that warning, and what I did find talked > > about setting the DisableMSI system policy. However, Microsoft says "On > > Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, the Windows Installer is enabled > > for all applications. All install operations are allowed." And my registry > > has this policy set to 0, with is also "enabled for all applications". > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 2:00 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Validation through Visual Studio > > > > Can you install an MSI from the same user account/environment? Are you an > > interactive user or are you running from a service or a scheduled task? > > > > Validation uses the same Windows Installer service that installation > > transactions use. > > > > Also I found a bug report that says that an environment block that is too > > large can cause a failure to connect/start the MSI service, so you may try > > removing things from your environment variables to bring the overall size > > down. > > > > Blair Murri > > > > > Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:30:52 -0400 > > > From: kmmonr...@gmail.com > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Validation through Visual Studio > > > > > > I'm using VS 2010 SP1 on a Windows 7 machine. When I build in VS, I > > > get a message that I can't validate due to system policy. I tired > > > to validate through Orca, and got an error that the validation engine > > > couldn't start. > > > > > > Does anyone know what system policy has to be changed to let me run > > > validation? 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