You are sure that no other MSI transaction is happening at the same time? (group policy, SMS deployment, automated updates, etc.) or even parallel MSI validations? > From: kmo...@profitstars.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 14:33:17 +0000 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Validation through Visual Studio > > Sorry for the delay in replying - went on vacation. > > I looked at the reference; my environment block is only 4 Kb. I tried the > suggestion a little later in that thread to reduce the size of my Path > variable, but I'm still getting the same error (and my environment block is > still 4 KB; my Path variable is not that long). > > Are there any other suggestions? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 10:32 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Validation through Visual Studio > > 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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