Hello All,
I am running into a strange issue with a major upgrade of an installer.
I have a bootstrapper which has around 5 .msi packages embedded inside.
The bootstrapper is a VC++ .exe with the requested execution level being
set to "AsInvoker".
Let me explain my problem.
- I have "AlwaysInstallElevated" policy enabled at both the machine level
and user level.
-The server has UAC enabled.
-I create a user(non admin) and make him part of the "Remote Desktop Users"
group.
- I log in as this standard user and install v1.0 of our product( i.e i
execute v1.0 of the bootstrapper exe)
Everything works fine.
-I upgrade to v1.1 again using the bootstrapper and everything works fine.
-I attempt an upgrade to v1.1.1 using the bootstrapper and the upgrade
fails.
Upon further investigation, it comes to my notice that one of the component
installers within the bootstrapper fails to upgrade with the following lines
of error in the .msi log file:
PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding PackageCode property. Its value is
'{AA2C487B-BA31-44D6-83A3-DFF84381C6E3}'.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:994]: Product Code passed to Engine.Initialize:
'{B92051A3-3ABB-4A26-A615-2298BE7CBC28}'
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:994]: Product Code from property table before
transforms: '{B92051A3-3ABB-4A26-A615-2298BE7CBC28}'
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:994]: Product Code from property table after
transforms: '{B92051A3-3ABB-4A26-A615-2298BE7CBC28}'
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:994]: *Product registered: entering maintenance
mode*
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:994]: Determined that existing product (either
this product or the product being upgraded with a patch) is installed
per-machine.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:995]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ALLUSERS property.
Its value is '1'.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:995]: Product
{B92051A3-3ABB-4A26-A615-2298BE7CBC28} is admin assigned: LocalSystem owns
the publish key.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:995]: Product
{B92051A3-3ABB-4A26-A615-2298BE7CBC28} is managed.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:995]: Machine policy value 'AlwaysInstallElevated'
is 1
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:995]: User policy value 'AlwaysInstallElevated' is
1
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:995]: MSI_LUA: No credentials required as all
installs will run elevated due to AlwaysInstallElevated policy setting
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:995]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ProductState
property. Its value is '5'.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:996]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding
ProductToBeRegistered property. Its value is '1'.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:997]: Entering
CMsiConfigurationManager::SetLastUsedSource.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:998]: Specifed source is not already in a list.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:998]: User policy value 'SearchOrder' is 'nmu'
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:998]: Machine policy value 'DisableBrowse' is 0
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:998]: Machine policy value 'AllowLockdownBrowse'
is 0
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:998]: Machine policy value 'AlwaysInstallElevated'
is 1
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:999]: User policy value 'AlwaysInstallElevated' is
1
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:999]: Product
{B92051A3-3ABB-4A26-A615-2298BE7CBC28} is admin assigned: LocalSystem owns
the publish key.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:999]: Product
{B92051A3-3ABB-4A26-A615-2298BE7CBC28} is managed.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:999]: Running product
'{B92051A3-3ABB-4A26-A615-2298BE7CBC28}' with elevated privileges: Product
is assigned.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:999]: Adding new sources is not allowed.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:14:999]: Warning: rejected attempt to add new source
'C:\Users\kiran\AppData\Local\Temp\Ctx-DD816FE4-2DEE-43B9-8C75-B684400B36DE\Extract\'
(product: {B92051A3-3ABB-4A26-A615-2298BE7CBC28})
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:15:000]: MSI_LUA: Elevation prompt disabled for
silent installs
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:15:000]: Note: 1: 1729
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:15:000]: Product: xxx xxx Manager -- Configuration
failed.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:15:001]: Windows Installer reconfigured the product.
Product Name: xxx xxx Manager. Product Version: 4.0.0.53726. Product
Language: 1033. Manufacturer: xxx Systems, Inc.. Reconfiguration success or
error status: 1625.
MSI (s) (58:74) [07:26:15:002]: MainEngineThread is returning 1625
MSI (s) (58:E0) [07:26:15:002]: No System Restore sequence number for this
installation.
*This installation is forbidden by system policy. Contact your system
administrator.*
The installer is configured for major upgrade with the "Upgrade" table
entries populated.
The installer is the same in both v1.1 and v1.1.1 of the bootstrapper.
I see that the installer enters maintanance mode which should not be the
case given the fact that the upgrade table has been configured properly.
I also have one more observation:
If i happen to launch the bootstrapper from an elevated command prompt, then
i dont hit this problem.
Instead the installer runs and then exits gracefully stating that the
version of the product is already installed. The message is from a custom
action.
I am at loss to understand what could be wrong.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Kiran Hegde
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