For whatever reason on Windows 2008 (I didn't test Vista, XP, 2003, 7, or 2008 R2) the MSI Service is only available from logins that either have administrative access or are logins that are "interactive". Logins that are from service accounts that to not have administrative privileges cannot access the msi service and thus cannot run ICE tests.
I had opened an inquiry inside of MSFT last year about this issue but it was never resolved (I got a lot of "I would have thought, however). I never got any other workarounds either. -----Original Message----- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:21 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Why do I get ICE failures building from a serviceaccount? The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: "The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.". msiexec service needs to be running for ICE's to be evaluated. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Arnott [mailto:andrewarn...@gmail.com] Sent: 14 January 2010 00:06 To: wix-users Cc: David Christiansen Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Why do I get ICE failures building from a serviceaccount? When I build my WIX project, it succeeds under user account A when I log in as that person and build it myself from my Windows desktop. But when that same user account is used from a Windows Service (think automated build machine) the same build fails with the below errors. I've checked the jscript and vbscript engines, and they are registered under HKLM and not HKCU for that user account. I don't know what else to try. Any ideas? Thanks. http://teamcity.dotnetopenauth.net:82/viewLog.html?buildId=892&tab=build ResultsDiv&buildTypeId=bt45 [07:16:41]: Project "build.proj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx" (MSI target(s)): (11m:19s) [07:27:47]: [Project "build.proj.teamcity.patch.tcprojx" (MSI target(s)):] Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default targets): (14s) [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE01'. 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 Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.". [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE02'. 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 Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.". [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE03'. 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 Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.". [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE04'. 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 Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.". [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE05'. 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 Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.". [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE06'. 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 Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.". [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default targets):] light.exe error LGHT0217: Error executing ICE action 'ICE07'. 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 Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.". [07:28:01]: [Project "DotNetOpenAuth.Installer.wixproj" (default targets):] light.exe error LGHT0216: An unexpected Win32 exception with error code 0x643 occurred: Action - 'ICE08' Fatal error during installation -- Andrew Arnott "I [may] not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." - S. G. 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