Brian, Thanks for that, it fixed the problem. I reduced the number of components by increasing the number of files per component (that was a tedious job :)). It's now installing and uninstalling fine.
The help was much appreciated - I've been bashing my head on the wall for weeks trying different things to fix this problem. Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Rogers Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2008 3:37 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem with ComponentUnregister on reinstall Hey Ben, The primary error message and number is different, however, the 1402 and 1450 are return values from calls to the Windows API. Take a look at my blog entry on the 2908 error code. You might be able to track down the resolve with that. http://icumove.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!FB93073C6534B681!318.entry Hope this helps. Please let me know. Thanks, -- Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://www.codeplex.com/wixml/ On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Ben Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've posted this issue before and didn't get any replies, so if there's a > better (MSI-specific?) place to post this, I'm happy to do that. > > I'm having an issue with an installer I've created with WiX. I'm using the > latest weekly version, and before that was using a version 4 or 5 releases > back. > When I run the install for the first time, it runs fine. > When I uninstall for the first time, it runs fine. > > I've gone through the install logs line by line for these, and they don't > seem to have any major errors. > > When I try to reinstall after uninstalling, the log is identical until the > start of ProcessComponents. > After 'Executing op: ProgressTotal...', I get an error for every > ComponentUnregister (for every component in a feature I choose not to > install), > And after that on ComponentRegister for every other component. > > Here is the ComponentUnregister error: > > Executing op: ComponentUnregister(ComponentId={[Component > GUID]},,BinaryType=0,PreviouslyPinned=1) > 1: {[Product GUID]} 2: {[Component GUID]} > Note: 1: 1402 2: UNKNOWN\Components\0009AC226832F79408503FC8C3821B12 3: > 1450 > [Snip - error table lookup fails] > DEBUG: Error 2909: Could not unregister component {[Component GUID]}. > > On a successful install, I get 'Note: 1: 1402 2: [...] 3: 2' instead of '3: > 1450' > > The same happens with ComponentRegister, except that there are no 'Note's > between ComponentRegister calls. I get this on the unsuccessful install: > > MSI (s) (E8:60) [15:07:59:133]: Note: 1: 1402 2: > UNKNOWN\Components\F7CC39F422EA75F42A4D338196723D7B 3: 1450 > [Snip - error table lookup fails] > DEBUG: Error 2908: Could not register component > {4F93CC7F-AE22-4F57-A2D4-33186927D3B7}. > > I'm not sure where 'F7CC39F422EA75F42A4D338196723D7B' comes from - it's not > a GUID from my project. > > After pressing OK for the error message for every component, the install > finishes and the product works the same as the first install. > If I try to uninstall after this, I don't get any error messages, no files > or registry keys are removed. > > I've found out that some similar looking problems are to do with entries in > SharedDLL key in the registry, so I checked and none of the files from my > install were in there. > > If anyone has any suggestions, they would be much appreciated. > (Sorry about the long post) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
