found this blog post - http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jrobbins/archive/2009/11/14/wix-projects-vs-tfs-2010-team-build.aspx
whatever account is used to run the TFS Build must be a member of the local administrators group in order to the Internal Consistency Evaluators *From:* Kurt Jensen [mailto:kurt.jen...@us.ophiropt.com] *Sent:* Friday, May 06, 2011 7:19 AM *To:* 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' *Subject:* Error LGHT0217 I am trying to build a very simple WiX project through our TFS 2010 build system. The project uses the default Product.wxs and contains only one component with one file. But I keep getting “error LGHT0217”. The linked WiX FAQ is of no use since I am not using any custom action and certainly not any script custom action. Here is the full error message: 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 the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.". [C:\Builds\10\BaseI\BeamGageWiX\Sources\BaseI\CodeBase\Installations\BeamGageWiX\Install.BeamGage.Standard.x86.WiX\Install.BeamGage.Standard.x86.WiX.wixproj] I tried searching the windows installer error but none of the answers apply to my situation (windows 7 64-bit) any ideas? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users