During an installation there may be more than those two. New ones may be fired up to host custom actions. I agree, it all sounds normal to me.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 1:53 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Known Issues why msiexec.exe goes Zombie for MSI 4.5 That may be ordinary behaviour you are seeing. There are 2 msiexec processes associated with an installation - the client-side exe and the server-side service process. After the msiexec service has been used for something (installation, repair, etc), it persists for a while (10 minutes maybe ?) in case it is needed again. You can probably put the chainsaw back in the shed :) -----Original Message----- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: 03 October 2011 19:24 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Known Issues why msiexec.exe goes Zombie for MSI 4.5 Is there any list of know issues with Windows Installer 4.5/5.0? Occasionally, I see zombie msiexec.exe processes. 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