ICE does not seem work correctly on a default, locked-down install of Windows Server 2008 R2 with AppLocker enabled. IIRC, an MSI policy that is locked down on Server also has to be enabled (it's been a while since I had to ge this working on my own machine).
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Christopher Painter <chr...@iswix.com>wrote: > I've done more research. I wrote a per-user install that didn't require > admin and tried to install it by using an MSBuild Exec task. I got a 1601 > error message saying the installer service was unavailable. > > > I also ran sc query msiserver and it didn't say it was disabled. But > clearly MSI is locked down in their build environment. > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: "John Cooper" <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> > > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:00 PM > > To: "chr...@iswix.com" <chr...@iswix.com>, "General discussion for Windows > Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Build WiX Projects via msbuild using TFSPreview > Hosted Build Servers > > > Could it be authority to execute/registration of vbscript? I believe some > of those validation tests still have vbs in them, and if it can't run, it's > going to fail every time. > > > -- > > John Merryweather Cooper > > Build & Install Engineer - ESA > > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) > > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > > www.jackhenry.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@iswix.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:24 AM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] Build WiX Projects via msbuild using TFSPreview Hosted > Build Servers > > > I've started playing with Microsoft's new hosted build service and I've > come across some issues. The environment is locked down ( the builds don't > > > run with administrative priv ) so you can't install software. While I > > understand WiX can xcopy deploy to a build envionment, I wanted to also > leverage the MSBUILD ( .wixproj ) support because, well, that's kind of the > whole design of TFS Team Build. > > > So I grabbed the contents of the MSBuild Targets dirctory and the WiX > directory and checked it into source control. Then I passed the following > values into the build: > > > > /p:WiXTargetsPath=..\WiX\MSBuild\wix.targets;WixTasksPath=WiXTasks.dll;WixTo > > > olPath=..\WiX\Application\bin;WixExtDir=..\WiX\Application\bin > > > Everything almost worked except for ICE Validation. I was getting the usual > suspect: > > > light.exe: Error executing ICE action 'ICEM01'. 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.". > > > I'm running the X86 msbuild platform. Does anyone have any suggestions on > what could be done with user-privs only to fix this problem? Turning off > validation is a horrible work around. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > This SF email is sponsosred by: > > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are > intended > > exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The > message, > > together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged > information. > > Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or > distribution > > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > > > immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- *Heath Stewart *Visual Studio Professional Deployment Experience team, Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
