[WiX-users] Simple MSI failing: Error 3: -2147287038

[JoeMarks]

Hi everyone!

I was doing some changes to an existing installer, and I needed to enable
.Net 3.5 on Windows 8.
This can easily done with the comand "dism.exe /online /enable-feature
/featurename:NetFX3 /all /NoRestart".

So I was doing a simple Installer to add to my Bootstrapper that would run
this command.
The code is below:



The problem is that the setup keeps failing when installing... log is below:






Google didn't show much, tried some custom UI, running as Admin (I already
am Administrator)

I'm testing this on a VM with windows 8.1, running the setupo from the
Desktop. Also I'm using Wix 3.8 with Visual Studio 2012

Any help will be much appreciated.

PS: Sorry if you received this topic more than once, I had some issues with
the mailing list subscription.



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[Phil Wilson]

That error is just a "%1 could not be found.", implying that something
(most likely dism.exe?) could not be found.

I see no trace of the code you used - didn't make it into your post.
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Post by JoeMarks
Hi everyone!
I was doing some changes to an existing installer, and I needed to enable
.Net 3.5 on Windows 8.
This can easily done with the comand "dism.exe /online /enable-feature
/featurename:NetFX3 /all /NoRestart".
So I was doing a simple Installer to add to my Bootstrapper that would run
this command.
Google didn't show much, tried some custom UI, running as Admin (I already
am Administrator)
I'm testing this on a VM with windows 8.1, running the setupo from the
Desktop. Also I'm using Wix 3.8 with Visual Studio 2012
Any help will be much appreciated.
PS: Sorry if you received this topic more than once, I had some issues with
the mailing list subscription.
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[JoeMarks]

I thing the mailing list hides the "raw" text, it's only visible on the
thread in here
<http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Simple-MSI-failing-Error-3-2147287038-td7592771.html>

Even if I remove the CustomAction from the installer i get the same log
file, so I guess it might not be the CustomAction. But I still don't know
what it is...

The command exists, and executing it on the Command Prompt works
beautifully, but it never gets executed on my installer.



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[Carter Young]

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834484

Is the dsim tool your executing meet the criteria discussed in the
article. If the tool is mapped as a Network drive:

* The drive that contains the folder that you are trying to install
the Windows Installer package to is accessed as a substitute drive.

is TRUE

Carter

Post by JoeMarks
I thing the mailing list hides the "raw" text, it's only visible on the
thread in here
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Even if I remove the CustomAction from the installer i get the same log
file, so I guess it might not be the CustomAction. But I still don't know
what it is...
The command exists, and executing it on the Command Prompt works
beautifully, but it never gets executed on my installer.
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[Phil Wilson]

The log is available on stackoverflow, has no evidence that it is
trying to run a custom action, and contains this line:

MSI (s) (04:D4) [17:20:10:936]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding REMOVE
property. Its value is 'ALL'.

So it does not appear to be the failing install log, I think the same
MSI is being run again, and maybe going into automatic uninstall for
some reason.
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Post by JoeMarks
I thing the mailing list hides the "raw" text, it's only visible on the
thread in here
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Even if I remove the CustomAction from the installer i get the same log
file, so I guess it might not be the CustomAction. But I still don't know
what it is...
The command exists, and executing it on the Command Prompt works
beautifully, but it never gets executed on my installer.
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[JoeMarks]

@eyoung100: So it mean I can't test this on a Virtual Machine?

@Phill: Yes, I also posted this question on stackoverflow to improve my
chances of getting an answer :)
That sounds interesting, any way to check if the installer is indeed being
run again?

Thank you for your replies.



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[Carter Young]

AFAIK, you can test this on a virtual machin as long as the installer
is started from a non networked drive. IE, on the Virtualbox Virtual
Disk, but none of the shared folders you mapped as Drives...

Carter

Post by JoeMarks
@eyoung100: So it mean I can't test this on a Virtual Machine?
@Phill: Yes, I also posted this question on stackoverflow to improve my
chances of getting an answer :)
That sounds interesting, any way to check if the installer is indeed being
run again?
Thank you for your replies.
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[JoeMarks]

I'm running the installer on Desktop, so it's not on a Networked drive.



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[Phill Hogland]

Your call to dism has the path '[WindowsFolder]SysWOW64\dism.exe'. If you
open an Admin CMD box and type your full command you will get a better
explanation of the error. SysWOW64 specifies the 32 bit operating system
files. Error 11 is returned which indicates that you cannot service a
running 64 bit image with the 32 bit version of dism.exe.

On a 64 bit system you would want to use [System64Folder]dism.exe.

I have also been working on this issue and find that it is not uncommon to
come across Windows 8 installations which have the NetFx3 feature 'payload
removed', which also causes dism.exe to fail. However in this situation I
find that "[System64Folder]fondue.exe" /enable-feature:NetFx3 /hide-ux:all
succeeds.

fondue.exe is not available pre VersionNT < 602.

I am still researching some of these issues, but I hope this infor helps.



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[JoeMarks]

Yes, you are correct, after some search I got to this thread
<http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/using-dism-exe-in-my-custom-action-td3667299.html>

So by setting the command to [WindowsFolder]Sysnative\dism.exe would fix
that, but my problem persists...



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[Carter Young]

Is your Desktop mapped to a roaming profile??

Post by JoeMarks
Yes, you are correct, after some search I got to this thread
<http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/using-dism-exe-in-my-custom-action-td3667299.html>
So by setting the command to [WindowsFolder]Sysnative\dism.exe would fix
that, but my problem persists...
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[Phill Hogland]

Did you type that command in a Admin CMD box and see what happens? It does
not work for me either.



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[JoeMarks]

@eyoung100: no, I dont have any roaming profile.

@Phill Higland: the command prompt recognizes de command dism on any
directory, so maybe we don't even have to specify a directory to it. It
works for me just as "dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3
/all /NoRestart"



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[Phil Wilson]

Just jump in with a reminder that there is an MSI log for this issue
and there is no custom action being called for dism.exe, so based on
that log this is not a CA issue with running dism.exe.

The VersionDatabase property is 100, so it's pretty old.

InstallInitialize fails, the error in the vicinity is 2205, indicating
a required table may be missing. It seems to indicate there is no
Component table in the MSI file. If that's the case it may explain the
strange behavior. Yes, this MSI file may have no Component table!
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Post by JoeMarks
@eyoung100: no, I dont have any roaming profile.
@Phill Higland: the command prompt recognizes de command dism on any
directory, so maybe we don't even have to specify a directory to it. It
works for me just as "dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3
/all /NoRestart"
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