Software Deployment

Ok..this install is driving me nuts. We started out building the .ini to install using the /unattendfile switch. Everytime we launch it with the switch, it gets part of the way through the install and then bombs out (watching the progress on the task manager) with an error 1603. Curious, we run the install manually on the same machine, no errors.

So, we try just using the /q /full switches inherent to the setup.exe.....fails on deployment again, same error (1603). Install manually again, no problems.

Figuring maybe it's just this machine that has issues, i've tried on 3 others - same result.

Basically, everything I try to do to make this run silently fails, whether it's with the /q, /q /full, /unattendfile - but running it manually installs just fine. I've even resorted to trying to hack my way around the MSI to force it to run without much luck. The setup.exe offers you the option to build a transform...but it doesnt seem to work with the msi either! Tried running this install as the system account, regular user account and domain user accounts...same result for all.

Tell me someone has seen this before and can point us in the right direction!!!


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update:

in the dd_error_vs_vstdcore_90 log, was this line:

[06/13/08,13:42:33] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InternalInstallManager() with HRESULT -2147023293.

that -2147023293 is a very generic failure error...no idea what is causing it, so not sure if it's much of a help. i've even seen that display when things have been successful.
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another update:

found the 1603 error in the install_vs_nstdcore_90 log - twice...strange.

[06/13/08,13:42:33] Setup.exe: GetGlobalCustomProperty - Property: {092114C2-997D-4D68-8F3A-8BC2584FD23B} - PropertyName: Quiet Mode Setup - Value:
[06/13/08,13:42:33] Setup.exe: ERROR (non critical): Suite Main Directory:C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition - ENU does not exists. Log files will not be copied in the suite directory!
[06/13/08,13:42:33] Setup.exe: GetGlobalCustomProperty - Property: {383F0141-C682-4665-A69B-756E719C968D} - PropertyName: Process Return Code - Value: 1603
[06/13/08,13:42:33] Setup.exe: GetGlobalCustomProperty - Property: {BBE1827C-F2FD-4FDA-A6D6-C83B62FFFDCA} - PropertyName: compfailed - Value: 1


and


[06/13/08,13:42:34] UTILS::RunNGENAction: Started
[06/13/08,13:42:34] UTILS::RunNGENAction: starting "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\ngen.exe queue continue"
[06/13/08,13:42:34] UTILS::RunNGENAction: ngen.exe returned 0
[06/13/08,13:42:34] Setup.exe: GetGlobalCustomProperty - Property: {383F0141-C682-4665-A69B-756E719C968D} - PropertyName: Process Return Code - Value: 1603
[06/13/08,13:42:34] Setup.exe: SETUP EXIT CODE - 1603
[06/13/08,13:42:34] End_Session:


obviously it's saying it failed on the .NET2.0 setup....which makes no sense because .NET 2.0 is already installed on the machine. the bigger questions are:

-why is it trying to reinstall something thats already there?
-why does this not cause a failure when running manually???

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