Software Deployment

Inspect the following registry key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations

after your MapInfo installation to see whether there are any file operations pending that would require a reboot.

If you find anything in this key, take another look through your verbose log file and see if you can find anything related to the pending operation.

The package might, for example, be trying to operate on a file that is currently locked (perhaps because a running service has hold of it)


Spartacus

If this is a snapshot MSI package, then make sure you aren't overwriting any Windows Installer keys etc. Also, make sure that the package you are uninstalling isn't removing a shared file/registry key etc that is needed by Windows Installer.

Are there any entries in the Application Event Log relating to Windows Installer around the time the installation finished and also when you tried to restart the service manually ?

Furthermore, it might be useful if you could post a verbose log file of the installation here.


Regards,

Spartacus

Hi both of you, and thank you for your reply.

The MapInfo 7.5 is a SnapShot MSI Package, but the 8.0 is made by the manufacture.
I have made a MST to 8.0 to apply some settings and add a few files.

As fas as I can see does not the installations overwrite any Windows Installer keys.

When I did run a verbose logging I noticed a message at the end of the (20000 lines) logfile.

1: Shutting down the PRC server...
1: RPC server shut down.
1: MsiServerStartup ends

Is this message supposed to come? What does it mean with the PRC server? Is it just a spelling error foe RPC?

I also noticed a strange Event Viewer message in Application for the MsiInstaller:
Failed to connect to the server. Error: 0x800703FA

A search for the error code on google does only give two replies, with the same cryptical text:
-2147023878 0x800703FA Illegal operation attempted on a Registry key which has been marked for deletion.

Any ideas?

/Jonas

Hi spartacus!

Thanks for your advice! That kan be very useful!
You just earned a +2 point score!

In this case it din't help tho.....

/Jonas

Can it be the uninstallation of the package 7.5 that removes to much?

I have the same problem for my Mapinfo 8.0 Citrix package.
Very strange,

Do you have further information JonasM?



ChaosNL

Hi ChaosNL and you others!

I have tried many thing, but not really any sucess.
I decided to try to use the SMS-server to se what happends if the package gets installed this way.
On the first machine (without MapInfo 7.5) did it work fine. I tried with another machine (with MapInfo 7.5) and got the error "Wrong serialnumber" (?!?!?). I tried on a third machine and got the same serialnumber error again.
I tried to install it manually, but the installation did just stop without any error message except for "Installation could not complete".

I did reinstall the ISScript 10.50, without any success.

After that did I try to remove the folder with the ISScript, but got the message that the IDriver.exe-file was in use.
I noticed that the IDriver.exe had six running processes. I killed all, removed the files and reinstalled the ISScript.
After that, the installation worked fine. Edit: The Windows Installer is still crashing

Now have I started to make my own MSI-file instead, because of the problems with the package. We have about 250 clients using MapInfo, so I don't want to take any chances...

/Jonas

I have now created a SnapShot MSI Packageof MapInfo 8.0, for testing purposes, but is still getting the same Windows Installer crash.

So, there is still no news here.....

/Jonas

Hey Jonasm,

Is the problem with the 7.5 uninstall or the 8.0 install?

If you use installrite before and after a 7.5 removal it should highlight what gets removed (if thats your problem).

Does the same thing happen when you install the vendor MSI without your MST?

Does it happen on a clean machine (without 7.5 previously installed)?