Software Deployment

It might be an access issue. Run the tools FileMon and RegMon (or ProcMon which checks both) and look for "ACCESS DENIED". Application might be accessing files or registry keys where there is no permission.

After the login, check the event viewer and see which component is associated to the error. Check that component in your msi.
Are there any current user keys in your application?

I'd tend to use Procmon to investigate your problem. But LUA Buglight is another tool worth trying

I had checked with process monitor but could'nt get any "ACCESSED DENIED" but when i checked eventvwr. I got following warning:

Detection of product '{D9860634-FC03-4F49-B1B7-F716B21FF1D6}', feature 'GoogleDesktopNewFeature', component '{F4DF353E-98C3-4A8D-9832-A09294BF08F9}' failed. The resource 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BrowseNewProcess - Google Desktop Backup\BrowseNewProcess' does not exist.

Detection of product '{D9860634-FC03-4F49-B1B7-F716B21FF1D6}', feature 'GoogleDesktopNewFeature' failed during request for component '{D8988958-7D07-4CCF-BACB-121454A1500B}'

Checked it in Installshield, components exist with correct files and key path.

Check this componenet again. Looks like there is a current user key in that component.

what are u trying to say????

your apps repairing because there is a current user key as the key path for that component.

The best way to handle this if you don't want a repair would be using Active setup, next question, what's active setup - http://www.etlengineering.com/installer/activesetup.txt

By the way when you say you packaged the app what did you do? Isn't it already in an msi format?

My application does not get repair now as i have added the regisrty.
When checked in eventvwr its says Googledesktop installed successfully but application does not get launched on clicking the shortcut

Its a legacy application(by the way its not vendor msi)

My application does not get repair now as i have added the regisrty

have you just added it for you? what happens when you deploy it to other users?

Did you try the lua buglight tool I recommended

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aaron_margosis/archive/2006/08/07/luabuglight.aspx

The best way to handle legacy installers is to always assume that you missed something and take a gap capture after installing your MSI, removing any trace of installation data and then runing the vendor install over the top. You then add any relevant changes to your package and re-test. I'm praying you're using VMs/VPCs/VirtualBoxes for packaging/testing...

I m using VM for packaging n testing.
First of all its a "LEGACY APPLICATION".
I think what you are trying to say is to capture the difference between the two.So could you explain in more detail.

0) Snapshot your VM (to be repeated as needed)

1) Install your package
2) Take out all info relevant to your package from the registry (in HKCR/Installer and HKLM/Software/Microsoft.Windows/Currentversion/Uninstall)
3) start capturing
4) run the vendor's installer over your package install
5) stop capturing
6) look in this 'gap capture' for relevant changes made by the vendor's installer that you might need to put into your package

7) restore VM snapshot and do it all again

EDIT: added 0) and 7)

I think you've captured the normal client, which downloads and installs from the web. There are MSI installs for the Google apps. Google for 'google desktop msi'.

Although not suitable for this app (as I say, there's already an MSI for it) please search AppDeploy for 'gap capture'. It's been done to death.

as I say, there's already an MSI for it

look for a link at the bottom of http://desktop.google.com/ that says "business version" or something along those lines (it's in Dutch for me). That will give you the msi.

it's the "enterprise" version you want. I just had a look, it's a basic msi which has custom actions that call exe's for install

I m using GOOGLE DESKTOP 5.9 which is an exe and not vendor msi.

I used LUA Buglight and gave permission to all the registries but when checked in standard user application could not launch and when checked in the eventvwr It showed Google desktop succesfully installed.

it doesn't help you I know, but I downloaded the msi for 5.9 yesterday and it installs and runs for a standard user in my locked down environment

I m using GOOGLE DESKTOP 5.9 which is an exe and not vendor msi. Holy friggin' cow...is that "crazypackagers" as in "totallyunabletoreadpackagers"?


Download the Enterprise MSI!

Package successfully done YIIPEE

AND ITS NOT AN ENTERPRISE MSI HEEHEHE , I compared the two ism, got the difference and added the registries in to the final package.
This worked for me.
Thank you all for ur guidance.

ITS NOT AN ENTERPRISE MSI..and your compliance/audit folks are happy with the license terms of that version? I wouldn't have thought so. Still, you got it packaged. Who cares about details like whether it's legal or not, eh?