This Looks Bad!

[Charles Botz]

Is this for real?
It looks suspicious as hell……

Chuck

[spwolf]

what exactly is suspicous?

[RJWaring]

[Charles Botz]

Update fails to install. I’ve never had that happen before, so I thought it was a phony. :o

[superbear]

hey my update also fails, and i thougt my windows is broken

maybe the installer is broken.

My installation Process sais:

Aktion gestartet um 17:48:09: AI_DELETE_SHORTCUTS.

MSI (s) (F0:74) [17:48:09:937]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI4.tmp, Entrypoint: DeleteShortcuts

MSI (s) (F0:A4) [17:48:09:937]: Generating random cookie.

MSI (s) (F0:A4) [17:48:09:953]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 2012 (0x7DC).

MSI (s) (F0:D0) [17:48:10:000]: Running as a service.

MSI (s) (F0:D0) [17:48:10:000]: Hello, I’m your 32bit Impersonated custom action server.

MSI (s) (F0!28) [17:48:10:031]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying AI_SHORTCUTSREG property. Its current value is ‘0|0|0|’. Its new value: ‘1|1|1|0’.

MSI (s) (F0!28) [17:48:10:031]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: IniFile

MSI (s) (F0!28) [17:48:10:031]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: IniFile 4: DELETE FROM IniFile WHERE IniFile.Section=‘InternetShortcut’ ANDIniFile.DirProperty=‘StartupFolder’

MSI (s) (F0:74) [17:48:10:031]: Leaked MSIHANDLE (4) of type 790541 for thread 808

MSI (s) (F0:74) [17:48:10:031]: Note: 1: 2769 2: AI_DELETE_SHORTCUTS 3: 1

DEBUG: Error 2769: Custom Action AI_DELETE_SHORTCUTS did not close 1 MSIHANDLEs.

Bei der Installation dieses Pakets ist ein unerwarteter Fehler aufgetreten. Es liegt eventuell ein das Paket betreffendes Problem vor. Der Fehlercode ist 2769. Argumente: AI_DELETE_SHORTCUTS, 1,

Aktion beendet um 17:48:10: AI_DELETE_SHORTCUTS. Rückgabewert 1.

MSI (s) (F0:AC) [17:48:10:046]: Doing action: RemoveExistingProducts

Aktion 17:48:10: RemoveExistingProducts. Anwendungen werden entfernt

Aktion gestartet um 17:48:10: RemoveExistingProducts.

Aktion beendet um 17:48:10: RemoveExistingProducts. Rückgabewert 1.

MSI (s) (F0:AC) [17:48:10:046]: Doing action: InstallInitialize

Aktion 17:48:10: InstallInitialize.

Aktion gestartet um 17:48:10: InstallInitialize.

after that my pc hangs and i can click around but i can’t reboot etc… because msiexec.exe hangs and cannot be terminated!

[spwolf]

@Charles:

Update fails to install. I’ve never had that happen before, so I thought it was a phony. :o

what error did you get?

[spwolf]

re-download the beta and try again. it is newer version although it doesnt have anything to do with this issue…

[Charles Botz]

Worked fine this time, but why???
Before, it just kept quitting in the middle of the install (not the download)
and disappeared.:(

Chuck

[spwolf]

nice… strange ways of Windows Installer…

[Charles Botz]

I can replicate the error……

On the installation choices window, uncheck the box to add PA to the start menu.

When it starts to install, I get an error. If I check the box and let the installer create a start menu folder, then it installs correctly.

Am I crazy, or what?;)

Chuck

[spwolf]

sweet

[superbear]

Hi,

I think my Windows was broken, I tried to install FarCry, and the setup wizzard didn’t finish, too(I think it uses InstallShield not MSI).
So there was a problem with my Installers

I think I fixed it.
I took an Knoppix DVD and did this:

mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/hda1

at the moment im reinstalling Windows. I think the fresh installation won’t have this misterious installer bug.

PS: for those how aren’t familar with linux I formated my disc (like format c: )