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While searching for news with "Windows Installer" in the subject, I recently came across the Hassle Free PC article Hassle-Free PC: Fix Stubborn Windows Install Errors where a reader asked for assistance with the Windows Installer dialogs under the subheading...

Question 1 Any tips troubleshooting silent install exiting with error 1618? Answer 1 Start with the Windows Installer SDK . First, search for “windows installer” 1618 which turns up Initialization Errors [Windows Installer] as the sixth hit....

Question Are there common reasons for error 1308? Answer Generally: Bad Driver/Device, Bad Media, Bad Package are the most common sources. The most common path to eliminating the driver/device from the equation, is to copy to the local...

Question 1 In my lab automation that silently installs Windows Installer packages. This automation is inconsistently getting Error 1618 from its msiexec calls. Please help unblock this scenario as it's inhibiting our push to ship. Troubleshooting 1...

As Tyler recently mentioned , you can find the Professional Developers Conference 2005 session and presentation of the Windows Installer 4.0. Here's a preliminary view of how to author to these features. Note: This documentation is preliminary and is...

Context: While troubleshooting Windows Installer installs can be complex, troubleshooting patch installs adds a couple more layers of complexity (patch transforms and applicability rules). Given the lack of patch troubleshooting documentation (at least...

Question 1 What is the correct way to find whether a certain product (msi based setup) is installed on the machine? Answer 1 Searching for Existing Applications, Files, Registry Entries or .ini File Entries [Windows Installer] lists the built...

For those of you interested in the great new features we are delivering in Windows Installer 4.0, please check out our video on Channel 9 ! Comments are appreciated. [Author: Tyler Robinson] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers...

Context: Second installment of general notes from the PSS MSI RFC Triage weekly conference call. For further context, see the first installment . Question 1 I’ve got a question in regards to ProductValidateFlags and patching in MSI 3.0 . To frame the...