Windows 7 released to manufacturing

messing things up with cmd

Meitzi — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:01:33 GMT

So how you get empty msiexec file?

easily with copy paste error.

start cmd.exe. try some fancy installation, like msiexec /i fdsafdsa.msi /t plaaplaa

then you realize, oo I need run this in admin rights. Then you start cmd with ctrl+shift+enter, it go directly to system32, then you copy&paste your command from other cmd.

if you actidentally copy little too much, lets say "C:\Users\Meitzi>msiexec /i fdsafdsa.msi /t plaaplaa" and hit enter, voila, you get msiexec file in your system32 caused by ">"

Bug in Windows installer

Meitzi — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:44:50 GMT

Today is was examining problem in Windows Vista computer where Windows Installer was not working at all. After many trys I discovered that C:\Windows\system32\ did have empty file named "msiexec" (there was also real msiexec.exe)

Bug is that msisserver service is pointed

"C:\Windows\system32\msiexec /V"

should be

"C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V"

that is why service did not start.

How to msiexec file got there? Not sure. maybe it was misconfigured script or exe, of course should not ever happen.

re: Windows 7 released to manufacturing

Rick Andersen — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:52:19 GMT

I don't know if this is the right place for support questions, so if not, please let me know where else I can post this.

We have a (minor) problem with our MSI installer on Windows 7; it works fine on XP, 2003, and Vista. When it uninstalls the app, the All Programs/CompanyName folder is not uninstalled. Everything under it is uninstalled, but the folder remains.

To make it more bizarre, it only happens if the user has looked in that folder. If the user opens the folder before uninstalling (even in a new login session), the uninstall will leave that CompanyName folder.

Any thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any input (including suggestions of where I should be posting this).

re: Windows 7 released to manufacturing

zhakim — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:51:05 GMT

Dear Readers,

I have now uploaded the slide deck and presentation to Windows SkyDrive. You can download these from the link provided in the post. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Sincerely,

Zainab

re: Windows 7 released to manufacturing

Ooh — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:08:53 GMT

Thanks for Windows Installer 5.0, looking forward to using the features :-)

Unfortunately we can't access MSFT Intranet, so the "attached" (linked) video is pretty much useless.

re: Windows 7 released to manufacturing

Fabio Di Lorenzo — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:56:03 GMT

The attachment seems to contain invalid urls.

[Reference]

Ref1=http://tcnmedia/SEEC/SEEC-April_Installer-Win7.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf

Ref2=http://10.198.245.181:80/SEEC/SEEC-April_Installer-Win7.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf

Kind Regards,

Fabio Di Lorenzo

re: Windows 7 released to manufacturing

broker6001 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:45:47 GMT

Hello

Thanks for that information

Michael