Hi,
Could someone help me.
When I install the Guidance Automation Extensions (February 2007 Community Technology Preview), I get following exception at the very end (after which the installation is rollbacked):
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Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: s
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Thanks a lot,
Steve
Thanks,
-Adrian
Hi Adrian,
I executed following command:
msiexec.exe /quiet /l "c:\temp\evLog.evt" /i GuidanceAutomationExtensions.msi
I user Visual studio 2005 (version 8.0.50727.762) on windows XP.
The event log (evLog.evt) contains this info:
....
Action start 11:53:59: _CEDF8D8B_3FD6_4CA4_AF9B_D737422D6278.commit.SetProperty.
Action ended 11:53:59: _CEDF8D8B_3FD6_4CA4_AF9B_D737422D6278.commit.SetProperty. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: _CEDF8D8B_3FD6_4CA4_AF9B_D737422D6278.commit.
Action ended 11:53:59: _CEDF8D8B_3FD6_4CA4_AF9B_D737422D6278.commit. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: _62186F08_1B52_4986_9B2A_D31EB6B5BAA4.rollback.SetProperty.
Action ended 11:53:59: _62186F08_1B52_4986_9B2A_D31EB6B5BAA4.rollback.SetProperty. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: _62186F08_1B52_4986_9B2A_D31EB6B5BAA4.rollback.
Action ended 11:53:59: _62186F08_1B52_4986_9B2A_D31EB6B5BAA4.rollback. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: _66A79999_4544_45E6_979F_D2D503D98FCE.install.SetProperty.
Action ended 11:53:59: _66A79999_4544_45E6_979F_D2D503D98FCE.install.SetProperty. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: _66A79999_4544_45E6_979F_D2D503D98FCE.install.
Action ended 11:53:59: _66A79999_4544_45E6_979F_D2D503D98FCE.install. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: RegisterUser.
Action ended 11:53:59: RegisterUser. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: RegisterProduct.
Action ended 11:53:59: RegisterProduct. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: PublishComponents.
Action ended 11:53:59: PublishComponents. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: MsiPublishAssemblies.
Action ended 11:53:59: MsiPublishAssemblies. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: PublishFeatures.
Action ended 11:53:59: PublishFeatures. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: PublishProduct.
Action ended 11:53:59: PublishProduct. Return value 1.
Action start 11:53:59: InstallFinalize.
MSI (s) (84!54) [11:54:01:578]:
Error 1001. Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: s
DEBUG: Error 2769: Custom Action _66A79999_4544_45E6_979F_D2D503D98FCE.install did not close 1 MSIHANDLEs.
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2769. The arguments are: _66A79999_4544_45E6_979F_D2D503D98FCE.install, 1,
Action ended 11:54:01: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
MSI (s) (84!0C) [11:54:01:859]:
...
Adrian,
The version of the microsoft installer is: Windows ? Installer. V 3.01.4000.1830
I also tried to install the Guidance automation extension february 2007 CTP on a windows server 2003 (SP1). I get the same exception.
Is there another way to install the software? I can also provide more output from the microsoft installer ...
kind regards,
Steve
http://blogs.msdn.com/donsmith/archive/2006/11/30/installing-software-factories-on-vista.aspx (see the comments, not the mail post)
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1329029&SiteID=1&pageid=0#1446925
basically you will find that:
1- Closing all instaces of visual studio before starting the GAX installer could fix the issue.
2- There could be some issues if VS2003 is installed in the same machine.
