Error 2203 when installing MSI packages I created with VS2003 - just problems with my profile

Hi

Suddenly, my MSI packags have stopped working. The packages I create all fail with error "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2203".

This happens for packages for existing solutions, and also for any new package I create from scratch. There I assume it must be a generic problem with the installer or VS, rather than a problem installing one particular program.

It happened when I made some changes to souce of a project, re-built the package.

Note that the packages run fine on other people's computers.

Note also that it runs fine on other profiles on my machine - thus it might be a problem with my profile on my machine.

A search of this forum, and indeed the entire MS site, for 2203 was fruitless.... of course!

Any ideas please?

[1023 byte] By [DanielClarke] at [2007-12-25]
# 1

I have solved it.

The permissions on my LocalSettings\TEMP dir were too tight.

Microsfot.... PLEASE..... when will you make your error messages more HELPFUL? Errors happen, sure, no-one is perfect. But displaying utter *** as a message and then not explaining this *** properly wastes everyone's time. Would it not have been more helpful to have thrown an error saying that the MSI could not write to the temp folder?

Putting documentation on your site would be a great help, as would improving the search feature on your site so that it actually finds the right pages. It's better to use google and limit it with site:microsoft.com

DanielClarke at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Windows Forms,ClickOnce and Setup & Deployment Projects...
# 2
I had to change permissions on %temp% as well as C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings as per this thread:
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=6933111#post6933111
limmer21 at 2007-10-8 > top of Msdn Tech,Windows Forms,ClickOnce and Setup & Deployment Projects...