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"Windows Installer" starts during the setup project build

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Hugo Venancio - 17 Jul 2007 10:18 GMT
Hello,

I've made a simple windows forms project and created a setup project also.
This setup project includes the windows forms project's output. when I try
to build the setup project, the "Windows Installer" pop-up window starts
saying "Preparing to install...".

After a while, it says "Please wait while Windows configures Visual Studio
.NET Entreprise Architects 2003 - English", and returns an error "Error 1706.
No valid source could be found for product Visual Studio .NET Enterprise
Architect 2003 - English. The windows installer can not continue".

I can only avoid this pop-up (and the error) if I have one CD/DVD inserted
on CD drive. It may be any CD/DVD (do not have to be the VS 2003 DVD).

I found it after checking the File Monitor to see what access the build was
performing, and I saw that the CD drive was being accessed.

I already tried to re-install the VS.2003 without success.
I have installed the Windows Installer 3.1.

Do you know what I should do to avoid it?

I'd appreciate your help.
Thanks in advance.

BR,
Hugo
Phil Wilson - 17 Jul 2007 17:51 GMT
It's repairing itself - the event log should have more detail about what it
thinks is broken.
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> Hello,
>
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> BR,
> Hugo
Hugo Venancio - 18 Jul 2007 09:26 GMT
> It's repairing itself - the event log should have more detail about what it
> thinks is broken.
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> > BR,
> > Hugo

Hello,
Thanks for the reply.
In fact, I only found the answer after reading this page:
http://weblogs.asp.net/jdennany/archive/2004/08/24/219799.aspx

Resuming:
To fix the problem, we must un-register and register the mergemod.dll.
This dll is usually found in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\MSI Tools\mergemod.dll".

BR,
Hugo
edhavelaar@gmail.com - 10 Aug 2007 03:45 GMT
On Jul 18, 8:26 pm, Hugo Venancio
<HugoVenan...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > It's repairing itself - the event log should have more detail about what it
> > thinks is broken.
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Hi, unregester and reregister how exactly?

Ed
Gary B - 05 Sep 2007 22:32 GMT
Thanks, that solved it for me too...

use:

regsvr32.exe /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSI
Tools\mergemod.dll"

regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSI
Tools\mergemod.dll"

respectively...

Gary

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