[wix-users] Installation Error of MSI generated by WiX

[Anil Kumar]

Hi,
Please generate full log. Use /l*v as parameters, this will give full log.
I suspect, you might have used some predefined variables which will point
the installdir to C: drive.

msiexec /i Sample.msi /l*v Install.log

Thanks

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:09 PM, Basavaraju Kumar [PC-BLR-DEV] <
basavaraju at pointcross.com> wrote:

> Thanks Anil for the response.
>
> Below is the installation log which came out when the MSI was executed.
>
> The installation directory was "D:\MyProduct"
>
> === Logging started: 12/2/2015  10:40:02 ===
> Action start 10:40:02: INSTALL.
> Action start 10:40:02: ValidateProductID.
> Action ended 10:40:02: ValidateProductID. Return value 1.
> Action start 10:40:02: CostInitialize.
> Action ended 10:40:02: CostInitialize. Return value 1.
> Action start 10:40:02: FileCost.
> Action ended 10:40:02: FileCost. Return value 1.
> Action start 10:40:02: CostFinalize.
> Action ended 10:44:15: CostFinalize. Return value 1.
> Action start 10:44:15: InstallValidate.
> MSI (s) (24:D0) [10:45:17:233]: Product: MyProduct (V1.0.0.0) -- Disk
> full: Out of disk space -- Volume: 'C:'; required space: 361,730 KB;
> available space: 172,540 KB.  Free some disk space and retry.
>
> Action ended 10:45:17: InstallValidate. Return value 3.
> Action ended 10:45:17: INSTALL. Return value 3.
> MSI (s) (24:D0) [10:45:17:264]: Product: MyProduct (V1.0.0.0) --
> Installation failed.
>
> MSI (s) (24:D0) [10:45:17:264]: Windows Installer installed the product.
> Product Name: MyProduct (V1.0.0.0). Product Version: 1.0.0.0. Product
> Language: 1033. Manufacturer: MyCompany. Installation success or error
> status: 1603.
>
> === Logging stopped: 12/2/2015  10:45:17 ===
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Basavaraju B K
> _______
> _________________________________
> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf of
> Anil Kumar <kpanilkumar.mca at gmail.com>
> Sent: 15 December 2015 20:18
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Installation Error of MSI generated by WiX
>
> Hi,
> Generate the log file and post it here, it will be helpful to findout the
> root cause of this issue.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Basavaraju Kumar [PC-BLR-DEV] <
> basavaraju at pointcross.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have created an MSI for our product using Wix. Now Whenever the MSI is
> > getting installed in Windows Server 2008 machines, it is throwing the
> below
> > error:
> >
> >
> > "Disk full: Out of disk space -- Volume: 'C:'"
> >
> >
> > The installation directory has been pointed to "D:\" drive but not sure
> > why MSI is pointing to "C:". Any help will be great. I have stuck with
> this
> > error.
> >
> >
> > Is there tag that I need to add into the Product.wxs file to prevent this
> > error?
> >
> >
> > I am very new to the WiX toolset.
> >
> >
> > Please help!!
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Basavaraju B K
> >
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