[wix-users] Burn Bootstrapper Registration and Cache Missing

[Edwin Castro]

I have a weird issue with our burn bootstrapper from WiX 3.9. I'm
seeing the following messages (sanitized of product info) in the log:

[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:16:53]i323: Registering package dependency
provider: {11F485A3-AFBD-411C-BA20-713C3988088F}, version: 1.2.3.0,
package: package4
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:16:53]i301: Applying execute package:
package4, action: Install, path: C:\ProgramData\Package
Cache\{11F485A3-AFBD-411C-BA20-713C3988088F}v1.2.3.0\x64\package4.msi,
arguments: ' ALLUSERS="1" ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT="1" MSIFASTINSTALL="7"
[0BEC:0294][2017-02-22T17:17:33]i319: Applied execute package:
package4, result: 0x0, restart: None
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:17:33]i325: Registering dependency:
{bfd6285c-bead-4a5d-9d52-8dc6fffd0a2a} on package provider:
{11F485A3-AFBD-411C-BA20-713C3988088F}, package: package4
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:17:33]i351: Removing cached package:
package0, from path: C:\ProgramData\Package
Cache\AAB5E2EE8B5AEAFA9FCA609D9226A43B86F580C7\
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:17:33]i351: Removing cached package:
package1, from path: C:\ProgramData\Package
Cache\96B377A27AC5445328CBAAE210FC4F0AAA750D3F\
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:17:33]i351: Removing cached package:
package2, from path: C:\ProgramData\Package
Cache\1A5D93DDDBC431AB27B1DA711CD3370891542797\
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:17:33]i351: Removing cached package:
package3, from path: C:\ProgramData\Package
Cache\1AED5244E6E4D28B322134EA0AA222AF18A265BF\
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:17:33]e000: Error 0x80070002: Failed to open
registration key.
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:17:33]e000: Error 0x80070002: Failed to
suspend registration session.
[0BEC:0294][2017-02-22T17:17:33]e000: Error 0x80070002: Failed to end
session in per-machine process.
[0BEC:0294][2017-02-22T17:17:33]i399: Apply complete, result: 0x0,
restart: None, ba requested restart:  No
[0BEC:0294][2017-02-22T17:17:33]i500: Shutting down, exit code: 0x0

Burn completes successfully *BUT* there is no registration for the
bootstrapper in the registry (under Wow6432Node) so we don't see
anything in Programs and Features! I was able to confirm that the
registration for the 64-bit package4.msi exists in the registry with
SystemComponent=1. The 32-bit registration for the bootstrapper is
completely missing.

I also see that the bootstrapper setup.exe does not appear anywhere in
C:\ProgramData\Package Cache.

I do see the following in the log:

[0BEC:0294][2017-02-22T17:15:44]i300: Apply begin
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:15:44]i360: Creating a system restore point.
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:15:44]i362: System restore disabled, system
restore point not created.
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:15:44]i000: Caching bundle from:
'C:\Windows\TEMP\{bfd6285c-bead-4a5d-9d52-8dc6fffd0a2a}\.be\setup.exe'
to: 'C:\ProgramData\Package
Cache\{bfd6285c-bead-4a5d-9d52-8dc6fffd0a2a}\setup.exe'
[0AEC:0530][2017-02-22T17:15:44]i320: Registering bundle dependency
provider: {bfd6285c-bead-4a5d-9d52-8dc6fffd0a2a}, version: 1.2.0.3

confirming that setup.exe was written to C:\ProgramData\Package Cache
when Apply begin started.

I don't see any log messages to confirm that the bootstrapper
registration was ever written but I imagine it was written as well.

This all looks like something deleted the package cache for my
setup.exe and deleted the registration for setup.exe but everything
else stayed in place. I can't figure out what might have caused this.

I was trying to construct a stack trace given the Error messages above
but I'm not succeeding. Any help in understanding which RegOpen call
failed leading to a "suspend registration session" failure leading to
an "end session in per-machine process" failure would be greatly
appreciated.

I'm also trying to understand when the setup.exe registration actually
gets written to the registry and when setup.exe is cached to
C:\ProgramData\Package Cache. Any help there would also be greatly
appreciated.

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Edwin G. Castro