[wix-users] Error while uninstalling WiX Burn Bundle

[Edwin Castro]

I don't know much about custom bootstrapper applications for burn so I
can't comment on your event question or on the shutting down the dispatcher
thread comment.

When I run into ERROR_INSTALL_ALREADY_RUNNING the root cause has always
been "user error". In my experience I see a system administrator start our
installer when something else was still installing OR a system
administrator starts our own installer multiple times in a loop(!) without
waiting for the original installer to complete. I don't really know why
they do either of those things but the install fails with
ERROR_INSTALL_ALREADY_RUNNING because something else is already in progress.

I'd recommend that you try to determine what is currently getting installed
or uninstalled when you're getting ERROR_INSTALL_ALREADY_RUNNING before
altering your custom bootstrapper application. If you think the problem is
with your custom bootstrapper application, then you might benefit from
studying the source for the bootstrapper applications the WiX ships.

--
Edwin G. Castro


On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:43 PM, james william <jameswilliam.b at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Edwin,
> Is there an event in bootstrapper that completes the installation,
> I am now currently shutting down the dispatcher thread OnApplyComplete
> method, is that the correct way to do.
>
> On Jul 14, 2017 9:44 PM, "Edwin Castro" <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Error 0x80070652 corresponds to
> >
> > ERROR_INSTALL_ALREADY_RUNNING
> > 1618 (0x652)
> >
> > Another installation is already in progress. Complete that installation
> > before proceeding with this install.
> >
> > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/
> > ms681385.aspx#ERROR_INSTALL_ALREADY_RUNNING
> >
> > --
> > Edwin G. Castro
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:32 PM, james william <
> jameswilliam.b at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've created a Custom Bootstrapper application in which I've chained an
> > > msi, the installation works fine and the msi gets installed but when i
> > > uninstall i get the following error from the log.
> > >
> > > [22D4:25F4][2017-07-14T11:46:19]e000: Error 0x80070652: Failed to
> > > uninstall
> > > MSI package.
> > > [22D4:25F4][2017-07-14T11:46:19]e000: Error 0x80070652: Failed to
> > execute
> > > MSI package.
> > > [1958:2574][2017-07-14T11:46:19]e000: Error 0x80070652: Failed to
> > > configure
> > > per-machine MSI package.
> > > [1958:2574][2017-07-14T11:46:19]i319: Applied execute package:
> > > DummyPackage, result: 0x80070652, restart: None
> > > [1958:2574][2017-07-14T11:46:19]e000: Error 0x80070652: Failed to
> > execute
> > > MSI package.
> > > [22D4:25F4][2017-07-14T11:46:19]i318: Skipped rollback of package:
> > > DummyPackage, action: Install, already: Present
> > > [1958:2574][2017-07-14T11:46:19]i319: Applied rollback package:
> > > DummyPackage, result: 0x0, restart: None
> > >
> > > The msi's install scope is set to "PerMachine" and the MSi package is
> set
> > > to "ForcePerMachine".
> > >
> > > Also the install and uninstall works fine without any error when the
> msi
> > is
> > > installed as standalone, but the error occurs only when i chain the msi
> > in
> > > burn bundle.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > James William
> > >
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