[wix-users] Installing the JRE EXE silently through my own MSI fails

[Walter Dexter]

You can't install an msi from inside another msi. There's an msi hiding in the JRE exe. You probably need a bundle.

> On May 22, 2017, at 6:46 PM, Mayooran Macilamany <mayooran99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have my own msi through which I am trying to install the JRE exe. I am
> able to run other EXEs this way. But the JRE EXE is not getting installed.
> Below is the error I am getting.
> 
> MSI (s) (A0:C4) [05:10:08:690]: Executing op:
> CustomActionSchedule(Action=RUN_JAVA,ActionType=1042,Source=C:\Program
> Files (x86)\preRequisites\Java.exe,Target=/s,)
> MSI (s) (A0:B8) [05:10:32:587]: Running as a service.
> CustomAction RUN_JAVA returned actual error code 1618 (note this may not be
> 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
> MSI (c) (FC:BC) [05:10:35:397]: Font created.  Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font:
> Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg
> 
> Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A
> program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your
> support personnel or package vendor.  Action RUN_JAVA, location: C:\Program
> Files (x86)\preRequisites\Java.exe, command: /s
> Action ended 5:10:38: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
> Action ended 5:10:39: INSTALL. Return value 3.
> 
> Below is the WiX file I have for my MSI.
> 
> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
> <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="preRequisites">
> <Component Id="ProductComponent"
> Guid="7927FC46-E8C5-4FEA-A683-C275C08FB4D5" KeyPath="yes">
> <File Id="VC2013.exe" Name="VC2013.exe"
> Source="../../Setups/PreRequisites/kkube-prerequisites/vcredist_x86_2013.exe"
> DiskId="1"/>
> <File Id="VC2015.exe" Name="VC2015.exe"
> Source="../../Setups/PreRequisites/kkube-prerequisites/vcredist_x86_2015.exe"
> DiskId="1"/>
> <File Id="Java.exe" Name="Java.exe"
> Source="../../Setups/PreRequisites/kkube-prerequisites/jre-8u92-windows-x64.exe"
> DiskId="1"/>
> <File Id="dotNet4.5Installer.exe" Name="dotNet4.5Installer.exe"
> Source="../../Setups/PreRequisites/kkube-prerequisites/dotNet4.5Installer.exe"
> DiskId="1"/>
> </Component>
> </Directory>
> </Directory>
> </Directory>
> 
> <CustomAction Id="RUN_VC2013" FileKey="VC2013.exe" ExeCommand="/q"
> Execute="deferred" Return="check" />
> <CustomAction Id="RUN_VC2015" FileKey="VC2015.exe" ExeCommand="/q"
> Execute="deferred" Return="check" />
> <CustomAction Id="RUN_JAVA" FileKey="Java.exe" ExeCommand="/s"
> Execute="deferred" Return="check" />
> <CustomAction Id="RUN_DOTNET" FileKey="dotNet4.5Installer.exe"
> ExeCommand="/q" Execute="deferred" Return="check" />
> 
> <InstallExecuteSequence>
> <Custom Action="RUN_VC2013" Before="InstallFinalize">NOT Installed</Custom>
> <Custom Action="RUN_VC2015" Before="InstallFinalize">NOT Installed</Custom>
> <Custom Action="RUN_JAVA" Before="InstallFinalize">NOT Installed</Custom>
> <Custom Action="RUN_DOTNET" Before="InstallFinalize">NOT Installed</Custom>
> </InstallExecuteSequence>
> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="preRequisites" Level="1">
> <ComponentRef Id="ProductComponent" />
> </Feature>
> 
> I tried running the JRE with the command "<name of the exe> /s". It
> installs silently. Why does it fail when installing it through my MSI? How
> can I achieve this? Any help would be much appreciated.
> 
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