[wix-users] Burn engine hangs when run silently

[Edwin Castro]

Wasn't there a bug a long time ago where the quit message was never
received when installing through a service? If the quit message is received
correctly when run interactively and you're using a very old version of
WiX, then perhaps you're running into this old bug.

As a concrete example, this bug affects the VC redist installer for Visual
Studio 2012 on Windows Vista but not newer OS versions.

--
Edwin G. Castro


On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Rob Mensching via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Your BA controls a lot of that. Given how many bundles work, I'd focus
> there.
>
> PS: not saying there isn't a Burn bug... but broad-based usage suggests
> its less likely.
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> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of
> dylanalpiger via wix-users
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 7:17 AM
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> Cc: dylanalpiger <dylanalpiger at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [wix-users] Burn engine hangs when run silently
>
> Hello everyone,
> I've been experiencing some Burn troubles lately, and was hoping the Wix
> community could shed some light on the issue.
>
> I have a custom Wix bootstrapper. For the most part, the installer will
> run fine and finish successfully. However, periodically the installer will
> complete the installation process (install all packages and perform all
> Custom Actions), but will hang just before it shuts down. I stepped through
> the burn project, and it looks to me like the message pump in
> RunApplication() (engine.cpp) is never getting the quit message it needs to
> finally quit the pump and proceed to the method's completion. The installer
> enters this state once the CoreApply() process competes. Has anyone else
> dealt with this (or a similar) problem before?
> Let me know if you need more information. Any insight you can provide
> would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!Dylan
>
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