[wix-users] MsiInstaller Events in Application Log as Result of Msi Build

[Edwin Castro]

Got it. Thanks!


On Fri, Apr 1, 2022, 13:06 Bob Arnson <bob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> It's validation.
>
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> Edwin Castro via wix-users
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> Subject: [wix-users] MsiInstaller Events in Application Log as Result of
> Msi Build
>
> Just noticed we see MsiInstaller events with Event ID 1033 in the
> Application event log.
>
> Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: PRODUCT_NAME.
> Product Version: 1.2.3.4. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer:
> MANUFACTURER. Installation success or error status: 0.
>
> We also see Event ID 11707 in the Application event log.
>
> Product: PRODUCT_NAME -- Installation completed successfully.
>
> Timings for these events correlate with when we do builds.
>
> The events are unfortunately misleading because we're not actually doing
> an installation so it is confusing some of our developers when they think
> dev versions of the product are getting installed on dev computers when we
> expect release versions to be installed as part of our dogfood program.
>
> I assume this happens when light.exe produces the MSI package probably by
> calling some MSI API.
>
> How/why does this happen?
>
> --
> Edwin G. Castro
>
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