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I've just downloaded the V6.5 Trial Version and am having a problem with the Installer.

 

 

 

I start up SETUP.EXE ok and then choose Install Retrospect.

 

Next the Windows Installer starts up OK and I get the V6.5 splash screen.

 

I click next, and then accept the license agreement.

 

I then fill in the User Name and leave the Organization blank.

 

I then Click on Reccomended and Next>

 

I then get the Ready to Install the Program and click Install.

 

 

 

I next instantly get:

 

 

 

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InstallShield Wizard Completed

 

 

 

The Wizard was interrupted before Retrospect 6.5 could be

 

completely installed.

 

 

 

Your system has not been modified. To complete installation

 

at another time, please run setup again.

 

 

 

Click Finish to exit the wizard.

 

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I've tried a bunch of times and no dice. Any idea what's wrong or how to debug this?

 

 

 

I've tried this intall on one of my "baby" systems and it went OK.

 

 

 

bob

 

 

 

ps. This looks like good software and I'm anxious to check it out on the "Big Boy."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi

 

This is caused by an install shield problem.

 

You can try:

removing temp files from the system

Running the installer as a different user

Running the installer from the root of the C drive.

 

Take a look at your windows event logs for any other errors and chase them up at the install shield site.

 

Hope that helps!

 

Nate

 

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I checked my event logs and found nothing there of interest.

 

My disks have at least 10GB of free space on each one.

 

I checked the InstallShield site and there were several problems listed there. It seems that there is a potential issue with MSDE 2000 installations. Its not clear to me if the problem is that you or I have a conflict with MSDE 2000. Check out: http://community.installshield.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120586 Most of the issues that were posted there seemed to be developer issues with IS.

 

Not being an InstallShield licensee I cannot get on-line tech support from them - that's your job.

 

I can't spend much more time debugging your code. What release of InstallShield are you using?

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Installer issue update...

 

I opened a DOS Prompt box and

made "....\Retrospect 6.5\English\Installer" the current directory.

 

I then executed the command:

msiexec /i "Retrospect 6.5.msi" /lv "instlog.txt"

 

This is the tail of the log file. There were two errors just before I clicked on Install...

 

DEBUG: Error 2826: Control DlgLine on dialog ReadyToInstall extends beyond the boundaries of the dialog to the right by 80 pixels

Internal Error 2826. ReadyToInstall, DlgLine, to the right

 

At this point I next clicked on the Install Button...

 

Action ended 20:04:03: CheckPreviousInstallation. Return value 1626.

Action ended 20:04:15: InstallWelcome. Return value 1.

MSI © (7C:68): Skipping action: SetupResume (condition is false)

MSI © (7C:68): Skipping action: MaintenanceWelcome (condition is false)

MSI © (7C:68): Doing action: SetupProgress

Action start 20:04:15: SetupProgress.

Action ended 20:04:15: SetupProgress. Return value 1.

MSI © (7C:68): Skipping action: PrepareForUpgrade (condition is false)

MSI © (7C:68): Doing action: ExecuteAction

Action start 20:04:15: ExecuteAction.

MSI © (7C:68): Grabbed execution mutex.

MSI © (7C:68): Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0

MSI © (7C:68): Switching to server: INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\Dantz\Retrospect\" TARGETDIR="C:\" MS.8C0C59A0_7DC8_11D2_B95D_006097C4DE24="C:\W2K\system32\" MS.51D569E0_8A28_11D2_B962_006097C4DE24="C:\W2K\system32\" MS.3207D1B0_80E5_11D2_B95D_006097C4 DE24="C:\W2K\system32\" MS.1E64E430_36E0_11D2_A794_0060089A724B="C:\W2K\system32\" USERNAME="Robert Schreiber" CURRENTDIRECTORY="D:\Archive\Dantz\Retrospect 6.5\English\Installer" CLIENTUILEVEL="0" CLIENTPROCESSID="1404" ALLUSERS="1" SOURCEDIR="D:\Archive \Dantz\Retrospect 6.5\English\Installer\" ACTION="INSTALL" EXECUTEACTION="INSTALL" ISSCRIPTRUNNING="1" ROOTDRIVE="C:\" SECONDSEQUENCE="1" ADDLOCAL=Retrospect,ReportsWatcher,ExternalScripts,ROFF

*** Log Line Missing ***

MSI (s) (C8:34): Resetting cached policy values

MSI (s) (C8:34): Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0

MSI (s) (C8:34): ******* RunEngine:

******* Product: D:\Archive\Dantz\Retrospect 6.5\English\Installer\Retrospect 6.5.msi

******* Action: INSTALL

******* CommandLine: **********

MSI (s) (C8:34): Machine policy value 'DisableUserInstalls' is 0

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: User non-assigned for product: 04893BC5FA408364F836C8CA4133DC8B

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: User non-assigned for product: 04893BC5FA408364F836C8CA4133DC8B

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: User non-assigned for product: 207809E353FA1164598159D52AB4E770

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: User non-assigned for product: 207809E353FA1164598159D52AB4E770

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: User non-assigned for product: DAD2AFACDB1078746BE6A2C13E568C6E

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: User non-assigned for product: DAD2AFACDB1078746BE6A2C13E568C6E

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: User non-assigned for product: F8A4188E60B33D11C87D000CF4270CD4

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: User non-assigned for product: F8A4188E60B33D11C87D000CF4270CD4

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 238D3C3469CAA364F84EB1D8B1AFF2SA

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 238D3C3469CAA364F84EB1D8B1AFF2SA

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 291B64A794B22C24E82B8298A0D0D05C

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 291B64A794B22C24E82B8298A0D0D05C

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 3C5C570370804294FAF8FF7250C221EA

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 3C5C570370804294FAF8FF7250C221EA

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 57B0ED459DC64C441BA0F152AD89998D

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 57B0ED459DC64C441BA0F152AD89998D

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 667FCD348386A9F4C8199DD25A68FD7A

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 667FCD348386A9F4C8199DD25A68FD7A

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 68AB67CA7DA73301B744000000000010

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 68AB67CA7DA73301B744000000000010

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 74DC7271804A2d11FADA000CF427BFE3

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 74DC7271804A2d11FADA000CF427BFE3

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 8061EFD2ACDB1D117BEA000CF49BF2D3

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 8061EFD2ACDB1D117BEA000CF49BF2D3

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 8486E1FDA326EB541A5C9FBA6D4B95C9

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 8486E1FDA326EB541A5C9FBA6D4B95C9

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 904000001E872D116BF00006799C897E

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 904000001E872D116BF00006799C897E

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 9040150945D64D11EB3E000CF4993045

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 9040150945D64D11EB3E000CF4993045

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: 9F03EC8C0DBC1B34FB3D1BF8554A8872

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: 9F03EC8C0DBC1B34FB3D1BF8554A8872

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: AA75334BD6A349D45BE6344CD4905E84

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: AA75334BD6A349D45BE6344CD4905E84

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: C3C07E779BBD74C46836E1F118EF6C32

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: C3C07E779BBD74C46836E1F118EF6C32

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: C43D1155F3230E24C828A0BEE3294071

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: C43D1155F3230E24C828A0BEE3294071

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: C8D617F6F8933D11581E000540386890

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: C8D617F6F8933D11581E000540386890

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: DDE7F2BCF1D91C3409CFF425AE1E271A

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: DDE7F2BCF1D91C3409CFF425AE1E271A

MSI (s) (C8:34): Setting cached product context: machine assigned for product: EA7CF62CE5A26D1189D2000649BE6655

MSI (s) (C8:34): Using cached product context: machine assigned for product: EA7CF62CE5A26D1189D2000649BE6655

MSI (s) (C8:34): Note: 1: 2318 2: D:\Archive\Dantz\Retrospect 6.5\English\Installer\Retrospect 6.5.msi

MSI (s) (C8:34): MainEngineThread is returning 1603

MSI © (7C:68): Back from server. Return value: 1603

MSI © (7C:68): Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied. Counter after decrement: -1

Action ended 20:04:15: ExecuteAction. Return value 3.

MSI © (7C:68): Doing action: SetupCompleteError

Action start 20:04:15: SetupCompleteError.

Action start 20:04:16: CleanUp.

Action ended 20:04:17: CleanUp. Return value 1.

Action ended 20:04:17: SetupCompleteError. Return value 2.

Action ended 20:04:17: INSTALL. Return value 3.

MSI © (7C:68): Closing MSIHANDLE (65) of type 790542 for thread 872

MSI © (7C:68): Destroying RemoteAPI object.

=== Logging stopped: 2/9/2004 20:04:17 ===

MSI © (7C:68): Note: 1: 1708

MSI © (7C:68): Product: Retrospect 6.5 -- Installation operation failed.

MSI © (7C:68): Grabbed execution mutex.

MSI © (7C:68): Cleaning up uninstalled install packages, if any exist

MSI © (7C:68): MainEngineThread is returning 1603

=== Verbose logging stopped: 2/9/2004 20:04:17 ===

 

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Robert,

 

 

 

Your install logs indicate that the installer is stored at the root of the D drive - is that correct? Are you installing to a non-default location? Have you tried using defaults? Did you try the other things I suggested?

 

 

 

-removing temp files from the system (to remove corrupt files not to save space)

 

-Running the installer as a different user (to eliminate permissions errors)

 

-Running the installer from the root of the C drive. (this is known to work in some situations where the Windows installer is having trouble)

 

 

 

Thanks

 

Nate

 

 

 

 

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Success!

 

I had tried clearing the old temp files, that did not help.

 

I had logged in as administrator and that did not help.

 

I wasn't sure what you meant by "run from the c: disk root?" I think what you meant was to copy d:\archive\dantz\retrospect 6.5\... to c:\retrospect 6.5\...

 

I did that and the install ran just fine.

 

Also, I have installed two clients from \\computer\archive\dantz\retrospect 6.5\... with no problem. Sounds like you have issues installing from other than C:\. Note: the root drive does not have to be C:\ in a W2K system, that is an assumption that most people wrongly make.

 

Anyway -- thanks for the info. Now onto the evaluation. -- So far this looks real good.

 

bob

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