How to resolve windows installer error The installer was interrupted error

Question

i have create windows application and i create a setup file for this project.If i run the .msi file it is working and installation was fine .But,when i set orca settings and run the application i got Installation Error Screen.

Error:

  The installer was interrupted before <MyApp> could be installed.
  You need to restart the installer to try again.

I search for this error in web but i did not get resolve so, finally i post this error in this site.please help me how to resolve this error .

Note : If i run any msi package file(which is created orca file) does not run in my system only.with out orca settings it is installed correctly..

Answer 1

Your problem is that RunSQLList custom action fails. My bet is that there are some SQL related problems on your machine.

Answer 2

Installing IIS6 Compatibility Tools fixed this for me.

(Note: This is in the year 2017, I built a "hello world" wen application in Visual Studio 2015, added a Web Deployment Project, transferred it to another machine, and this error happens - installing software that was written in 2002 and become obsolete in 2008 fixes the problem)

Answer 3

First thing you should do is, install with logging,

• open an elevated cmd

• msiexec /i /l*vx setup.log

Then the log to find error codes, normally before the Fatal Error that stops the installer there is a line with error code, in my experience I found the following lines:

Action WEBCA_SetTARGETSITE returned actual error code 1603

Closing MSIHANDLE(11)

WEBCA_SetTARGETSITE. Return value 3.

Doing Action: FatalErrorForm.

Finally google that error code, in my case it was ISS 6 Compatibility Role that needed to be added on the server. After adding it the msi installed without errors.

Answer 4

My fix:

When I start Total Commander as regular user, and then start the MSI, it gives an error.

When I start Total Commander as admin, and then start the MSI, it does not give an error.