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‎Dec 17, 2015
09:54 AM
-1001 Error opening MSI database
I'm running InstallShield 2015 Professional and have an install project that was working fine last week. In fact, the last thing I did Friday before I left work was build the installer. When I came in Monday morning, the project would not finish building to a Single EXE Image and is throwing a -1001 Error opening MSI database message.
The Project is a basic MSI project with nothing crazy going on, but as it gets to the final stages of the build, it creates a application, the .msi database, and an .ini file.
The Flexera Knowledge Base points me to reinstalling Windows Installer, which I have done and manually registered all the applicable .dll's.
Has anyone else encountered this issue and found a fix action? The craziest thing is this build worked last week, then just quit. I am at a total loss.
Thanks.
The Project is a basic MSI project with nothing crazy going on, but as it gets to the final stages of the build, it creates a application, the .msi database, and an .ini file.
The Flexera Knowledge Base points me to reinstalling Windows Installer, which I have done and manually registered all the applicable .dll's.
Has anyone else encountered this issue and found a fix action? The craziest thing is this build worked last week, then just quit. I am at a total loss.
Thanks.
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‎Dec 17, 2015
10:16 AM
Have you restarted the machine?
My guess is that it is having difficulties cleaning up from the last build, but that is only a guess based on your description.
Try manually deleting the build folder and see if that helps.
My guess is that it is having difficulties cleaning up from the last build, but that is only a guess based on your description.
Try manually deleting the build folder and see if that helps.
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‎Dec 17, 2015
11:12 AM
I've restarted the machine, I've uninstalled and reinstalled InstallShield, I've reverted back to a previous snapshot of the machine trying to get it back to a state before I started getting the error, and I've completely rebuilt the project from scratch.
Is there anything more I can do to clean up from the previous build?
Is there anything more I can do to clean up from the previous build?
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‎Dec 18, 2015
12:44 PM
Is there any chance that it sends some information to the event viewer.
I still say that it is having a tough time trying to create the output folder and\or file. Is there enough disk space, folder permissions, etc.
I would have thought that reverting your machine would have solved the issue for you too.
Good luck on this - things like this can be aggravating.
I still say that it is having a tough time trying to create the output folder and\or file. Is there enough disk space, folder permissions, etc.
I would have thought that reverting your machine would have solved the issue for you too.
Good luck on this - things like this can be aggravating.
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