-7159: The product license has expired or has not yet been initialized.

[jwalker1]

I am getting this error from the build server. Note: I can build the setup on the server thru VS2013 without issue. Yet, if I queue up a build, I get the fore mentioned error. Does the InstallShield Express support being built thru TFS Build Server?

Thanks

[jlynch11]

This could happen if the Build Controller service's configuration is set to run using credentials that do not have administrator privileges as described here: http://flexerasoftware.force.com/articles/en_US/ERRDOC/Q212933

[RossSap]

jlynch11 wrote:
This could happen if the Build Controller service's configuration is set to run using credentials that do not have administrator privileges as described here: http://flexerasoftware.force.com/articles/en_US/ERRDOC/Q212933

Hi there,

We are a team in SAP and we are using InstallShield project in a Visual Studio solution. There is a CI Build definition that must build the solution. As our policy explicitly forbids that the credentials used for the Build Controller have Administrator privileges, we are stuck with the "-7159: The product license has expired or has not yet been initialized." error.

Giving the Administrator privileges to the Build Controller is unacceptable. There must be a workaround for using InstallShield without the Admin privileges.

Please advise how can we proceed?

KR
Ross