Couldn't Download Some Prerequisite Distributables...

[Superfreak3]

Hi there,

When I attempt to add some of the Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributables that are not located locally, I get a failed to download message. Are there some InstallShield url's that changed or is there a known problem right now?

I decided to not include the WI engine at this time as I'm creating a Setup.exe with the Windows Installer not included setting in the releases configuration view set. Now, when I compile the install I get the following:

ISDEV : error -6003: An error occurred streaming 'C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2010\SetupPrerequisites\Windows Installer\3.1\x86\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe' into setup.exe
ISDEV : error -6003: An error occurred streaming 'C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2010\SetupPrerequisites\WindowsImagingComponent\x86\wic_x86_enu.exe' into setup.exe
ISDEV : error -6003: An error occurred streaming 'C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2010\SetupPrerequisites\Windows Installer\3.1\x86\WindowsServer2003-KB898715-x86-enu.exe' into setup.exe
ISDEV : error -6003: An error occurred streaming 'C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2010\SetupPrerequisites\WindowsImagingComponent\x64\wic_x64_enu.exe' into setup.exe
ISDEV : error -6003: An error occurred streaming 'C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2010\SetupPrerequisites\Windows Installer\3.1\ia64\WindowsServer2003-KB898715-ia64-enu.exe' into setup.exe
ISDEV : error -6003: An error occurred streaming 'C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2010\SetupPrerequisites\Windows Installer\3.1\x64\WindowsServer2003-KB898715-x64-enu.exe' into setup.exe
ISDEV : error -6003: An error occurred streaming 'C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2010\SetupPrerequisites\Windows Installer\3.1\x64\WindowsXP-KB898715-x64-enu.exe' into setup.exe

Why is it trying to stream this stuff in if I choose not to include it? I then selected the involved items in the Redistributable view and downloade them when prompted and that seems to rid the build of the quoted messages above. However, that still begs the question, why is this stuff needed if I chose not to include the WI engine?

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[MichaelU]

Chances are another prerequisite you have selected to include has the Windows Installer 4.5 prerequisite as one of its dependencies.

[Superfreak3]

The other things I'm including:

.NET 4.0 Full
VC++ 2010 Runtime x86 & x64.

I would think the requirement of one of these, following your thinking, would be 3.1 and not 4.5, correct?

After checking all the redistributables listed, I no longer received 7 of the 6003 messages, but one (probably a dependency of one of the 7 added) - Error streaming

'C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield\2010\SetupPrerequisites\Windows Installer\3.1\x64\WindowsXP-KB898715-x64.exe'

. I don't know what what redistributable to click to clear this error.

Something is still wrong though... I then uncheck all the 3.1's previously problematic and it still errors on the one mentioned above. If I'm no longer including the 3.1 WI redists., I should not then be prompted for a dependency.

What I would really like to do is include the WI 4.5 engine, but like I said I'm having a problem downloading some. Right now, I don't know which way is up as it pertains to the WI engine so I would like to simply exclude it. But, if one of the 3 requirements listed above require it, I guess I'm still sunk.

Something just doesn't seem clean about the redistributables view and its use.

If you select one that is dependent on another, the other dependency redist. should be checked/selected as well.

If I clear all my prereq's and compile, it seems I'm OK so I guess I'll just add one at a time to see which has the dependencies.... doesn't seem to be the VC++.

So, do you know anything about why I can't download some of the 4.5 WI engine redists?