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MikePres
Level 3

Error 1639 on Japanese upgrade (1639 を返しました。)

I have an installation that raises an error 1639 (Invalid command line argument. For more information about command-line help, Windows Installer SDK for more information please.) as soon as the progress dialog appears ( or just as the uninstall of the previouse installer starts )
This only happens during an upgrade on Japanese W2k3 when the installer is running with the Japanese local. If the selected install language is something else such as English or French the install(upgrade) runs fine
At first I thought it had to do with a custom action, but looking at the log files of both Japanese and non-Japanese installs, I notice the following:

Japanese install
[FONT="Courier New"]MSI (s) (40:18) [22:53:14:410]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding COMPANYNAME property. Its value is 'user'.
MSI (s) (40:18) [22:53:14:410]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding USERNAME property. Its value is ' user'.
MSI (s) (40:18) [22:53:14:410]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SOURCEDIR property. Its value is 'C:\installtest\xxxxxx-9.9.9.9999\xxxxxx\ServerInstall\'.
MSI (s) (40:18) [22:53:14:410]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding CLIENTUILEVEL property. Its value is '0'.
MSI (s) (40:18) [22:53:14:410]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding CLIENTPROCESSID property. Its value is '2168'.
MSI (s) (40:18) [22:53:14:410]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SETUPEXEDIR property. Its value is 'C:\installtest\xxxxxx-9.9.9.9999\xxxxxx\ServerInstall'.
情報 1639。 コマンド ラインの引数が無効です。コマンド ラインのヘルプの詳細については、Windows Installer SDK を参照してください。
SQL
MSI (s) (40:18) [22:53:14:426]: Attempting to delete file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\2ddf85.mst
MSI (s) (40:18) [22:53:14:442]: MainEngineThread is returning 1639
MSI (c) (78:14) [22:53:14:457]: Note: 1: 2755 2: 1639 3: C:\installtest\xxxxxx-9.9.9.9999\xxxxxxImage\ServerInstall\xxxxxx xxxxxx Server.msi
MSI (c) (78:14) [22:53:14:473]: Transforming table Error.
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English install
[FONT="Courier New"]MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:27:955]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding CLIENTUILEVEL property. Its value is '0'.
MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:27:955]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding CURRENTDIRECTORY property. Its value is 'C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\xxxxx-9.9.9.9999\xxxxxx\ServerInstall'.
MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:27:955]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SETUPEXEDIR property. Its value is 'C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\xxxxxx-9.9.9.9999\xxxxxx\ServerInstall'.
MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:27:955]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding IS_SQLSERVER_STATUS property. Its value is '0'.
MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:27:955]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SECONDSEQUENCE property. Its value is '1'.
MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:27:955]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ADDLOCAL property. Its value is 'SYSPackages,MainDatabases,Feat9,Feat10,Feat11,Feat12'.
MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:27:955]: Engine has iefSecondSequence set to true.
MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:27:955]: TRANSFORMS property is now: @1033.MST
MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:27:955]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SourceDir property. Its value is 'C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\xxxxxx-9.9.9.9999\xxxxxx\ServerInstall\'.
MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:27:955]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SourcedirProduct property. Its value is '{XFX63BE6-98CC-11DF-A804-08D0DED72085}'.
MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:27:955]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding VersionDatabase property. Its value is '200'.
MSI (s) (00:CC) [01:18:28:065]: SHELL32::SHGetFolderPath returned: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data
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Im at a loss as to why this error would happen at this point and what could possibly be causing it.

Any sugestions?
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MikePres
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Oddly enough, I found that upgrading to MSI 4.5 resolved the issue (the OS originally came with 3.1). Still don't understand how 4.5 fixes this issue, but it does.
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