Launch setup.exe from a service

[heiner_violet]

(Installshield 2008 basic-msi)

I'm trying to launch a setup.exe in silent mode from a windows service. The service is running as local-system and calls setup.exe /s /v/qn.

Unfortunately, execution of setup.exe fails with the following error-log:

MSI (c) (14:A8) [17:05:03:812]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (c) (14:A8) [17:05:03:812]: Client-side and UI is none or basic: Running entire install on the server.
MSI (c) (14:A8) [17:05:03:812]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (c) (14:A8) [17:05:03:812]: No connection to server could be established. error: 0x80070005
MSI (c) (14:A8) [17:05:03:812]: MainEngineThread is returning 1601

Has anybody an idea how to achieve this?

Thanks in advance, H.

[Happy_Days]

Though not related to Installer forum, take a look at this post:

http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=39&threadID=181615&messageID=1850957

The error is same as yours and probably you can try the solutions listed there. Good Luck.

[heiner_violet]

Thank you for your reply and suggestion.
My error was another: the service was not running as local system but as a local service. Changing it to local system the setup could be launched successfully.
H.