I have a server application (web site, web services, Windows service) I've created an basic MSI installer for. On a new install, the installer creates a scheduled task and it runs as expected each day. On upgrades, however, the installer fails with the error:
[CODE]03640: (Unknown): Action 11:58:29: ISScheduledTasksInstall. 03641: (Server): MSI (s) (1C:84) [11:58:29:907]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=ISScheduledTasksInstall,ActionType=3073,Source=BinaryData,Target=ISScheduledTasksInstall,CustomActionData=C:\Users\babaltz\AppData\Local\Temp\~95AC.tmp) 03642: (Server): MSI (s) (1C:8C) [11:58:29:908]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA37C.tmp, Entrypoint: ISScheduledTasksInstall 03643: (Unknown): InstallShield 11:58:29: Adding Scheduled Task: New Task 03644: (Unknown): InstallShield 11:58:29: An error occurred : The file exists. 03645: (Unknown): 03646: (Unknown): CustomAction ISScheduledTasksInstall returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox) 03647: (Unknown): Action ended 11:58:29: InstallFinalize. Return value 3. [/CODE]
The scheduled task runs a console app once a day that generates two files.
Is this a known issue. Is the failure really due to the Scheduled Task, or something else? Thanks. Brian
I found a workaround to this issue. I think this is a bug in InstallShield 2012 Sprint. I don't know if it's been fixed in future versions though.
Basically, the original installer created a Scheduled Task (via ISScheduledTasksInstall) which created a file - C:\Windows\system32\Tasks\xxxx. The upgrade tries to install this task again but fails because the file already exists on the target. The upgrade then rolls back and requires Microsoft's FixIt tool to uninstall.
I ended up creating a custom action to run before ISScheduledTasksInstall (after InstallService) that ran the command line: Command: cmd.exe /C schtasks /delete /tn "xxxx" /f Condition: Installed AND NOT REMOVE
