I have a basic MSI that installs and starts a service, which generates files and folders in the install directory. I have a deferred custom action with synchronous return processing (checking exit code) that checks for the existence of one of these files. If this file doesn't exit, the custom action will return an error, and the installation will roll back. The files and folders that got generated by the service also need to be deleted during rollback, so I followed the steps here to do that: http://helpnet.installshield.com/installshield21helplib/helplibrary/AccessingProps-DeferredCAs.htm. I?m trying to get the value of INSTALLDIR in the below MSI DLL custom action, but it doesn't seem to be working because when I do an MsiGetProperty of INSTALLDIR and display a message box with this value, it's empty. Here's what I did: INSTALLDIR is listed in SecureCustomProperties Set Property Action Custom Action Name: SetCAData Property: RemoveGeneratedFiles Property Value: [INSTALLDIR] Return Processing: Synchronous (Check exit code) Execution Scheduling: Always Execute Install Execute Sequence: After InstallInitialize MSI DLL Custom Action Custom Action Name: RemoveGeneratedFiles Function Name: RemoveGeneratedFiles Return Processing: Synchronous (Check exit code) In-Script Execution: Rollback Execution in System Context Install Execute Sequence: After SetCAData Here are some snippets from the install log: Rollback: RemoveGeneratedFiles MSI (s) (F0:54) [07:12:01:514]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=RemoveGeneratedFiles,,) MSI (s) (F0:54) [07:12:01:514]: Executing op: CustomActionRollback(Action=RemoveGeneratedFiles,ActionType=3329,Source=BinaryData,Target=RemoveGeneratedFiles,CustomActionData=C:\Program Files\Your Compay Name\rollback\) ... Property(S): INSTALLDIR = C:\Program Files\Your Compay Name\rollback\ Does anyone have any advice on how to remove these generated files during rollback? Thanks in advance. ... View more

I have a basic MSI that has feature prerequisites. I discovered that if I run a silent installation from a working directory other than where Setup.exe is located, none of the prerequisites get installed. For example, if Setup.exe is located in C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Disk1 and I run the following command from C:\, the prerequisites do not get installed: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Disk1\Setup.exe /s /v/qn If I first cd to C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Disk1 and then run the above command (or run it without specifying the full path to Setup.exe), the prerequisites do get installed. This does not happen with setup prerequisites, only feature prerequisites. Is this a known issue, and is this fixed in IS 2011? ... View more

I have Basic MSI project that has feature prerequisites. One of the prerequisites runs in full UI mode. The problem I'm having is that when I run my setup on Windows Server 2008 R2, the installer dialog for this prerequisite does not appear on top of my main installer. I have to click on the prerequisite's icon in the taskbar or move the main installer's dialog out of the way. This happens only on Windows Server 2008 R2, and it's not 100% reproducible. Is this a known issue, and is there a way to fix it/work around it? Thanks. ... View more