Re: Incorrect command line parameters. Windows Installer. V 2.00.2

From: Stefan Krueger [MVP] (skrueger_at_newsgroups.nospam)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:26:33 +0100

> I noticed yesterday if i type msiexec /? or msiexec /h I get the same
> parameters error messagebox. Would this leave you to believe that msiexec
> is
> not working correctly? oh, and i am logging in as administrator. Another
> thing, i am running these from a command prompt. They are not in any
> code.

No, msiexec just displays the same message box for help and for invalid
parameters. This is no problem.

Did you create a log file? Does the setup work when you run it locally? 

-- 
Stefan Krueger
Microsoft Windows Installer MVP
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