Can't attach to remote msiexec.exe process

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I'm trying to debug a custom action in a DLL which is part of a Windows Installer setup. The MsiBreak environment variable is set to the name of the custom action, and Windows Installer correctly breaks when running the custom action.

The problem is that I can't attach to the msiexec.exe process running on the remote system. The Visual Studio 2005 debugger fails with 'Unable to attach to the process. The requested operation is not supported.'

Any idea why this happens? Attaching to other applications on the remote system works fine.

Thanks in advance,

Christian Studer
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