Re: Windows Installer error on bootup

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:39:48 +0100

Deb wrote:

> Well, I did my best to follow your instructions but they may be a bit too
> technical in nature for me! I ran eventvwr.msc and viewed the installer log.
> There are 3401 entries in there. I look at some of the more recent ones,
> i.e. generated after bootup this morning and discovered this entry: Detection
> of product (then what looks like a registry key) feature 'Complete' failed
> during request for component (then another registry key).
>
> I did a search in the registry using regedit and found the first key (which
> refers to MSInstaller) but the second key was not found.
Hi

Yes, the "Detection of product ... " is the correct entry, but the ID
string following right after "Detection of product" doesn't really
refer to a registry key (even if you found it as a key in registry),
it is the ID that represents a program that have been installed by
Windows Installer.

Below is a VBScript that will create a list that maps product ID's to
the actual program name it represents.

Put it in a text file and save it as e.g. WI_Products.vbs, run it by
double clicking on it. The result will be presented in Notepad.

'--------------------8<----------------------
Const OverwriteIfExist = -1
Const OpenAsASCII = 0

Set oMsi = CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer")
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

sFile = oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%TMP%") & "\WI_Products.txt"
Set f = oFSO.CreateTextFile(sFile, _
                    OverwriteIfExist, OpenAsASCII)

On Error Resume Next
For Each sProduct in oMsi.Products
sProdName = ""
sProdName = oMsi.ProductInfo(sProduct, "InstalledProductName")
If sProdName <> "" Then
    f.WriteLine sProduct & " " & sProdName
End If
Next
On Error Goto 0
f.Close
oShell.Run "notepad.exe " & """" & sFile & """", 1, False
'--------------------8<---------------------- 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
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