[wpkg-users] wpkg & vista ?

[Torsten Geile]

Tomasz Chmielewski schrieb:
> Torsten Geile schrieb:
>> Tomasz Chmielewski schrieb:
>>> Was WPKG Installed installed there before? Especially, a previous 
>>> release marked 2007-Mar-xx? If yes, installation/upgrade will not work.
>>>
>>> Or does this happen on a very first installation of WPKG Installer 
>>> on Vista?
>>
>> It was a fresh install on a fresh installed Vista.
>
> What about other MSI packages? Do they install fine?
>
> Most probably yes.
Yes, the ones I tested worked.
>
>
> WPKG Installer uses the SYSTEM account, and this is why it may fail.

My computer is member of a domain, so I used the Domain Adminitrator 
account to install.
>
> There are lots of google hits when we search for "msiexec vista error 
> code 1721", like:
>
>
> http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=78
>
> http://planetscm.org/tag/visual%20studio%20team%20system/
>
> I've already seen one problem crop up - uninstalling the old TFPT 
> release on Vista.  You get the error "Error 1721.  There is a problem 
> with with Windows Installer package. ...".  You either need to disable 
> UAC or you can run msiexec /i tfpt.msi.
>
>
>
> http://www.macrovision.com/company/news/newsletter/tips/is_vista.shtml
>
> 2) Custom Actions fail because of missing permissions
>
> Symptom: Custom actions scheduled for immediate or deferred execution 
> fail with error 1721.
>
> Cause: On Windows Vista, even administrators have restricted 
> permissions by default. Windows Vista prompts for privilege elevation 
> if needed. However, only custom actions that are running in the Local 
> System account get elevated correctly, while custom actions that 
> impersonate as the current user do not.
>
> Solution: Schedule the custom action for "deferred execution in system 
> context"", which is equivalent to setting the 
> msidbCustomActionTypeNoImpersonate bit in the CustomAction table.
>
>
>
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ukvsts/archive/2007/01/11/installing-the-tfs-power-toys-on-vista.aspx 
>
>
> Installing the TFS Power Toys on Vista
>
> If you try and install the Team Foundation Server Power Toys (or 
> Tools) on a Vista machine, you may well see the following error:
>
>     Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer 
> package. A program required for this install to complete could not be 
> run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.
>
> Solving this is quite easy; you just need to fire up a command prompt 
> using the Run As Admin setting and use the msiexec command line:
>
>     msiexec /i "tfs power tools.msi"

Running msiexec -i "wpkgsetup.msi" takes my a little further within the 
installtion process, than just double clicking on the file, even so the 
admin account is used whe double clicking.
>
> The reason for this is due to the increased security in Vista, for 
> more information on this, see http://devreadiness.org/default.aspx

Turning off UAC is no solution, because it is needed for other programs 
for some reasons to work correctly.

It might help to try some beta versions. If you be so kind to send me a 
download link.Thanks

Regards, Torsten







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