Hi Rainer I succeeded in solving the problem by looking at the profiles and packages as you suggested. Thanks! I documented this in this message. I tried to install gimp 2.6.6 but it had a check on 2.6.5. The package was installed but not logged. Correcting the check makes it work. My test machine with name DON-0E116EC8A53 has profile-id="test" in hosts.xml. For this profile 1 package are defined in packages.xml: <profile id="test"> <package package-id="gimp26" /> </profile> In packages.xml the package gimp26 is defined: <package id="gimp26" name="GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)" revision="2606" reboot="false" priority="20"> <check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="GIMP 2.6.5"/> <install cmd='"\\wpkg\wpkg$\graphics\gimp-2.6.6-i686-setup.exe" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /DIR="%PROGRAMFILES%\GIMP"'/> <upgrade cmd='"\\wpkg\wpkg$\graphics\gimp-2.6.6-i686-setup.exe" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /DIR="%PROGRAMFILES%\GIMP"'/> <remove cmd='"%programfiles%\GIMP\setup\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART' /> </package> While looking at this I saw this type: GIMP 2.6.5 should be GIMP 2.6.6. I changed this and now I have a non-empty wpkg.xml here comes a log file 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Initialized temporary local log file: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\wpkg-logInit.log 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Initializing new log file: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\wpkg-don-0e116ec8a53.log 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Reboot-Cmd is standard. 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : WPKG 1.0.4 starting... 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Base directory is '\\wpkg\wpkg$'. 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Log level is 255 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Trying to read XML file: \\wpkg\wpkg$\profiles.xml 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Successfully loaded XML file: \\wpkg\wpkg$\profiles.xml 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Trying to read XML files from directory: \\wpkg\wpkg$\profiles 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Specified XML directory does not exist: \\wpkg\wpkg$\profiles 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Trying to read XML file: \\wpkg\wpkg$\hosts.xml 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Successfully loaded XML file: \\wpkg\wpkg$\hosts.xml 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Trying to read XML files from directory: \\wpkg\wpkg$\hosts 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Specified XML directory does not exist: \\wpkg\wpkg$\hosts 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Trying to read XML file: \\wpkg\wpkg$\packages.xml 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Successfully loaded XML file: \\wpkg\wpkg$\packages.xml 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Trying to read XML files from directory: \\wpkg\wpkg$\packages 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Specified XML directory does not exist: \\wpkg\wpkg$\packages 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Profiles applying to the current host:|test| 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Reading settings file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wpkg.xml 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Trying to read XML file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wpkg.xml 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Successfully loaded XML file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wpkg.xml 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Getting profiles which apply to this node. 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Applying profile: test 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Adding package with ID 'gimp26' to profile packages. 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Found package node 'GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)' (gimp26) in package database. 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Synchronizing: Number of packages referenced by profile: 1 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Number of packages to remove: 0 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Going to install package 'GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)' (gimp26), Revision 2606, (execute flag is '', notify flag is 'true'). 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Package 'GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)' (gimp26): Not yet processed during this session. 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Package 'GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)' (gimp26): Not in local package database. 2009-04-03 11:01:42, DEBUG : Checking existence of package: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Uninstall entry for GIMP 2.6.5 missing: test failed 2009-04-03 11:01:43, INFO : Package 'GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)' (gimp26): Not installed (checks failed). Preparing installation. 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Found system locale: 813 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Found language definition node for language ID 813 2009-04-03 11:01:43, INFO : User notification suppressed. Message: We installeren nu enkele software updates op je pc. Het is mogelijk dat we de pc ook zullen herstarten. Bewaar nu je openstaande bestanden. [wpkg] 2009-04-03 11:01:43, INFO : Installing dependencies of 'GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)' (gimp26). 2009-04-03 11:01:43, INFO : Installing 'GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)' (gimp26)... 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Reading variables from package 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Reading variables from package GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Stored 0 variables from package 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Reading variables from profile[s] 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Getting profiles which apply to this node. 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : 1 profiles apply to this host. 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Reading variables from profile test 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Reading variables from host DON-0E116EC8A53 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Install type: install 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Fetched 1 install command(s). 2009-04-03 11:01:43, DEBUG : Executing command : "\\wpkg\wpkg$\graphics\gimp-2.6.6-i686-setup.exe" /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /DIR="%PROGRAMFILES%\GIMP" 2009-04-03 11:02:14, DEBUG : Command in installation of GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) returned exit code [0]. Success. 2009-04-03 11:02:14, DEBUG : Checking existence of package: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 2009-04-03 11:02:14, DEBUG : Uninstall entry for GIMP 2.6.5 missing: test failed 2009-04-03 11:02:14, ERROR : Could not process (install) GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).|Failed checking after installation. 2009-04-03 11:02:14, DEBUG : Restoring previous environment. 2009-04-03 11:02:14, INFO : User notification suppressed. Message: We hebben enkele updates op je pc geïnstalleerd. Het was niet nodig te herstarten. [wpkg] 2009-04-03 11:02:14, DEBUG : Saving sorted settings to 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\wpkg.xml'. 2009-04-03 11:02:14, DEBUG : Saving XML : C:\WINDOWS\system32\wpkg.xml -- Godfried Borremans |