I am trying to install June release of GAX on laptop with Vista B2, VSTS 2005

VS is closed but I receive a dialog

The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing the package. This may indicate a problem with the package. The error code is 2869.

When I hit OK, I get another dialog that is blank with an OK button. Once I hit that OK, the package is uninstalled.

I solved the problem.

The problem has to do with UAC in Vista. To solve the problem for those of you trying out Vista here are the steps to install

Create a bat file in same directory as msi and add the following:

msiexec /i GuidanceAutomationExtensions.msi

After saving the bat file, select it and right click. Assuming you have the rights or are running as an Adminstrator, select

"Run as Adminstrator"

When prompted allow it to run

Hi Pete,

I had the same problem on Vista RC1 and the trick with the batch-file worked for me.

Thank you for sharing.

Cheers

Arne Janning

Brett, I just successfully installed it using the .bat method with RC1 5600, VS2005 not running. I temporarily switched off UAC in Windows Security Center.

Maybe this helps...

I searched far & wide for a solution and no luck. I did read that some folks had some luck turning off UAC and using msiexec /i "<msi name>". Well it did not work for me However, I finally got it to work. I turned off UAC and forced the install using msiexec /a "<msi name>" - thinking I might have messed things up, I then ran the installer again and did a repair (which worked OK). Then I uninstalled the msi (hoping it took with it the left over junk that was causing me trouble). Then I did a regular install and it worked

The MSIs for the July version of GAX and GAT don't require that you run them from an elevated cmd window as they properly contain their not impersonate bits sets and you should receive a dialog box asking you to authorize the install (if you're an admin) or to either enter admin credentials.

HTH,

-Victor.