subject:"\[WiX\-users\] Known Issues why msiexec.exe goes Zombie for MSI 4.5"

Re: [WiX-users] Known Issues why msiexec.exe goes Zombie for MSI 4.5

2011-10-04 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe

?) in case it is needed again. You can probably put the chainsaw back in the shed :) -Original Message- From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] Sent: 03 October 2011 19:24 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Known Issues why msiexec.exe goes

Re: [WiX-users] Known Issues why msiexec.exe goes Zombie for MSI 4.5

2011-10-04 Thread Wilson, Phil

discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Known Issues why msiexec.exe goes Zombie for MSI 4.5 That may be ordinary behaviour you are seeing. There are 2 msiexec processes associated with an installation - the client-side exe and the server-side service process. After

[WiX-users] Known Issues why msiexec.exe goes Zombie for MSI 4.5

2011-10-03 Thread John Cooper

Is there any list of know issues with Windows Installer 4.5/5.0? Occasionally, I see zombie msiexec.exe processes. This occurs even on a successful installer verbose log. It's not common, and it appears to be random. Killing the msiexec.exe zombies usually works. Rebooting always works.