I would bet that the problem is that the supportedFramework element is v3.5 (which is the 2.0 runtime) but there's no supportedRuntime element for the 2.0 CLR.
P.S. Please use the new mailing list, information is at http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/mailinglist/ On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Brian C Cooke <tonic...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am getting "Error loading prerequisite bootstrapper application because > managed host could not be loaded" in the logs of my custom bootstrapper. > Originally I was using burn 3.9.2, and receiving error code 0x80004001. On > the advice of this thread (http://tinyurl.com/pt9ym65) I tried upgrading > to > 3.10.0.1823 but am still receiving the same error, only with a different > error code: 0x80131700. > > My bootstrapper is targeting .NET 3.5 and is installing 4.5 as a > prerequisite. Curiously enough, I am initially able to install .NET 4.5, > and load my custom bootstrapper. However, if I subsequently uninstall .NET > via ARP, and run my bootstrapper a 2nd time, then I consistently get the > above error. The test environment is running Windows 7 with .NET 3.5 > enabled. Here is my bootstrappercore.config > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> > <configuration> > > <configSections> > <sectionGroup name="wix.bootstrapper" > > type="Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperSectionGroup, > BootstrapperCore"> > <section name="host" > type="Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.HostSection, > BootstrapperCore" /> > </sectionGroup> > </configSections> > > <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true"> > <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" /> > </startup> > > <wix.bootstrapper> > <host assemblyName="MyBootstrapperApplication"> > <supportedFramework version="v3.5" /> > </host> > </wix.bootstrapper> > > </configuration> > > Can someone please advise whether this is a WiX bug or I am doing something > wrong? Thanks in advance. > > Brian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
