thanks rob, I saw an older post from you: Build from elevated prompt once:
msbuild .\tools\OneTimeWixBuildInitialization.proj Then you can build from unelevated. My guess is that you missed the 64-bit or 32-bit signing validation disabling. did that re ran the msbuild wix.proj and all built!! Steve -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/trying-to-build-WIX-3-8-with-VS-2012-tp7591756p7591796.html Sent from the wix-devs mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs