You might be conflicting with other installations of that Dll that are using the official merge module VC_User_STL71_RTL_X86_---.msm, especially if you made up that component guid. Are all the files that have the issue redistributables from Microsoft ?
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Ward Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:08 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Error 2908 Hello, I have an installer which works fine on two computers I have tested, but fails on a third computer with the following error for each wix component element: Action start 19:58:49: InstallFinalize. Action 19:58:49: ProcessComponents. Updating component registration DEBUG: Error 2908: Could not register component {MY_GUID}. The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {MY_GUID}, , MSI (s) (6C:90) [19:58:52:328]: Product: MyProduct -- The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {MY_GUID}, , The component elements are simply installing normal native compiled binaries, such as: <Component Id="msvcp" Guid="MY_GUID"> <File Id="msvcp71_dll" Name="msvcp71.dll" DiskId="1" Source="../msvcp71.dll" Vital="yes" /> </Component> I am not sure whether by the term 'register' it means it is trying COM registration, or some other type of registration. I am using Wix 2. Any help appreciated to solve this problem. Regards, Andrew. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
