Hi Phil, I'm monitoring the calling process and I can see this happening consistently if the msi failed to deploy in a previous attempt because Windows Installer service was busy. I agree that 1639 refers to invalid command line, but I've seen some posts that associates this error with having orphans entries in the msi inventory. And indeed, if cleaning the orphan mst from the inventory and then running the msi again, everything works as expected. So the question remains why was that orphan mst left in the inventory when the msi failed to install because windows installer service was busy?
Eugen -----Original Message----- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 3:08 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MSINEWINSTANCE requires a new instance that is not installed 1639 means the command line was incorrect. What is it that makes you associate this with the service being busy, and why don't you believe that the error message? Anything in a verbose log? Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Eugen Ungureanu [mailto:eungure...@rim.com] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 10:11 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] MSINEWINSTANCE requires a new instance that is not installed I'm experiencing some problems with an msi that fails to install when Windows Installer service is busy. This msi has an associated transform that will register itself into the MSI inventory even though the corresponding msi failed to install, and any subsequent attempts to run the msi will result with the following error: Specified instance {XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX} via transform MyTransform.mst is already installed. MSINEWINSTANCE requires a new instance that is not installed. MainEngineThread is returning 1639 Have anyone seen this and are there any documented ways to prevent it from happening? Thanks Eugen --------------------------------------------------------------------- This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential information, privileged material (including material protected by the solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute non-public information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. 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