Oops don't think I explained that well, you should try moving the keypath=yes from the component element to the file element.
Also making a verbose log will tell you why its failing. Msiexec /i blob.msi /l*v log.txt -----Original Message----- From: David Watson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 21 September 2011 10:36 To: wix-users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] problems with service installation From ServiceInstall Element docs... "The service executable installed will point to the KeyPath for the Component. Therefore, you must ensure that the correct executable is either the first child File element under this Component or explicitly mark the appropriate File element as KeyPath='yes'." Its good practice anyway for a file or registry key to be the keypath of each component. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Nagel [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 September 2011 17:37 To: wix-users Subject: [WiX-users] problems with service installation Hi all, i want to create a msi package with a daemon / service configuration, but the installation of the service fails. To be more clear, the files are copied to the right place and even the firewall rules are working. But the service ... no chance. I tested the msi package in XP SP3, Server 2003 and Server 2008. Everywhere the package installs the files and the firewall rules, but not setup the service. Can please someone give me hint, whats it's missing? Regards, Alexander Here is a snippet of the .wxs file <?xml version="1.0"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:fire="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/FirewallExtension"; xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";> [...] <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles"> <Directory Id="ZABBIXDIR" Name="Zabbix"> <Component Id="ZabbixDaemon" Guid="990fb5e8-2e00-4ce1-afab-edf972930707" KeyPath="yes"> <File Id="ZabbixAgentDaemon" Name="zabbix_agentd.exe" DiskId="1" Source="Dateien\win32\zabbix_agentd.exe" /> <ServiceInstall Id="ZabbixService" Name="Zabbix Monitoring" Type="ownProcess" Interactive="no" Vital="no" Start="auto" ErrorControl="normal" Arguments="[ZABBIXDIR]/zabbix_agentd.conf" /> <ServiceControl Id="ZabbixServiceController" Name="Zabbix Monitoring" Start="install" Stop="both" Remove="uninstall" Wait="no" /> <fire:FirewallException IgnoreFailure="yes" Id="ZabbixAgentFWX" Name="Zabbix Agent" Profile="all" Protocol="tcp" Port="10050"> <fire:RemoteAddress>w.x.y.z</fire:RemoteAddress> <fire:RemoteAddress>w.x.y.z</fire:RemoteAddress> <fire:RemoteAddress>w.x.y.z</fire:RemoteAddress> <fire:RemoteAddress>w.x.y.z</fire:RemoteAddress> </fire:FirewallException> </Component> [...] and this is the content of the .bat file with the commands how i build the package: set WIX_BIN_PATH="C:\Programme\Windows Installer XML v3.5\bin" %WIX_BIN_PATH%\candle.exe -ext "C:\Programme\Windows Installer XML v3.5\bin\WixUIExtension.dll" -ext "C:\Programme\Windows Installer XML v3.5\bin\WixUtilExtension.dll" -ext "C:\Programme\Windows Installer XML v3.5\bin\WixFirewallExtension.dll" zabbix-win32.wxs %WIX_BIN_PATH%\light.exe -ext WixUIExtension -ext WixUtilExtension -ext WixFirewallExtension zabbix-win32.wixobj ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. 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