On 4/26/2010 11:41 PM, heiko.hel...@horiba.com wrote:
>
> I have a simple package that installs an engineering program. It
> looks like this:
>
> <package id="retainpro" name="Retain Pro 9" revision="2">
> <check type="uninstall" condition="versiongreaterorequal"
path="Retain Pro 9"
> value="2009.9" />
> <install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\RetainPro\RP9_SETUP.exe" /s' />
> <upgrade cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\RetainPro\RP9_SETUP.exe" /s' />
> </package>
>
> This works on all my XP machines. On Win 7 it works fine if run
> from a command
> prompt using wpkg in debug mode. But if run at boot time it hangs
> and does not
> return. This does not appear to be the "protected desktop" problem
recently
> discussed, because if I log in as administrator immediately after
> bootup I do not see
> the message about "Interactive Services Detection".
>
This is a shot in the dark - is "show gui" activated in the wpkg
service? I had several packages behave oddly when this was not active
(stalling or failing).
I never thought of that. On your suggestion I tried showing the GUI, but the results
were the same. Except that now the Interactive Services Detection does indicate that
a process needs some user interaction. When I try to display the window, I see only
two black boxes, without any text or buttons. One of the boxes is probably cscript.
The other may hold the answer to the problem, but I cannot see it.
Does this behaviour occur also if you start the service manually ("sc
start wpkgservice") some minutes after full bootup? Reason is that at
bootup services in Win7 can be deferred - this may change behaviour.
Good idea. To test this I changed wpkg client to run at shutdown. Unfortunately, no
change in the result.
Last step would be watching the install with Process Explorer and/pr
Process Monitor.
Good idea. I started process explorer after the install hung. I tried to bring it to
the front, but it said there were no visible windows to display.
Best Regards
Heiko
Thanks for the suggestions.
--
Mark Nienberg
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