"Dan =o)" <danielbass [at] postmaster [dot] co [dot] uk> wrote in message
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> All,
>
> Apologies if this isn't in the right newsgroup, but I was just taking my
> best stab at where it may go!
>
> I've written a C# app with VS.Net 2003, then for deployment created a
setup
> application. Everything works fine except that every now and again
clicking
> on the short-cut suddenly asks for the MSI package. Because it can't find
> it, the load up cancels...
>
> Because this application is for a corporation network, there's an IT
> administrator required to install the application on a PC and they're not
> convinced the application should need the MSI once it's installed, hence
it
> not being there.
>
> Am I doing something wrong in the way the application is being created or
> the install is being setup, or is it this a feature implemented by design
> into the MSI package?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dan.
>
>

"Dan =o)" <danielbass [at] postmaster [dot] co [dot] uk> wrote in message
news:Odp1zPAvEHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> All,
>
> Apologies if this isn't in the right newsgroup, but I was just taking my
> best stab at where it may go!
>
> I've written a C# app with VS.Net 2003, then for deployment created a
> setup application. Everything works fine except that every now and again
> clicking on the short-cut suddenly asks for the MSI package. Because it
> can't find it, the load up cancels...
>
> Because this application is for a corporation network, there's an IT
> administrator required to install the application on a PC and they're not
> convinced the application should need the MSI once it's installed, hence
> it not being there.
>
> Am I doing something wrong in the way the application is being created or
> the install is being setup, or is it this a feature implemented by design
> into the MSI package?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dan.
>
>

"Vipul Patel" <vipul_d_patel@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23qApXZvvEHA.1988@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> One of the files that you have installed (contained in the Deplyment
> project) has got changed such that it is detected by Windows; Windows then
> tries to repair this problem by reverting this changed file to as was when
> first time it was installed.
>
> Due to this, it is asking for the .MSI file path. You need to recreate the
> deployment project so that such a dependency os not generated.
>
> Regards
> Vipul
>
>
> PS: Try this only if the solutions suggested by Phil dont yield the
> results.
>
> "Dan =o)" <danielbass [at] postmaster [dot] co [dot] uk> wrote in message
> news:Odp1zPAvEHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> All,
>>
>> Apologies if this isn't in the right newsgroup, but I was just taking my
>> best stab at where it may go!
>>
>> I've written a C# app with VS.Net 2003, then for deployment created a
>> setup application. Everything works fine except that every now and again
>> clicking on the short-cut suddenly asks for the MSI package. Because it
>> can't find it, the load up cancels...
>>
>> Because this application is for a corporation network, there's an IT
>> administrator required to install the application on a PC and they're not
>> convinced the application should need the MSI once it's installed, hence
>> it not being there.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong in the way the application is being created or
>> the install is being setup, or is it this a feature implemented by design
>> into the MSI package?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dan.
>>
>>
>
>

"Phil Wilson" <Phil.Wilson@unisys.spamcom> wrote in message
news:uxpW47fvEHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> See if any of the "Windows Installer launches unexpectedly" topics help
> here:
> http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msifaq/msifaq.htm
> and here in the Troubleshooting section, Every time I launch my
> application,
> Windows Installer performs an installation...
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/community/centers/management/msi_faq.mspx
> --
> Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer]
> ----
> "Dan =o)" <danielbass [at] postmaster [dot] co [dot] uk> wrote in message
> news:Odp1zPAvEHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> All,
>>
>> Apologies if this isn't in the right newsgroup, but I was just taking my
>> best stab at where it may go!
>>
>> I've written a C# app with VS.Net 2003, then for deployment created a
> setup
>> application. Everything works fine except that every now and again
> clicking
>> on the short-cut suddenly asks for the MSI package. Because it can't find
>> it, the load up cancels...
>>
>> Because this application is for a corporation network, there's an IT
>> administrator required to install the application on a PC and they're not
>> convinced the application should need the MSI once it's installed, hence
> it
>> not being there.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong in the way the application is being created or
>> the install is being setup, or is it this a feature implemented by design
>> into the MSI package?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dan.
>>
>>
>
>