Incorrect product location being used

[Anthony Hunter]

My install package that I'm trying to run is on an ftp site. And I'm
using the following command to install it.

msiexec /i ftp://ftp.site.com/folder/myinstall.msi

But, I receive an error that the path does not exist or the install is
invalid. I can manually go to this location and download and run the instal
without any problems. I have also used the above command line on other
machines without any problem. Below is the log file that is generated.

=== Verbose logging started: 9/23/2003 11:22:10 Build type: SHIP UNICODE
2.00.3790.00 Calling process: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe ===
MSI (c) (90:80): Resetting cached policy values
MSI (c) (90:80): Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (c) (90:80): ******* RunEngine:
******* Product: ftp://ftp.site.com/folder/myinstall.msi
******* Action:
******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (c) (90:80): Client-side and UI is none or basic: Running entire install
on the server.
MSI (c) (90:80): Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (c) (90:80): Cloaking enabled.
MSI (c) (90:80): Attempting to enable all disabled priveleges before calling
Install on Server
MSI (c) (90:80): Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after
increment: 0
MSI (s) (C4:94): Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (s) (C4:DC): Resetting cached policy values
MSI (s) (C4:DC): Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (s) (C4:DC): ******* RunEngine:
******* Product: C:\ftp://ftp.site.com/folder/myinstall.msi
******* Action:
******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (s) (C4:DC): Note: 1: 2203 2: C:\ftp://ftp.site.com/folder/myinstall.msi
3: -2147286788
MSI (s) (C4:DC): MainEngineThread is returning 123
MSI (c) (90:80): Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0,
shutdown will be denied. Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (c) (90:80): MainEngineThread is returning 123
=== Verbose logging stopped: 9/23/2003 11:22:11 ===

Why is there a 'C:\' infront of "******* Product:"? Does anyone know where
this is coming from? On the machines that work, this is not there, just the
ftp site location.

Thanks,
Anthony

[Stefan Krueger [MVP]]

Don't know how that C:\ is coming from, but it certainly doesn't look right.
Note that starting with MSI 3 the ftp protocol will no longer be supported
so you may want to use http instead.

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Microsoft Windows Installer MVP

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Windows Installer FAQ
http://www.msifaq.com - http://www.msifaq.de

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http://www.installsite.org
http://www.installsite.de (GERMAN)

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[Anthony Hunter]

Does anyone know how the product entry is determined? Maybe it has
something to do with the way the machine is setup to access the ftp site. I
don't think anything out of the ordinary is being done, but I'm going to
check with my IT person.

Anthony

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[Kallely Sajan]

Check if you have a proxy server in between.

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Regards,
Sajan.

PS: Please don't send me direct emails, use the newsroom.

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