Config Wizard Fails on step 5 - System.IO.FileNotFoundException

[Kevin McD]

Single Server Basic Install of Project Server 2007 installs successfully, but
when running the Sharepoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard,
it continues to fail with the following event in the Application log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard
Event Category: None
Event ID: 104
Date: 2/1/2008
Time: 12:46:25 PM
User: N/A
Computer: <SERVER>
Description:
Failed to register SharePoint services.
An exception of type System.IO.FileNotFoundException was thrown. Additional
exception information: The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception
from HRESULT: 0x80070002)

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The system cannot find the file specified.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)
at
Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Administration.MSSITLB.IGatherApplication2.BackupRegistry(Boolean fBackupNow)
at
Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Administration.GathererApplication.Provision()
at
Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Administration.SPSearchServiceInstance.Synchronize(Boolean installGathererApplication)

at
Microsoft.SharePoint.Search.Administration.SPSearchServiceInstance.Provision()
at
Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.InstallServiceInstanceInConfigDB(Boolean
provisionTheServiceInstanceToo, String serviceInstanceRegistryKeyName, Object
sharepointServiceObject)

at
Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.InstallServiceInstances(Boolean
provisionTheServiceInstancesToo, String serviceRegistryKeyName, Object
sharepointServiceObject)

at
Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.InstallServices(Boolean provisionTheServicesToo)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.ServicesTask.Run()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask()

????

[Vinny Gullotta]

I am having this same problem, did you ever find a resolution?

Thanks,
Vinny

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[vgul...@gmail.com]

Many years later lol, did you ever find a resolution to this issue? Anyone? Kind of stuck here.

[vgullo...@gmail.com]

Aha, I found the issue was search was stuck in a starting state. Had to delete and recreate the search db, then resetup search and it resolved the issue. Hopefully this will help someone else out in the future, or maybe me 3 years from now lol

On Friday, February 1, 2008 10:06:00 AM UTC-8, Kevin McD wrote: