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Windows installer log files showing a large group 2360 messages


I am trying to run an installer using the MSI command line option so that I can run it in debug mode and see the logs.

The logs that I am getting are quite large (near to 1 MB) and they are full of the following messages:

MSI (s) (F8:5C) [16:26:27:385]: Note: 1: 2360

I want to know if this is something to worry about? I have looked up the error code 2360 at Windows Installer Error Messages page on msdn and all it says that

Progress tick.

Is there something that I need to change in my installer?

I have recently added a CustomAction that makes use of System.Xml namespace. Could this be a cause?


Solution

  • I'm working with msi's for the first time and I see what you're talking about.

    The reason you're getting "Note 1: 2360" is because the computer is writing. Writes take a long time which is why there's so many. Look at the 4 lines before the 2360. It'll be something like

    Executing op: FileCopy(SourceName=somename,...)
    File: <filepath>filename;  To be installed;   won't patch;    No existing file
    Source for file 'bunch of letters and numbers' is compressed
    Note: 1: 2318 2: <filepath>filename
    Note: 1: 2360
    Note: 1: 2360
    etc...
    etc...
    

    It tries to do a FileCopy of the existing file. Finds it doesn't exist. Identifies the source file. Throws error code 2318 of the new file because it doesn't exist yet (2318 means file does not exist). Then it starts writing and tells you its doing something by printing out "Note: 1: 2360".

    If you ran the installer again I'm sure you'd find zero "Note: 1: 2360" anywhere in the log.