Sfxca failed to extract to temporary directory cabinet error code 11

I am getting the following error in the log file:

 Action start 12:11:52: CreateIisConfigs.
MSI (s) (0C:7C) [12:11:52:731]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:WINDOWSInstallerMSIFD80.tmp, Entrypoint: CreateIisConfigs
MSI (s) (0C:E8) [12:11:52:731]: Generating random cookie.
MSI (s) (0C:E8) [12:11:52:733]: Created Custom Action Server with PID 10316 (0x284C).
MSI (s) (0C:F0) [12:11:52:751]: Running as a service.
MSI (s) (0C:F0) [12:11:52:753]: Hello, I'm your 32bit Impersonated custom action server.
SFXCA: Extracting custom action to temporary directory: C:WINDOWSInstallerMSIFD80.tmp-
SFXCA: Failed to extract to temporary directory. Cabinet error code 1.
CustomAction CreateIisConfigs returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
Action ended 12:11:52: CreateIisConfigs. Return value 3.
Action ended 12:11:52: INSTALL. Return value 3.

I am using <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" /> and WIX Toolset 3.10.

Thanks for your time.

asked Mar 7, 2016 at 13:02

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Okay so i sort this issue out.In my specific case i have a post-build action that copies the msi file to the Resources folder of C# class library project.Somehow the msi got corrupted and thats why i had this Cabinet error code 1 .After i manually copy paste the msi the error is gone.

Ответы

• Hey Richard, I was able to install it last Friday. Even though .Net 3.5 is not a requirement for the product, it seems to be for the update. After installing framework 3.5, the update worked fine.

  Thanks for asking,

  Jose

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    1 октября 2013 г. 19:42

Hi,
I want to use a custom dialog before the app installation and upgrade that will help me set some values like configuring proxy something else. How do I proceed with it using Custom UI. Thanks

Hi,
I have been trying to cancel the install/uninstall process to ensure a rollback is performed when cancel button click event is called. I am not able to cancel the on going uninstall process to prevent the removal of application if cancel button is clicked. Although I am successfully able to prevent installation during install action. Any suggestions ?

error CS1929: ‘ISession «does not contain a definition for «GetEmbeddedBitmap», and the most appropriate overloaded extension method «Extensions.GetEmbeddedBitmap (Session, string)» requires the presence of a» Session «type

Line 20 must be: banner.Image = MsiRuntime.MsiSession.GetResourceBitmap("WixUI_Bmp_Banner");

I’m not sure if I should post this here but here I go.
I had an installer for a project that I’m building which worked fine 6 months ago. Without any changes in the installer project I tried to build today and got the following error :

`light.exe : error LGHT0001: Catastrophic failure (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8000FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED))

Exception Type: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException

Stack Trace:
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Cab.Interop.NativeMethods.CreateCabFinish(IntPtr contextHandle, IntPtr newCabNamesCallBackAddress)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Cab.WixCreateCab.Complete(IntPtr newCabNamesCallBackAddress)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.CabinetBuilder.CreateCabinet(CabinetWorkItem cabinetWorkItem)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.CabinetBuilder.ProcessWorkItems()`

I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong. I tried to change the generation of Cab files to multiple files in case the size of the MSI is too big for the OS. One note since the last time that I built the installer I upgraded my OS to Windows 11, if that matters.

The version of wix is 3.11.2

Is there a way to change the ProductVersion (AssemblyInformationalVersion) of a bundle via Wix# code ?

Actual

Nuget package: v1.20.3

Adding a FileShortcut which contains a «+» symbol

var company = "Foo+Bar";
...
new FileShortcut(PROJECT_NAME, $@"%ProgramMenu%{company}"),

results during the build process in

C:srcInstallerInstaller_V1.14.0.0.wxs(12): error LGHT0094: Unresolved reference to symbol 'Directory:ProgramMenuFolder.Foo2bBar' in section 'Product:{1977810A-00DB-4C9E-B14C-9E79B69A1F28}'. [C:srcInstallerInstaller.csproj]

Expected

Should behave like nuget package v1.20.2.

No, error should occur and a menu entry should be visible after installer is successfully executed.

Hello. I found possible issue when doing «Change» installation (Managed Setup with custom UI).
(using WixSharp 1.20.3)
In one of the custom UI dialog I am reading «TRAVELDATE_OPTION» data from the user and assigning it to MsiRuntime.Data which is a
«Repository of the session properties to be captured and transfered to the deferred CAs.»
my code:

void next_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MsiRuntime.Data["TRAVELDATE_OPTION"] = radioButton1.Checked ? "FlexDate" : "ExactDate";
    Shell.GoNext();
}

Its all works fine for standard installation — I can access this variable/data in «AfterInstall» event:

project.AfterInstall += args => {
    if (!args.IsUninstalling)
    {
        args.Data.TryGetValue("TRAVELDATE_OPTION", out var dateOption);
        ...
    }
};

the problem is happening when I run Change installation — simply args.Data does not contain «TRAVELDATE_OPTION» key…
Is this a bug or I simply need to handle this logic somehow different in case of Change or Repair installation?

Hi,

I created a bundle with 2 msi’s and it is working fine. But after I sign it with some certificate it is not working. I believe it is because the bundle is 32 bit. How can I change it to 64 bit.

Thanks.

Hi,

I need to create variable in beforeInstall event and use it in AfterInstall event.
If I set property in pre-install event and access it in post install, I get the following error

cannot access session details from non-immediate custom action
Is there solution for this?

Thanks

I built the MSI package using cscs.exe from a VM and it installs without error. I’m trying to do the same through wine, the package is 2 MB more than in Windows, and during installation it gives an error unpacking user functions. That is, I see the initial form and then the error. Tried building with wine-mono and also installed various dotnets in wine. The result is the same. The error is like this:

SFXCA: Extracting custom action to temporary directory: C:usersigorTempmsi6d4c.tmp-
SFXCA: Failed to extract to temporary directory. Cabinet error code 1.

I myself tried to solve this problem for 2 days, but could not. Please help. I can write my email for quick feedback.

Wixsharp version 1.20 (latest)
Wix Version 3.1.1
wine version 7.22

Hi,

When I installed newer version, I can see in «Add/Remove Program» that the old one is still there.
Here’s my code:

var project = new ManagedProject(GetProductNameWithVersionNumber(),
new Dir(string.Format(«%ProgramFiles%{0}{1}», cfg[Util.Config.CompanyNameKey], cfg[Util.Config.ProductNameKey]),
new Files(cfg[Config.BaseDirKey] + «.«)));

        project.GUID = new Guid(cfg[Config.ProductGUIDKey]);
        project.ProductId = Guid.NewGuid();
        project.UpgradeCode = new Guid(cfg[Config.UpgradeCodeKey]);
        project.Version = GetVersionNumber();

        project.MajorUpgradeStrategy = MajorUpgradeStrategy.Default;
        project.MajorUpgradeStrategy.RemoveExistingProductAfter = Step.InstallInitialize;

Could you help me find out what’s wrong?

Thanks

Hi,
We have a wix# code that was generating reliable MSI for a long time, given we use to do the manual installation and provided all the properties using managed UI.

Now there is a need to automate the installation process and we have a windows service (running as a local user with admin rights) that is invoking msiexec with parameters and /quiet.

Installation is working fine but whenever we try to uninstall the build manually (using the same user account which was used for installation) either from «uninstall shortcut» or «from programs & features» or via the MSI remove option it simply shows success and removes the entry from programs & features but doesn’t remove any of the installation files.

The same behavior is observed if giving uninstall command to the windows service (which has done the installation) note: uninstall is using ManagementObjectSearcher and InvokeMethod(«Uninstall», null) and not using msiexec -x.

However, if the same MSI is installed manually using UI, it is getting uninstalled also properly.
Any help would be appreciated to narrow down my RCA.

Eerything I’ve tried has bounced back with «Sequence contains no elements»:

new RegKey(fullSetup, RegistryHive.ClassesRoot, «testing»,
new RegValue(«», «This is the default value»),
new RegValue(«commandLine:», «this is something else»)),

Hi,

If I have an installer without files by default C:ProgramFilesFolder is created. With LegacyDummyDirAlgorithm = true there is no empty folder. It looks like something went wrong with the non-legacy algorithm.

Writing installer for a service + gui (separate executables). Need to start the gui application when the installer finishes, as it will present critical notifications. My fallback is to ask user to reboot and rely on putting something in the startup shortcuts, but this is a crappy user experience.

If I start using C# process api, it starts as local system. How to make it start as the user who ran the installer?

I have a setup that runs with Elevated Privileges. InstallPrivileges = InstallPrivileges.elevated.

 var project = new ManagedProject("ABS",
...
new PathFileAction("[SETUPDIR]ABS Setup.exe", "", "SETUPDIR", Return.asyncNoWait,
                                                When.After, Step.InstallFinalize, Condition.NOT_Installed)
);

When running the installation it Prompts for Permission. The ABS Setup.exe seems to run with Elevated Privileges on all Windows except for Windows Server 2019. They must have changed something.

Is this the correct way to run the process? Do I need to Elevate the Privileges of the process somehow in the PathFileAction above?

Hello! It’s more a question than an issue. I’m using PackageReference for my NuGet packages. As I’ve read here:wixtoolset/issues#6248 Wix Toool 3 doesn’t support PackageReference. I watched the commit to this issue and it was merged to Wix4 and they have now release candidate which supports PackageReference: https://wixtoolset.org/docs/releasenotes/#v4 As I understand WixSharp uses the installed wix package. So I updated my package from v311 to release candidate. But for some reason wix is still looking for the packages in a directory: packages rather than in global packages: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/consume-packages/managing-the-global-packages-and-cache-folders. So, I’m getting an error that

The system cannot find the file ‘….packagesSplunk.Logging.Common.1.7.2libnet45Splunk.Logging.Common.dll’

So, I don’t know maybe it’s a still Wix tool issue or maybe it’s an integration issue between WixSharp and Wix tool. It would be great if you privide any information. Thanx!

My script wants that it should be run in admin mode. Obviously, it is inconvenient to ask user to always run the shortcut that triggers the script in admin mode. There is already an issue created on this — #302 where you suggested

Try and see if the standard code sample (e.g. InstallFiles) triggers UAC on your system. It supposed to.

I tried with following on my wixsharp project but the shortcut doesn’t start in Admin mode.
project.EnableUninstallFullUI();
project.EnableResilientPackage();
project.InstallPrivileges = InstallPrivileges.elevated;

To me, it looks like running in admin mode is a feature of the shortcut and not of the script.

        project.FindFile(f => f.Name.EndsWith("stopApp.bat"))
       .First()
       .Shortcuts = new[]{
                new FileShortcut("Stop MyApp","%Desktop%"){ AttributesDefinition = @"Icon=app.ico;IconIndex=0"}
               };

Can you please suggest how to make the shortcut always run as administrator.

Hallo, i need some Information, how do i create Shortcut or Menupoint for visit homepage.
I tried InternetShortcut, but nothing happens after Install. In Internetshortcut i can set Name, Id, Target and Type, but not in project object. Is there some posibility to do this ?
Thanks for answer.

Hi,
I tried to use the following syntax to write to registry

var regkey = new RegKey(null, RegistryHive.LocalMachine, "SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\MyCompanyName\MyCompanyProduct\Install\version", new RegValue("InstallerId", "mypath"));
project.AddRegKey(regkey);

it’s working only if the whole path (….MyCompanyNameMyCompanyProductInstallversion ) exists in registry. in this way, the key and value («InstallerId», «mypath») are added. but if the path or part of it doesn’t exist (for example, MyCompanyProduct doesn’t contain «Install»), nothing happens. How can add the path to registry if doesn’t exist?