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How to Interpret Windows Installer Logs

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 If you have a problem with the Windows Installer or an MSI package you're installing, it's a sure bet that you will be told by some smart person to "enable logging".

That's great advice, except ... what do you do with the log once you get it? Well, find out by popping over to my blog, where I walk through the contents of a typical Installer Log:

 

How to Interpret Windows Installer Logs

 

 

[Author: Richard Macdonald]

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  • Anonymous
    April 04, 2007
    I often get asked questions about how to read, interpret and find error information in verbose Windows

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Where can I find a list of default MSI Registry keys?

  • Anonymous
    May 02, 2007
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    May 08, 2007
    "Where can I find a list of default MSI Registry keys?" "where i can find information about the retunrncodes in the logfile?" Unfortunately, these things are not documented.  it wasn't the purpose of this blog post to explain every possible thing you could see in an Installer log, just to highlight the common information.  Some of these are a bit too detailed for this discussion.