VS2005 Setup and Deployment - MSI Installer on reboot

Question

Hi I built a VS 2005 Setup and Deployment project and i'm able to install the setup without any problems. But, if I reboot my computer, the setup utility is being run again, asking me to install the software again (It already exists). I have not run into this problem before, any help would be greatly apperciated.

Thanks!

Answer 1

• Check the Event Log, it will show what missing component/file/whatever is causing the installer to run.
• Try enabling Windows Installer Logging and looking at the log files to see what might be failing.
• Validate your resulting MSI using Orca, it's available as part of the Windows Installer 4.5 SDK (look for orca.msi in the TOOLS folder)