Summary

Symptoms

When building an InstallShield project, the following error may occur:

"Error -6207: An error occurred building Setup File [1]"

Alternatively, this error may appear as follows:

"Error -6207: An error occurred building Setup File [1]. The file does not exist in the specified location. Check the path to make sure it is correct."

[1] is a placeholder that contains the filename that caused the error.

Cause

This error can occur in the following scenarios:

1. The file specified in the error message in the Setup Files section of the project has been corrupted or cannot be located.

2. The file specified in the error message does not exist in the Setup Files section of the setup, but the setup expects this file to exist in this location.

Resolution

1. Follow these steps to remove all files from the Setup Files section:
   1. Select the Setup Files view in the InstallShield Express IDE.

   2. Highlight each folder beneath the Setup Files heading in the center panel.

   3. Delete any files that exist in any of these folders.

   4. Rebuild the project.

   If the error no longer occurs, begin re-adding each file into this section again. This refreshes all the files and ensures they can be located on the build machine. If the error is due to a corrupt file (or files), this helps you isolate files causing the problem. Once isolated, remove these files to resolve the error message.

2. Make sure the file specified in the error message is located in the Setup Files section of the Express IDE. To accomplish this, follow these steps:
   1. Select the Setup Files view in the InstallShield Express IDE.

   2. Highlight each folder beneath the Setup Files heading in the center panel.

   3. Make sure the file specified in the error message exists in one of these folders.

   4. If it does not, insert it into the language folder beneath the Setup Files heading (i.e., English (United States)).

   5. Rebuild the project.

   Because the setup is expecting this file to be located in the Setup Files section of the project, placing the file in this location resolves the error message during the build process.