Summary
When initializing repair in Programs and Features view, MSI file could not be found.Symptoms
When initializing repair in Programs and Features view, MSI file could not be found. A dialog appears prompting for the location of the file.
Cause
Windows Installer only caches the MSI tables and not the actual files. When a repair is initialized, Windows installer will try to find the source file where the initial install take place.So if the install was compressed, the initial install files would have been extracted to the local temporary location. However, the files would have been removed after the install, so the repair cannot find them and prompts the user for the location.
Steps To Reproduce
- Build compressed MSI install
- Install MSI on target machine
- Attempt repair in the Programs and Features view
Resolution
If you plan on building a compressed MSI media, make sure you enable the "Cache MSI Locally" setting in the Setup.exe tab of the release being build.Workaround
If an uncompressed media is available, then browse to a copy of the installation when the prompt for MSI file appears.Was this helpful?
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