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Fatal error -7159 when building using TFS

Summary

Building a Visual Studio solution containing an InstallShield project using Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) results in a build error

Symptoms

Building a Visual Studio solution that contains an InstallShield project using Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) results in the following build error:

ISDEV : fatal error -7159: The product license has expired or has not yet been initialized


Cause

This error is known to be thrown if the Build Controller service's configuration is set to run using credentials that do not have administrator privileges, such as the NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService account.


Resolution

Use the Team Foundation Server Administration Console to change the Build Configuration of the Build Service. This can be done by selecting Properties under the Build Service and changing the Credentials to an account that has administrator privileges.
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