Software Deployment

I like Installwatch and use it frequently. I did a capture of registering the calcmanaged.dll. It looks like it produced over 100 changes to the registry in HKCR and HKLM Would this be correct? DLL registration is all new to me. So if I add all those registry entries to the Registry table in the MSI the dll will be registered upon installation? Why would someone use the self reg method if it is prone to problems? Or do lazy packagers do the devils work[:'(]

Post the registry entries between the "code" tags and we'll have a look.
The code tag is the icon to the right-side of the Size dropdownlist.

On a workstation where I do the install as required by the vendor using a local administrator account I am able to register and unregister the different dlls without error. On the workstation where I install using a true system account and get the custom action error I am unable to register the dll manually.

Here is the registry entries captured during the manual registration of calcmanaged.dll


REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode]
@="IDEACalcManagedCode Class"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode\CLSID]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode\CLSID]
@="{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode\CurVer]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode\CurVer]
@="IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1]
@="IDEACalcManagedCode Class"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1\CLSID]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1\CLSID]
@="{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\CalcManaged.DLL]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\CalcManaged.DLL]
"AppID"="{4F97C7AD-A5CE-4B39-AF55-3DFA67C88525}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{4F97C7AD-A5CE-4B39-AF55-3DFA67C88525}]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{4F97C7AD-A5CE-4B39-AF55-3DFA67C88525}]
@="CalcManaged"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}]
@="IDEACalcManagedCode Class"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}]
"AppID"="{4F97C7AD-A5CE-4B39-AF55-3DFA67C88525}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\InprocServer32]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\Program files\\idea\\calcmanaged.dll"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\InprocServer32]
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\ProgID]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\ProgID]
@="IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\Programmable]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\TypeLib]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\TypeLib]
@="{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\VersionIndependentProgID]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\VersionIndependentProgID]
@="IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}]
@="IIDEACalcManagedCode"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\ProxyStubClsid]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\ProxyStubClsid]
@="{00020424-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\ProxyStubClsid32]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\ProxyStubClsid32]
@="{00020424-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\TypeLib]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\TypeLib]
@="{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\TypeLib]
"Version"="1.0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0]
@="CalcManaged 1.0 Type Library"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\0]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\0\win32]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\0\win32]
@="C:\\Program files\\idea\\calcmanaged.dll"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\FLAGS]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\FLAGS]
@="0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\HELPDIR]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\HELPDIR]
@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode]
@="IDEACalcManagedCode Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode\CLSID]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode\CLSID]
@="{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode\CurVer]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode\CurVer]
@="IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1]
@="IDEACalcManagedCode Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1\CLSID]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1\CLSID]
@="{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\CalcManaged.DLL]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\CalcManaged.DLL]
"AppID"="{4F97C7AD-A5CE-4B39-AF55-3DFA67C88525}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\{4F97C7AD-A5CE-4B39-AF55-3DFA67C88525}]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\{4F97C7AD-A5CE-4B39-AF55-3DFA67C88525}]
@="CalcManaged"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}]
@="IDEACalcManagedCode Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}]
"AppID"="{4F97C7AD-A5CE-4B39-AF55-3DFA67C88525}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\InprocServer32]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\Program files\\idea\\calcmanaged.dll"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\InprocServer32]
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\ProgID]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\ProgID]
@="IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\Programmable]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\TypeLib]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\TypeLib]
@="{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\VersionIndependentProgID]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}\VersionIndependentProgID]
@="IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}]
@="IIDEACalcManagedCode"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\ProxyStubClsid]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\ProxyStubClsid]
@="{00020424-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\ProxyStubClsid32]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\ProxyStubClsid32]
@="{00020424-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\TypeLib]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\TypeLib]
@="{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}\TypeLib]
"Version"="1.0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0]
@="CalcManaged 1.0 Type Library"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\0]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\0\win32]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\0\win32]
@="C:\\Program files\\idea\\calcmanaged.dll"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\FLAGS]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\FLAGS]
@="0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\HELPDIR]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0\HELPDIR]
@=""




Nothing wrong with the registry information except for duplication between HKCR and HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes.
Remove the following keys & values and any subkeys:
SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{11F9AD1A-4C11-498D-8234-98719BFE04A3}
SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\{4F97C7AD-A5CE-4B39-AF55-3DFA67C88525}
SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\CalcManaged.DLL
SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode
SOFTWARE\Classes\IDEA.IDEACalcManagedCode.1
SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{F44FC927-123E-401D-BD74-438D22C36253}
SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{6D75D4BF-D741-4E8B-9474-19C7C625688B}\1.0

If you use InstEd you can import a .reg file to a specific component in the Components tab.
Just makes sure to start the .reg content with "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" instead of "REGEDIT4" and save it (.reg) as unicode.


As a last resort you can always contact the support at http://www.caseware.com/support/idea

Should work now Joe

/Kim

I think this will work for me. I am not clear on exactly what parts of the HKLM registry I need to keep and why? Maybe I've been staring at the registry too long but it looks like your list to exclude covers everything under HKLM?

That feature in InstEd is a super time saver!

Thanks

As a test I moved the entries from the ISSelfReg table to the SelfReg table and this seems to have fixed the problem. Since this is a vendor MSI I'm not going to muck with this msi abomination any more than this.

I am not clear on exactly what parts of the HKLM registry I need to keep and why? HKCR is an amalgam of HKLM\Software\Classes and HKCU\Software\Classes so if you already have entries in HKCR, you don't need them in the HKLM or HKCU hives.

Just makes sure to start the .reg content with "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" instead of "REGEDIT4" and save it (.reg) as unicode. Curious to know why you recommend that, Kim...never bothered myself and always use the lowest common denominator for .REGs.

Ian,

InstEd requires it while importing a .reg file, thats way the "recommendation".

The "/register" switch is most often used to register .EXE "components".
When you find the referring registration registry info then you only need to populate the Registry table.
What is it that you are having problem with?

The installer fails near the very end with this custom action. If I remove the custom action for testing purposes I then receive an error 1904 Module C:\Program Files\Idea\CalcManaged.dll failed to register. If I try to register the dll manually I receive the following error. LoadLibrary C:\Program Files\IDEA\CalcManaged.dll failed - This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. So that's why I started looking down this self reg path.


I have added part of the install log file that shows the custom action error.


MSI (s) (E8:98) [11:10:55:437]: Doing action: IDEA_HL_Register
Action ended 11:10:55: InstallFinalize. Return value 1.
MSI (s) (E8:98) [11:10:55:453]: Note: 1: 1721 2: IDEA_HL_Register 3: C:\Program Files\IDEA\Idea.exe 4: /register
Action start 11:10:55: IDEA_HL_Register.
MSI (s) (E8:98) [11:11:13:203]: Product: IDEA 7.3 -- Error 1721.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: IDEA_HL_Register, location: C:\Program Files\IDEA\Idea.exe, command: /register

MSI (c) (AC:B4) [11:10:55:468]: Font created. Charset: Req=0, Ret=0, Font: Req=MS Shell Dlg, Ret=MS Shell Dlg

Error 1721.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: IDEA_HL_Register, location: C:\Program Files\IDEA\Idea.exe, command: /register
Action ended 11:11:13: IDEA_HL_Register. Return value 3.
Action ended 11:11:13: INSTALL. Return value 3.

Hey Joe,

I'd be trying to capture the native dll registration with wisecomcapture.exe, but if you only have free tools available, you might have to resort to InstallWatch and Ian's (vbscab) favourite ProcMon on the native installation using the installshield script.
Once you install the app natively, try unregistering the dll manually, does it produce the same error? I'd be careful that the installation doesn't require the isscript (whatever version) to perform self repairs.
My last employ, we always deployed the isscript version for each app (modifying it to take care of dcom permissions) and we had some really unusual isscript apps.

Regards
Wayne

What happens if you try to register it manually?
Just add a simple vbscript (msgbox "hello world") just before the "IDEA_HL_Register" custom action and when the message is displayed execute "C:\Program Files\IDEA\Idea.exe" /register.

Sounds like it's missing some dependency, which you should find out using depends (dependency walker).