Will Custom Actions [script] allow MSI installer?

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    PXL_Posh
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    Will Custom Actions [script] allow MSI installer?

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    Powershell Studio 2018 64-bit
    Windows 10 64bit VM

    Hello again,

    I wrote a ps1 script to install the MSI Package for RealVNC as a Custom Action.

    It didn't work, so I found the Installer actions on your blog and replicated them in a batch
    on the target system to do some troublshooting:

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    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -InputFormat None -NoProfile -File "C:\VNCInstall.ps1"
    The script checks to see if RealVNC Ltd is located in HKLM ... Uninstall and I get a true // false depending on if it's installed.
    This works. I have it placing text into a log file whether true or false to indicate the outcome of the logic.

    However when I run the ps1 as a Custom Action I can just about see the VNC MSI unpacking in the background then it disappears.

    The custom action script is also trapping $Error but nothing comes out.

    I'm trying to remember is this scenario is strictly forbidden: install an MSI from within an MSI.
    I thought I might have read something about that.

    Should this work?


    EDIT: I tried post commit but that didn't work either.
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    Alexander Riedel
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    Re: Will Custom Actions [script] allow MSI installer?

    Post by Alexander Riedel »

    No, generally while one Windows Installer is running, another is not allowed to run. It's too easy for installers to interfere with one another. Imagine one rebooting while the other still copies files :D
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