Re: [WiX-users] DifxApp - Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key

[Rob H. <ro...@sn...>]

Hi Tobias,

In relation to a separate issue, a colleague asked all the developers at his site to install our 
driver and reports that about 1 in 10 fail, but a second attempt works fine.  Thanks for the link, 
I'll check it out.

Rob

On 24/03/2011 21:03, Tobias S wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> Just some thoughts to it (even I never had the issue). Maybe they help:
> On http://errordecoder.com/system-error-codes/3/code-1021.html I found
> some points which could be from interest:
>      * Device Driver Conflicts
>      * Hardware Malfunction
>
> Is it only one system where it occurs ? Hardware issues only with one
> hardware device or with several ones?
>
> Stupid but happened once to me: An internal NW Interface had some not
> correct inserted memory which caused driver installation to fail in
> not reproducible manner. As I didn't check I spent some days on that
> issue...
>
> Regards
> Tobias
>
>
>
> 2011/3/24 Rob Hamflett<ro...@sn...>:
>> I'm seeing an occasional issue using DifxApp, which a log reports as:
>>
>> DIFXAPP: INFO:   ENTER UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices...
>> DIFXAPP: ERROR:  RETURN UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices. (Error code 0x3FD: Cannot create a stable
>> subkey under a volatile parent key.)
>> DIFXAPP: ERROR:  Installation failed. (Error code 0x3FD: Cannot create a stable subkey under a
>> volatile parent key.)
>> DIFXAPP: ERROR:  PnP Install failed. (Error code 0x3FD: Cannot create a stable subkey under a
>> volatile parent key.)
>>
>> Running the installer again seems to be fine, so it's not a permanent problem.  Has anyone seen this
>> before?  The solutions I found online say to delete the registry key in question, which I don't
>> really think is safe in this situation.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rob
>>
>>
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