[WiX-users] Running WiX on Windows Server 2008 R2

[Matt C. <mat...@gm...>]

Hello,

My build process creates a msi and exe with light, candle and burn.  It all
works on Windows 7.  It also works on an Amazon Windows 2008 R2 Machine
Instance when I'm logged into the AMI via Remote Desktop.

It doesn't work however when our continuous integration (Atlassian Bamboo)
server runs the build in the Amazon EC2:

light.exe : error LGHT0217 : Error executing ICE action 'ICE01'. The most
common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered
scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for
details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not
expected by the external UI message logger: "The Windows Installer Service
could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe
mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your
support personnel for assistance.".

I have followed the links and modified the instance so that the jscript.dlland
vbscript.dll are registered with an Administrator command prompt and have
removed the keys in the registry.

It is confusing how the build will complete when I am logged into the
instance via Remote Desktop but not when it runs remotely via Bamboo.

Anybody with any ideas that could push me in the right debugging direction?

Thanks,

Matt Clarkson