error MSB6006: "Light.exe" exited with code -532459699

Felipe Ferreira — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:22:55 GMT

Another Wix 3.0 error, this one happens if you are running the v3.0.2925.0 or earlier, on Windows Vista.

This error seems to be some problem on Wix 3.0 itself, and to solve this you'll need to install one of the nightly builds versions, that you can find on the following address: http://wix.sf.net/releases.

But, before you leave my blog, and run away to download the latest build, there's one little detail, there's a specific version you'll need to install. I've tested all avaliable versions ( on 11/13/2007 ) and the only working version is the v3.0.3307.0 version, dated from 09/07/2007.

Don't ask me why, this is one of those errors that you simple don't understand.

light.exe : error LGHT0217 : An unexpected external UI message was received: The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738

Felipe Ferreira — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:08:00 GMT

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This error happens 'cause of some validation scripts written in vbscript that Wix runs, and, for an unknow reason, the vbscript dll is not registered on some Windows Vista installations.

So, to solve this, we have only to register the correct dll. To do this, open the command prompt, as an administrator and type:

C:\>regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\System32\vbscript.dll

And it's done! This will solve an installation error of some of the ADOBE's products on Windows Vista too. But I really don't remember the error code on those products.

Felipe Ferreira : Wix

error MSB6006: "Light.exe" exited with code -532459699

light.exe : error LGHT0217 : An unexpected external UI message was received: The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738