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March 24, 2016Repackaging, Windows Technologies

Quick Fix MSI Uninstall Error "Product Removal failed" with Error Code 1603

Error: During uninstall of certain products you may encounter failures with below error messages in the uninstall logs: InstallShield 3:14:39: Invoking script function CleanUpPathInstallShield 3:14:39: CallScriptFunctionFromMsiCA() endsInstallShield 3:14:39: Cleaning up temp file C:\Users\admin01\AppData\Local\Temp\{B98BC354-AE61-46AB-964C-BCCE933AB1B9}\ISBEW64.exeInstallShield 3:14:39: Cleaning up temp file C:\Users\admin01\AppData\Local\Temp\{B98BC354-AE61-46AB-964C-BCCE933AB1B9}\ISRT.dllInstallShield 3:14:39: Cleaning up temp file C:\Users\admin01\AppData\Local\Temp\{B98BC354-AE61-46AB-964C-BCCE933AB1B9}\IsConfig.iniInstallShield 3:14:39: Cleaning up temp file C:\Users\admin01\AppData\Local\Temp\{B98BC354-AE61-46AB-964C-BCCE933AB1B9}\String1033.txtInstallShield 3:14:39: Cleaning up temp file C:\Users\admin01\AppData\Local\Temp\{B98BC354-AE61-46AB-964C-BCCE933AB1B9}\_isres_0x0409.dllInstallShield 3:14:39: Cleaning up temp file C:\Users\admin01\AppData\Local\Temp\{B98BC354-AE61-46AB-964C-BCCE933AB1B9}\setup.inxCustomAction CleanUpPath returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)Action ended 3:14:40: CleanUpPath. Return value 3.Action ended 3:14:40: INSTALL. Return value 3.Property(S): DiskPrompt = [1] Action 3:16:17: MZPInProgressClear. Action […]

November 6, 2015November 6, 2015Repackaging, Visual Basic, Web Technologies

VBScript to automatically launch webpage in Internet Explorer and auto login with username and password

Requirement: You want to have a web page pre-launched with automatic username and password login to the web page. Using VBScript: Using VBScript you can achieve this requirement where you create an Internet Explorer Application object and have complete access/control to it’s elements/content and their properties. Create IE Object: Set ObjIE = CreateObject(“internetexplorer.application”) Launch web page: ObjIE.Navigate “http://localhost/TestApp/User001/Login” Wait for page to load: WScript.Sleep 500 in Do Loop While ObjIE.ReadyState < 4 And ObjIE.Busy Input username: .getElementByID(“userId”).value = “Visitor” Input password: .getElementByID(“password”).value = “password” Click Sign-in Button: .getElementByID(“signIn_OK”).Click Sample Script: ‘===============================================================================’ Script name : Auto-Launch-Login-TestApp-IEBrowser.vbs’ Author : Govardhan Gunnala’ […]

November 6, 2015November 6, 2015Repackaging, Web Technologies, Windows Technologies

Automating IIS Web tasks using AppCmd command

Requirement: You need to automate the management like create, start, stop, etc., of IIS Resources including Web Site, App, AppPool, etc. Solution: Microsoft provides a command line tool named Appcmd.exe which ships/installs along with IIS. It’s usually located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe path. Automation Examples: Create an APPPOOL, with specified name, .Net Framework version, Managed pipeline mode, etc., C:\>C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe ADD APPPOOL /name:TestAppPool /managedRuntimeVersion:v4.0 /managedPipelineMode:”Integrated” APPPOOL object “TestAppPool” added C:\> Stop an APPPOOL PS C:\> C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe STOP APPPOOL TestAppPool “TestAppPool” successfully stopped PS C:\> Start an APPPOOL PS C:\> C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe START APPPOOL TestAppPool “TestAppPool” successfully started. PS C:\> Create a web Application under […]