Error during build: Unable to build runtime files: Archive handler not installed

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vlazer
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Error during build: Unable to build runtime files: Archive handler not installed

Postby vlazer » Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:05 pm

We have InstallAware Studio X10 and used it without a problem for years. Now suddenly every time we're trying to build a release, any release, either from the IDE or from command line using miabuild.exe we are getting the following error:
[exec] Created Windows Installer database
[exec] Built installation executable
[exec] Injected setup languages
[exec] Error during build: Unable to build runtime files: Archive handler not installed
[exec]
[exec] Build failed

This is happening to all the developers in our team (2 of us)

Any help, suggestions would be highly appreciated.

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Re: Error during build: Unable to build runtime files: Archive handler not installed

Postby FrancescoT » Fri Sep 16, 2022 12:36 pm

It looks like a corrupted installation.

Do you have any third party Anti virus installed? Did you update it recently?
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vlazer
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Re: Error during build: Unable to build runtime files: Archive handler not installed

Postby vlazer » Fri Sep 16, 2022 3:24 pm

I tried to uninstall and re-install InstallAware but the error persisted.
I'm sure the company i work for has some Anti Virus installed on all our machines. I'll ask if it has been updated recently.

vlazer
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Re: Error during build: Unable to build runtime files: Archive handler not installed

Postby vlazer » Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:07 am

Thanks Francesco, it was the company anti virus. Once they rolled back the update InstallAware started working again.


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