InstallAware

I just can't get silent installs to work (IA6.6, WinVista Enterprise):

myInstaller.exe /s

Causes two myInstaller.exe processes to spawn. One at 0% CPU. The other at 50% CPU (or 100% CPU on a single core).

Log file output (ie /l=c:\\temp\\ia.log) is as follows:



Any ideas?

Any ideas how I can debug this?

if non-slient mode, the setup run and terminates normally?

Yes it does - obviously you have to click next and so forth across the various forms.

I have this exact same scenario but once the install fails any further attempts at installing (even non silent) end in the same crash. I have installed dozens of times on this machine over the past few weeks but today once it started with this error I have not gotten any of my setups to complete.

Anyone else seen this error?

I tried to generate a log and this is the output:

I n s t a l l A w a r e >
<S>
<S>
</S>
<S>
</S>
<G>
</G>
<S>
</S>
<E>
</E>
<E>
</E>
<R>
</R>
<D>
</D>
</S>
<R>
<V>
</V>
<C>
</C>
<B>
</B>
<m>


Seems like something hangs in there, but no idea what. The myah tag is never closed.

Are you sure that's an InstallAware generated log file?

We encounter a similar problem. The silent installer hangs, in case an older version is installed. The log is


When that step "myah" is initialized? Is it before any custom script runs? Are there command line options to get more information for what is happening?

Thanks!