.NET Framework 1.1: PRB: Error Message When You Try to Run a Web Setup Project That Was Created by Using Visual Studio .NET

SUPPORT SOLUTION:
Windows XP
2, ’symptoms’);
When you try to run a Web Setup
project that was created by using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, you may receive the following
error message from Microsoft Windows Installer Installation Wrapper:This installation package could not be opened. Contact the
application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer
package.When you try to run a Web Setup project
that was created by using Visual Studio .NET 2002, you may receive the following
error message from Windows Installer Installation Wrapper:An error occured installing the package. Windows Installer
returned ‘1620′.Note In this error message, the word “occured” is a misspelling of the
word “occurred.”.Windows 2000
2, ’symptoms’);
When you try to run a Web
Setup project that was created by using either Visual Studio .NET 2003 or Visual Studio
.NET 2002, you may receive the following error message:An error occurred while writing installation information to
disk. Check to make sure enough disk space is available, and click Retry, or
Cancel to end the install.Note In this error message, Try Again is incorrectly mentioned as
“Retry.”.This problem occurs because the
hard disk that contains your Temp folder has less than 1 megabyte (MB) of
free space.The Web Bootstrapper uses your Temp folder as a
temporary working folder. If your Web Setup project uses a Web Bootstrapper, and the
hard disk that contains your Temp folder has less than 1 MB of
free space, the Web Bootstrapper cannot run. Therefore, you receive the error
message that appears in the “Symptoms” section of this
article..Windows XP
2, ‘resolution’);
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:In the Windows Installer Installation
Wrapper error message box, click OK.Clear some space on the hard disk that contains your
Temp folder. This hard disk must contain more than 1 MB of free space.Switch to Microsoft Internet Explorer.Type the following URL in the
address bar, and then press ENTER:http://Server
Name/BootstrapDemo/Setup.ExeNote Server Name is a placeholder for the
name of your Web server.In the File Download dialog box, click
Open.In the Security Warning dialog box, click
Yes..Windows 2000
2, ‘resolution’);
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:Clear some space on the hard disk that contains your
Temp folder. This hard disk must contain more than 1 MB of free space.Switch to the error message box, and then click Try Again. For additional information about how to clear
space on your hard disk, click the following article number to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 310312 

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312/
)

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP

. This
behavior is by design..The value
of the TEMP environment variable specifies the location of your Temp folder. Typically, this folder is located in the C:\Documents and Settings\User
Name\Local Settings folder.Note User Name is a placeholder for your
user name..Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

Windows XP
3,
Start Visual Studio .NET.Create a new Web Setup project. To do this, follow these steps: On the File menu, point to
New, and then click Project.In the New Project dialog box, click Setup and Deployment
Projects under Project Types.Under Templates, click
Web Setup Project, and then click OK. By
default, WebSetup1 is created.On the View menu, click Property
Pages.In the WebSetup1 Property Pages dialog
box, click Web Bootstrapper in the
Bootstrapper list box.In the Web Bootstrapper Settings dialog
box, type http://Server
Name/BootstrapDemo in the Setup folder
URL text box. Click OK.Note Server Name is a placeholder for the
name of your Web server. For example, type
http://localhost/BootstrapDemo to specify a folder on
your local computer if you have installed Microsoft Internet Information Services
(IIS).In the WebSetup1 Property Pages dialog
box, click OK.On the Build menu, click Build
Solution.In the root folder of the Web server that you specified in step 2f, create a new folder. Name this folder BootstrapDemo.Copy the output files that are built in step 2h to the
BootstrapDemo folder that you created in step 3.Start Internet Explorer.Type the following URL in the
address bar, and then press ENTER:http://Server
Name/BootstrapDemo/Setup.ExeNote Server Name is a placeholder for the
name of your Web server. This is the same Web server that you specified in step 2f.In the File Download dialog box, click
Open.In the Security Warning dialog box, click
Yes.Note You receive an error message only if the hard disk that contains your Temp
folder has less than 1 MB of free space.Windows 2000
3,
Start Visual Studio .NET.Create a new Web Setup project. To do this, follow these steps: On the File menu, point to
New, and then click Project.In the New Project dialog box, click Setup and Deployment
Projects under Project Types.Under Templates, click Web Setup Project, and then click OK. By
default, WebSetup1 is created.On the View menu, click Property
Pages.In the WebSetup1 Property Pages dialog
box, click Web Bootstrapper in the
Bootstrapper list box.In the Web Bootstrapper Settings dialog
box, type http://Server
Name/BootstrapDemo in the Setup folder
URL text box. Click OK.Note Server Name is a placeholder for the
name of your Web server. For example, type
http://localhost/BootstrapDemo to specify a folder on
your local computer if you have installed IIS.In the WebSetup1 Property Pages dialog
box, click OK.On the Build menu, click Build
Solution.In the root folder of the Web server that you specified in step 2f, create a new folder. Name this folder BootstrapDemo.Copy the output files that are built in step 2h to the
BootstrapDemo folder that you created in step 3.Start Internet Explorer.Type the following URL in the
address bar, and then press ENTER:http://Server
Name/BootstrapDemo/Setup.ExeNote Server Name is a placeholder for the
name of your Web server. This is the same Web server that you specified in step 2f.In the File Download dialog box, click
Open.In the Security Warning dialog box, click
Yes.In the WebSetup1 dialog box, click
Next three times.Note You receive an error message only if the hard disk that contains your Temp
folder has less than 1 MB of free space..For more information, visit the following Microsoft
Web sites:Introduction to Microsoft Windows
Installerhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h2zwd6bw(vs.71).aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h2zwd6bw(vs.71).aspx)
Deployment
of a Web Setup Projecthttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k8kzx145(vs.71).aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/k8kzx145(vs.71).aspx)
Error
Codeshttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368542.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368542.aspx)
.

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