We built a basic MSI project with InstallShield X. This generates a setup.exe file with an associated Project.msi file next to it. When we launch setup.exe, we get the following error message that stops the setup from going further: 'The installation cannot be run by launching directly the MSI package. Apr 08, 2005 Hi, I have an InstallScript MSI project. I want to run the MSI package directly without launching the setup. How To Save Ebook From Chegg Customer. exe. But each time I have this error This installation.

I've gone back to my roots this week with doing a lot more MSI work than I have had to do in a while. Cannot Install Service Pack 1 Windows Server 2008 R2. I noticed that a few applications I had to package presented with a common issue that to me at least, didn't seem too common a few years ago. That issue is that after extracting the Vendor MSI from my setup.exe, it would not allow me to run the MSI to install the application. The MSI was conditioned to only run when using the setup.exe. After further investigation I found the setup.exe in question appeared to be used to install Installscript as a pre-requisite if required.