Today I was troubleshooting an issue where an MSI is constantly trying to install itself on the server but cannot find the files needed to complete the install. The errors encountered were the following:
Source: MsiInstaller
Event ID: 1001Detection of product ‘{GUID}’, feature ‘{program}’ failed during request for component ‘{GUID}’
What happened here was that when the MSI did its install it copied temporary install files in a folder. I believe we ran out of space on that particular server during this time thus throwing the installer for a loop of confusion. So how do you clean up this mess? Well Microsoft offers a tool for free that takes care of situations like these. It’s called the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility.
Here’s the description from the KB article on what it does:
When you are working on your computer and installing a new program, the installation suddenly fails. Now you are left with a partly installed program. You try to install the program again, but you are unsuccessful. Or, maybe you have problems trying to remove an old program because the installation files are corrupted. Do not worry. Windows Installer CleanUp Utility might be able to help. You can use the utility to remove installation information for programs that were installed by using Windows Installer. Be aware that Windows Installer CleanUp Utility will not remove the actual program from your computer. However, it will remove the installation files so that you can start the installation, upgrade, or uninstall over.
After you run the utility, give your machine a restart and try to reinstall the troubled application.