Failure when installing SC

[dannycohen]

Error executing powershell: [ERROR] Running C:\Users\Danny\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\ServiceControl\ServiceControlInstall.exe with /quiet  /L*V "C:\Users\Danny\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\ServiceControl\msiexe.log" was not successful. Exit code was '1638'.
Error executing powershell: ServiceControl did not finish successfully. Boo to the chocolatey gods!
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[ERROR] [ERROR] Running C:\Users\Danny\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\ServiceControl\ServiceControlInstall.exe with /quiet  /L*V "C:\Users\Danny\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\ServiceControl\msiexe.log" was not successful. Exit code was '1638'.
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Error executing powershell: Package 'ServiceControl.install v1.0.0-Beta8' did not install successfully: [ERROR] Running C:\Users\Danny\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\ServiceControl\ServiceControlInstall.exe with /quiet  /L*V "C:\Users\Danny\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\ServiceControl\msiexe.log" was not successful. Exit code was '1638'.

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[dannycohen]

Update:

1. I uninstalled SC and the installation proceeded as expected
2. I assume this is related to me having a Beta version installed
3. Can we detect this and provide better guidance ? (e.g. "Please unintsall beta installations of and try again").

[andreasohlund]

We could detect the 1638 error and combine that with the package name to give a "X is already installed, please unistall it manually" error? cc @SimonCropp

[andreasohlund]

Should I go ahead with this @SimonCropp ?

[SimonCropp]

@andreasohlund not against doing this to add value for some things that cannot be fixed in the MSI but this is not one of those cases. If someone used the installer without the PI we dont want them having to debug msi error codes (if we can avoid it).

The installer should handle uninstalling previous versions even if they are beta. see Particular/ServiceControl#302

[andreasohlund]

Makes sense, lets fix it in the installer if possible

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On 10 apr 2014, at 08:23, Simon Cropp notifications@github.com wrote:

@andreasohlund not against doing this to add value for some things that cannot be fixed in the MSI but this is not one of those cases. If someone used the installer without the PI we dont want them having to debug msi error codes (if we can avoid it).

The installer should handle uninstalling previous versions even if they are beta. see Particular/ServiceControl#302

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[SimonCropp]

moved to Particular/ServiceControl#307