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INFO: Error Information for Windows Installer

Article ID: 193845

Article Last Modified on 2/23/2007

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows Installer 1.0
Microsoft Windows Installer 1.1

This article was previously published under Q193845

SUMMARY

This article describes how to get information on a Windows installer error.

MORE INFORMATION

Errors are defined in either the Msi.h or Msierror.txt file.

The error is defined in the Msi.h file if:

The error is in the 1600-1699 range.
The error is appearing programmatically by calling an Msi.api.
The title of the error dialog box is "Microsoft Install Server".

Otherwise, the error is defined in the Msierror.txt file.

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