Installing Win32 shared SxS policy via WiX 3.0 MSM fails for 2nd a

I am attempting to author a merge module for use by multiple application
installers to install a Win32 Shared SxS Assembly and its associated Policy.
I'm using WiX 3.0 to generate the MSM and test MSIs.

So far it works fine for the first app installer that runs … but the second
app installer fails because the Policy file already exists (HRESULT:
0x800700B7).

What requirement(s) for correct Win32 Shared SxS Policy installation am I
missing?

I have submitted WiX bug 3005301 for this
(https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?fun...roup_id=105970) and posted VS2008 projects that reproduce the problem.

URL: ftp.digital-rapids.com/upload/SteveP/
User: drc-support
Password: drc-support
Link: ftp://drc-support:drc-support@ftp.di...upload/SteveP/

wix-Bugs-3005201.rar contains a VS2008 solution that builds the MSM and MSIs
that reproduce the issue. (~3MB)

wix-Bugs-3005301_Output.rar contains the generated MSM, MSI, and wixpdb
files (~40MB)

Update: this issue only occurs on XP-SP3. I have confirmed that installs do
not fail on Vista and Win7.

"[DR]SteveP" wrote:

> I am attempting to author a merge module for use by multiple application
> installers to install a Win32 Shared SxS Assembly and its associated Policy.
> I'm using WiX 3.0 to generate the MSM and test MSIs.
>
> So far it works fine for the first app installer that runs … but the second
> app installer fails because the Policy file already exists (HRESULT:
> 0x800700B7).
>
> What requirement(s) for correct Win32 Shared SxS Policy installation am I
> missing?
>
> I have submitted WiX bug 3005301 for this
> (https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?fun...roup_id=105970) and posted VS2008 projects that reproduce the problem.
>
> URL: ftp.digital-rapids.com/upload/SteveP/
> User: drc-support
> Password: drc-support
> Link: ftp://drc-support:drc-support@ftp.di...upload/SteveP/
>
> wix-Bugs-3005201.rar contains a VS2008 solution that builds the MSM and MSIs
> that reproduce the issue. (~3MB)
>
> wix-Bugs-3005301_Output.rar contains the generated MSM, MSI, and wixpdb
> files (~40MB)
>

Update: the WiX developer investigating this issues (ericstj) says ...

Looks like the problem only occurs on XP. I have found that it isn't
related to merge modules or products sharing the policy assembly. The same
problem will repro if you install product 1 and repair it. It looks like a
problem with how fusion handles install when a policy assembly already
exists. I have a question out to the MSI team about this in case there is
a workaround


"[DR]SteveP" wrote:

> Update: this issue only occurs on XP-SP3. I have confirmed that installs do
> not fail on Vista and Win7.
>
> "[DR]SteveP" wrote:
>
> > I am attempting to author a merge module for use by multiple application
> > installers to install a Win32 Shared SxS Assembly and its associated Policy.
> > I'm using WiX 3.0 to generate the MSM and test MSIs.
> >
> > So far it works fine for the first app installer that runs … but the second
> > app installer fails because the Policy file already exists (HRESULT:
> > 0x800700B7).
> >
> > What requirement(s) for correct Win32 Shared SxS Policy installation am I
> > missing?
> >
> > I have submitted WiX bug 3005301 for this
> > (https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?fun...roup_id=105970) and posted VS2008 projects that reproduce the problem.
> >
> > URL: ftp.digital-rapids.com/upload/SteveP/
> > User: drc-support
> > Password: drc-support
> > Link: ftp://drc-support:drc-support@ftp.di...upload/SteveP/
> >
> > wix-Bugs-3005201.rar contains a VS2008 solution that builds the MSM and MSIs
> > that reproduce the issue. (~3MB)
> >
> > wix-Bugs-3005301_Output.rar contains the generated MSM, MSI, and wixpdb
> > files (~40MB)
> >