WIX- Reinstalling MSI - not registring the component

Question

I have created an MSI using WIX. This is working fine for install/Un-install.

When i tried to re-install the MSI it shows lot of errors. from the log it shows that could not register component.

ComponentRegister(ComponentId={A35FD4BC-66CA-4BE0-BCBA-EDEA2DFC7FD3},KeyPath=C:\Program Files\Common Files\{Appname}\Config\0.reg,State=3,,Disk=1,SharedDllRefCount=0,BinaryType=0)
MSI (s) (54:F0) [13:56:53:819]: Note: 1: 1402 2: UNKNOWN\Components\CB4DF53AAC660EB4CBABDEAED2CFF73D 3: 1450

MSI (s) (54:F0) [13:56:53:835]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: Error

MSI (s) (54:F0) [13:56:53:835]: Note: 1: 2228 2:  3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2908 

DEBUG: Error 2908:  Could not register component {A35FD4BC-66CA-4BE0-BCBA-EDEA2DFC7FD3}.

MSI (s) (54:F0) [13:57:16:602]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: Error 

MSI (s) (54:F0) [13:57:16:617]: Note: 1: 2228 2:  3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1709 

MSI (s) (54:F0) [13:57:16:633]: Product: -- The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The arguments are: {A35FD4BC-66CA-4BE0-BCBA-EDEA2DFC7FD3}, , 

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

did you try to deinstall it completely? check that the component is being removed at uninstall. components with marked as permanent (componentattributes) will never be removed. Neve be removed means they have a "shadowed" registration in the registry.

Answer 2

A Component registraton is identified by two things, Its PATH and Its registry entry. Looks like when you tried to reinstall, it is not matching with the KeyPath of where it was originally installed. - Did you uninstall before trying to install? - WHen you tried to install second time, did you pass the right installation location, as I see from the log the KeyPath, is containing {Appname}, seems like the install path was not passed during reinstall time.