Some of the updates failed to install properly

[rsimmons]

When using the automatic updater for advance installer I am able to download the msi update and install it but after the install completes I get an error message on the update stating Some of the updates failed to install properly. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[Cosmin]

Hi,

Any update defined in the Updates Configuration file uses a detection criteria. This criteria is usually a file or a registry entry which contains the package version. If it's not met after the update is installed, the Updater will show this message. Therefore, you need to make sure that you specified a correct file or registry entry in the Update Installed Detection tab of the Updates Properties page.

Regards,
Cosmin

[moritz.fleischer]

Hey,

we had the same issue. After installing the update packge (msi) with the updater.exe, it told us "Error: update installation failed".
After hours of investigation we found out that the "FileVersion" detection just didn't work.
Why can't the Updater.exe show more expressive error messages like "Error: There was a fileversion missmatch" or something similar.

Regards,
Moritz Fleischer

[Cosmin]

Hi Moritz,

After hours of investigation we found out that the "FileVersion" detection just didn't work.

That's strange. Can you please give me more details? Did you use a file installed by the update package?

Why can't the Updater.exe show more expressive error messages like "Error: There was a fileversion missmatch" or something similar.

Because the message will be seen by your users. A failed update message is friendlier than file or registry version comparisons.

Regards,
Cosmin

[Sameer]

Hello Sir,

I am also getting similar error. Can you please have a look at my updates.ini file and let me know what's going wrong here:
;aiu;

[Update]
Name=CommodityAddin
ProductVersion=3.1.2
URL=http://localhost/Test/CommodityAddin.exe
Size=40940768
CommandLine=\checknow
ServerFileName=CommodityAddIn.exe
CustomDetection=http://localhost/Test/CommodityAddin.exe
CustomDetectionParams=\checknow

To give you a little briefing my local machine has version 3.1.1 and i have updated the ini file with the latest version 3.1.2.
Everything works fine and i also download the latest exe from server. But suddenly i get this error message "Some of the updates failed to install properly".
Can you please help?

Thanks,
Sam