msiexec crash after silent installing .NET framework

[KirkAtRISA]

I'm trying to silently install a .NET framework within a single exe bootstrapper. I've tried this a number of different ways - in the attached example, I install .NET during the Pre-Install phase. Setup's pre-install screens appear, and .NET does install, but then I get a msiexec crash as it's handing off to the main Setup screens (which do appear, and which can be operated to finish the installation):

Welcome to Main Install + BEX.png (118.29 KiB) Viewed 1872 times

When it's all done, both .NET and the installed application appear in Windows' Add-Remove-Programs list.

I've done this with .NET 4.5.2 and 4.7.2, web-installers (web or offline, doesn't matter). To a Win 7 SP1 64 bit test system.

I copied .NET's silent install cmd line params (/q /norestart) to both the Full and Basic UI command line textboxes in AI.

If I turn off full UI, by checking "Limit to basic UI" - the crash doesn't occur.

verbose log here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vjlooi ... sp=sharing

project files here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/195bNAy ... sp=sharing

setup exe here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jjoard ... sp=sharing

thanks,
Kirk Evans

[Catalin]

Hello Kirk,

I have tested this and indeed, I was able to reproduce this on a Windows 7 SP1 clean machine.

This seems to be an issue in what regards Advanced Installer. We will try to fix this in a future version of Advanced Installer. We will update this thread as soon as there will be a fix available for this.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Unfortunately, I am not aware of any workaround for this problem.

If there is anything else I can help you with, don't hesitate to contact me and I'll gladly assist.

Kind regards,
Catalin