Invalid MSI Identifier string

[zeiddev]

I am getting this error with a number of my AI projects. These are slightly older projects that I have not opened for a while. I have about three or four that I open regular and those work fine. I think that they are all based on the same original custom template but I am not sure why I am getting this error for a few of the older ones.

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I have looked for "odd" text in the aip file but have not seen anything that appears out of place.

[Liviu]

Hello,

I'm not sure why this happens.

Can you try to remove the following project settings from that machine and see if it helps:

1. go to the following registry key, export it to have a backup, then remove it:

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\Projects\

If the above does not fix the problem, please send us your .AIP (setup project) files by email to support at advancedinstaller dot com so we can further test and investigate this.

Best regards,
Liviu

[zeiddev]

Thank you. That seems to have solve the issue.

When I look at the export of the registry, I can see some strange characters there as shown below:

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\Projects\{EC2A18BB-E2F6-484E-9277-480308CDB2A1}]
"PathVariablesUsage"="0"
"Active View"=dword:00009089
"Current Build"="ࡈ঱و঱"
"Active Element"="37001?*?Build?DefaultBuild?*?0"
"LastBuild"="DefaultBuild"
"Rebuild"=dword:00000000

......

I am really not sure how they got there.

[Liviu]

You're always welcome!

This is quite strange, indeed.

However, I'm glad this solved your problem.

Best regards,
Liviu