On Windows Server 2016 with a self-hosted Azure Agent, advinst.exe from version 22.9.1, installed by task AdvancedInstallerTool@2, fails to execute with the following error dialog:
The program can't start because api-ms-win-core-apiquery-I2-1-0.dll
is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this
problem.
When run during the build pipeline, while registering Advanced Installer, this dialog prevents AdvancedInstaller.com from exiting and the task eventually times out.
Version 22.8 works fine.
Regards,
cadull
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Re: Unable to run advinst.exe on build server with version 22.9.1
Hello cadull,
This is indeed true and please note it is the intended behavior.
Advanced Installer requirements
The reason for that is that we have moved away from htmllayout, which was very old technology, to the newer WinUI which is only supported on newer versions of Windows (including the server ones).
As a workaround, please use the older version (22.8) if you still plan on using Windows Server 2016 as your build agent.
Thank you for your understanding!
Best regards,
Catalin
This is indeed true and please note it is the intended behavior.
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The reason for that is that we have moved away from htmllayout, which was very old technology, to the newer WinUI which is only supported on newer versions of Windows (including the server ones).
As a workaround, please use the older version (22.8) if you still plan on using Windows Server 2016 as your build agent.
Thank you for your understanding!
Best regards,
Catalin
Re: Unable to run advinst.exe on build server with version 22.9.1
Thanks Catalin,
We expect to update the OS version sometime next year and using 22.8 should be ok until then.
Regards,
cadull
We expect to update the OS version sometime next year and using 22.8 should be ok until then.
Regards,
cadull
