Failed to install (on a few machines) …

Sorry the detail is kind of long -- here it is:

I did a release build for our Setup project. While it installs successfully on most of the machines, it failed on a few with: “Object reference not set to an instance of an object.”

I tried to diagnose it with the FUSLOGVW.exe and found that the difference between the successful machine and the failed one is that:

They both had:

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*** Assembly Binder Log Entry (7/25/2008 @ 4:23:01 PM) ***

The operation failed.
Bind result: hr = 0x80070002. The system cannot find the file specified.

Assembly manager loaded from: C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\fusion.dll
Running under executable C:\WINNT\system32\MsiExec.exe
--- A detailed error log follows.

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = DataProvider, Version=1.0.3124.21803, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=4fc8afcef706ae29
(Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = C:\WINNT\system32\
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
LOG: Dynamic Base = NULL
LOG: Cache Base = NULL
LOG: AppName = NULL
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===

LOG: Processing DEVPATH.
LOG: DEVPATH is not set. Falling through to regular bind.
LOG: Cache Lookup was unsuccessful.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINNT/system32/DataProvider.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINNT/system32/DataProvider/DataProvider.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINNT/system32/DataProvider.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINNT/system32/DataProvider/DataProvider.EXE.
LOG: All probing URLs attempted and failed.

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But only the successful machine had:

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*** Assembly Binder Log Entry (7/25/2008 @ 4:23:01 PM) ***

The operation was successful.
Bind result: hr = 0x0. The operation completed successfully.

Assembly manager loaded from: C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\fusion.dll
Running under executable C:\WINNT\system32\MsiExec.exe
--- A detailed error log follows.

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: Where-ref bind. Location = C:\Program Files\Riverside Publishing Company\ScoreManager\03.09.09\DataProvider.dll
LOG: Appbase = C:\WINNT\system32\
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
LOG: Dynamic Base = NULL
LOG: Cache Base = NULL
LOG: AppName = NULL
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===

LOG: Processing DEVPATH.
LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files/Riverside Publishing Company/ScoreManager/03.09.09/DataProvider.dll.
LOG: Assembly download was successful. Attempting setup of file: C:\Program Files\Riverside Publishing Company\ScoreManager\03.09.09\DataProvider.dll
LOG: Entering run-from-source setup phase.

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Jian

Jian