MSI Leaked Handle

[pvolkov]

I am trying to install on Windows 2003, at the very end installer hangs. I see lots of MSI Leaked Handle errors in the log file, but this is it. Can anyone explain what is going on and how to avoid this?

I am attaching the extract from the log file, also I have noticed that I have 3 msiexec.exe processes running in the Task Manager, 2 under System account, 1 under Administrator, is it normal?

MSI (s) (E8:88): Doing action: caIISCleanup
Action start 15:47:06: caIISCleanup.
MSI (s) (E8:B8): Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI24.tmp, Entrypoint: CleanupVRoots
Action ended 15:47:06: caIISCleanup. Return value 1.
MSI (s) (E8:88): Doing action: ISCleanUpSuccess
Action start 15:47:06: ISCleanUpSuccess.
MSI (s) (E8:C0): Invoking remote custom action. DLL: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI25.tmp, Entrypoint: CleanUp
1: Shutting down the PRC server...
1: MsiServerStartup ends
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (258) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (257) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (256) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (255) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (254) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (253) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (252) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (251) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (250) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (249) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (248) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (247) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (246) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (245) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (244) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (243) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (242) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (241) of type 790531 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (240) of type 790531 for thread 3240
1: RPC server shut down.
Action ended 15:47:06: ISCleanUpSuccess. Return value 1.
Action ended 15:47:06: INSTALL. Return value 1.
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (590232) of type 16346408 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (590232) of type 16346408 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (590232) of type 16346408 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (590232) of type 16346408 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (590232) of type 16346408 for thread 3240
MSI (s) (E8!A8): Leaked MSIHANDLE (590232) of type 16346408 for thread 3240

Thank you very much for your help.
Pavel Volkov

I have the exact same problem. It appears that the counter on the Leaked MSI Handle decrements but then gets overwritten with the (590232) value. After that, it quits decrementing and, therefore, continues ad infinitum.

It would be nice if InstallShield gave us a work-around.

[snl222]

Here's a fix for this:

http://support.installshield.com/kb/...icleid=Q111000

[enerata]

I'm running Vista and I'm installaling a program (i'm not the developer) that it's installer has been developed with InstallShield 8.

I cant apply the hotfix, so what can I do to complete my installation?

I have appended the log file in case you want to examine it.