MSI installation is failing with error 1603

Bevan Thomas 0 Reputation points
2026-09-10T14:00:20.23+00:00

MSI upgrade is failing with following error.

Action 13:15:15: ExecuteAction. 
Action start 13:15:15: ExecuteAction.
MSI (c) (1C:5C) [13:15:15:954]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding SECONDSEQUENCE property. Its value is '1'.
MSI (c) (1C:5C) [13:15:15:954]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (c) (1C:5C) [13:15:15:954]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0
MSI (c) (1C:5C) [13:15:15:954]: Switching to server: WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED="{59B977E4-9667-49A6-B759-78E4911D0D21}" POWERSHELLEXE="C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" D.SOTI="C:\Program Files\TEST\" TARGETDIR="C:\" INSTALLFOLDER="C:\Program Files\TEST\" ARM64CHECK.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3="AMD64" CONFIGENDPOINT="TEST2" ASSOCIATIONHASH="TEST1" CURRENTDIRECTORY="C:\Users\Admin\Desktop" CLIENTUILEVEL="0" CLIENTPROCESSID="16668" USERNAME="Admin" SOURCEDIR="C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\" MIGRATE="{59B977E4-9667-49A6-B759-78E4911D0D21}" EXECUTEACTION="INSTALL" ACTION="INSTALL" ROOTDRIVE="C:\" INSTALLLEVEL="1" SECONDSEQUENCE="1"  ADDLOCAL=F.App,F.App2,F.VCRedist,F.App64  
MSI (s) (D0:90) [13:15:15:954]: Running installation inside multi-package transaction C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Setup.x64.msi
MSI (s) (D0:90) [13:15:15:954]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (s) (D0:54) [13:15:15:954]: MainEngineThread is returning 1603
MSI (s) (D0:90) [13:15:15:954]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (D0:90) [13:15:15:954]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (D0:90) [13:15:15:954]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0
MSI (s) (D0:90) [13:15:15:954]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts 3: 2 
MSI (s) (D0:90) [13:15:15:954]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts 3: 2 
MSI (s) (D0:90) [13:15:15:954]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied.  Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (c) (1C:5C) [13:15:15:954]: Back from server. Return value: 1603
MSI (c) (1C:5C) [13:15:15:954]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied.  Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (c) (1C:5C) [13:15:15:954]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Deleting SECONDSEQUENCE property. Its current value is '1'.
Action ended 13:15:15: ExecuteAction. Return value 3.
Action ended 13:15:15: INSTALL. Return value 3.

I tried installing other msi applications as well it also seems to be failing.It seems this application has blocked the Windows Installer.Though the msi application is running correctly.

Windows development | Windows App SDK
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