Windows Installer / MSI: DebugView for Windows
Posted in Microsoft, Windows Installer
To monitor MSI installation actions in real time:
- Create the Debug (reg_dword) registry entry under
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer and set the data value to 00000002. - Start DebugView, now Windows installer installations will write their Standard/Custom Actions and this will be displayed in DebugView.
Links
Download DebugView from Sysinternals / Microsoft
Run DebugView live direct from here