Microsoft KB Archive/290161

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OFFXP: Listing of Windows Installer Errors (2000-2999)

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Q290161

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office XP (Setup)

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For a Microsoft Office 2000 version of this article, see Q229678.

SUMMARY
This article contains a listing of the error codes 2000 through 2999 and their message text for the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI). This article is one of two articles to list these error codes. For a listing of error codes 1000 to 1999, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q290159 OFFXP: Listing of Windows Installer Errors (1000-1999)" NOTE: Although the error code information in this article can help you diagnose your installation, multiple problems can cause a single error message. Therefore, the information in this article is only the first step towards troubleshooting the cause of the problem.

MORE INFORMATION
Error messages that contain values enclosed in brackets, such as [1] or [2], refer to specific files or message text that may be different in each situation. Error codes that are preceded by an asterisk (*) are only available with Windows Installer 1.1.

2101     Shortcuts not supported by the OS      2102      Invalid .INI action: [2] 2103     Could not resolve path for shell folder [2]. 2104     Writing .INI file: [3]: System error: [2] 2105     Shortcut Creation [3] Failed. System error: [2] 2106     Shortcut Deletion [3] Failed. System error: [2] 2107     Error [3] registering type library [2]. 2108     Error [3] unregistering type library [2]. 2109     Section missing for INI action. 2110     Key missing for INI action. 2111     Detection of running apps failed, could not get perf. data. Reg operation returned : [2]. 2112     Detection of running apps failed, could not get perf. index.Reg operation returned : [2]. 2113     Detection of running apps failed. 2200     Database: [2]. Database object creation failed, mode = [3] 2201     Database: [2]. Initialization failed, out of memory 2202     Database: [2]. Data access failed, out of memory 2203     Database: [2]. Cannot open database file. System error [3] 2204     Database: [2]. Table already exists: [3] 2205     Database: [2]. Table does not exist: [3] 2206     Database: [2]. Table could not be dropped: [3] 2207     Database: [2]. Intent violation 2208     Database: [2]. Insufficient parameters for Execute 2209     Database: [2]. Cursor in invalid state 2210     Database: [2]. Invalid update data type in column [3] 2211     Database: [2]. Could not create database table [3] 2212     Database: [2]. Database not in writable state 2213     Database: [2]. Error saving database tables 2214     Database: [2]. Error writing export file: [3] 2215     Database: [2]. Cannot open import file: [3] 2216     Database: [2]. Import file format error: [3], Line [4] 2217     Database: [2]. Wrong state to CreateOutputDatabase [3]. 2218     Database: [2]. Table name not supplied. 2219     Database: [2]. Invalid Installer database format 2220     Database: [2]. Invalid row/field data 2221     Database: [2]. Codepage conflict in import file: [3]. 2222     Database: [2]. Transform or merge codepage [3] differs from database codepage [4]. 2223     Database: [2]. Databases are the same. No transform generated. 2224     Database: [2]. GenerateTransform: Database corrupt. Table: [3] 2225     Database: [2]. Transform: Cannot transform a temporary table. Table: [3] 2226     Database: [2]. Transform failed. 2227     Database: [2]. Invalid identifier '[3]' in SQL query: [4] 2228     Database: [2]. Unknown table '[3]' in SQL query: [4] 2229     Database: [2]. Could not load table '[3]' in SQL query: [4] 2230     Database: [2]. Repeated table '[3]' in SQL query: [4] 2231     Database: [2]. Missing ')' in SQL query: [3]     2232      Database: [2]. Unexpected token '[3]' in SQL query: [4]      2233      Database: [2]. No columns in SELECT clause in SQL query: [3] 2234      Database: [2]. No columns in ORDER BY clause in SQL query: [3] 2235      Database: [2]. Column '[3]' not present or ambiguous in SQL           query: [4]      2236      Database: [2]. Invalid operator '[3]' in SQL query: [4]      2237      Database: [2]. Invalid or missing query string: [3]      2238      Database: [2]. Missing FROM clause in SQL query: [3]      2239      Database: [2]. Insufficient values in INSERT SQL stmt      2240      Database: [2]. Missing update columns in UPDATE SQL stmt      2241      Database: [2]. Missing insert columns in INSERT SQL stmt      2242      Database: [2]. Column '[3]' repeated      2243      Database: [2]. No primary columns defined for table creation. 2244      Database: [2]. Invalid type specifier '[3]' in SQL query [4]. 2245     IStorage::Stat failed with error [3] 2246     Database: [2]. Invalid Installer transform format. 2247     Database: [2] Transform stream read/write failure. 2248     Database: [2] GenerateTransform/Merge: Column type in base table doesn't match reference table. Table: [3] Col #: [4] 2249     Database: [2] GenerateTransform: More columns in base table than in reference table. Table: [3] 2250     Database: [2] Transform: Cannot add existing row. Table: [3] 2251     Database: [2] Transform: Cannot delete row that doesn't exist. Table: [3] 2252     Database: [2] Transform: Cannot add existing table. Table: [3] 2253     Database: [2] Transform: Cannot delete table that doesn't exist. Table: [3] 2254     Database: [2] Transform: Cannot update row that doesn't exist. Table: [3] 2255     Database: [2] Transform: Column with this name already exists. Table: [3] Col: [4] 2256     Database: [2] GenerateTransform/Merge: Number of primary keys in base table doesn't match reference table. Table: [3] 2257     Database: [2]. Intent to modify read only table: [3] 2258     Database: [2]. Type mismatch in parameter: [3] 2259     Database: [2] Table(s) Update failed 2260     Storage CopyTo failed. System error: [3] 2261     Could not remove stream [2]. System error: [3] 2262     Stream does not exist: [2]. System error: [3] 2263     Could not open stream [2]. System error: [3] 2264     Could not remove stream [2]. System error: [3] 2265     Could not commit storage. System error: [3] 2266     Could not rollback storage. System error: [3] 2267     Could not delete storage [2]. System error: [3] 2268     Database: [2]. Merge: There were merge conflicts reported in [3] tables 2269     Database: [2]. Merge: The column count differed in the '[3]' table of the two databases 2270     Database: [2]. GenerateTransform/Merge: Column name in base table doesn't match reference table. Table: [3] Col #: [4] 2271     SummaryInformation write for transform failed 2272     Database: [2]. MergeDatabase will not write any changes because the database is open read-only. 2273     Database: [2]. MergeDatabase: A reference to the base database was passed as the reference database. 2274     Database: [2]. MergeDatabase: Unable to write errors to Error table. Could be due to a non-nullable column in a predefined Error table. 2275     Database: [2]. Specified Modify [3] operation invalid for table joins. 2276     Database: [2]. Codepage [3] not supported by the system. 2277     Database: [2]. Failed to save table [3]. 2278     Database: [2]. Exceeded number of expressions limit of 32 in          WHERE clause of SQL query: [3]. 2279     Database: [2] Transform: Too many columns in base table [3] 2280     Database: [2]. Could not create column [3] for table [4] 2281     Could not rename stream [2]. System error: [3] 2282     Stream name invalid [2]. 2302     Patch notify: [2] bytes patched to far. 2303     Error getting volume info. GetLastError: [2] 2304     Error getting disk free space. GetLastError: [2]. Volume: [3] 2305     Error waiting for patch thread. GetLastError: [2]. 2306     Could not create thread for patch application. GetLastError: [2]. 2307     Source file key name is null. 2308     Destination File Name is Null 2309     Attempting to patch file [2] when patch already in progress. 2310     Attempting to continue patch when no patch is in progress. 2315     Missing Path Separator: [2] 2318     File does not exist: [2] 2319     Error setting file attribute: [3] GetLastError: [2] 2320     File not writable: [2] 2321     Error creating file: [2] 2322     User cancelled 2323     Invalid File Attribute 2324     Could not open file: [3] GetLastError: [2] 2325     Could not get file time for file: [3] GetLastError: [2] 2326     Error in FileToDosDateTime. 2327     Could not remove directory: [3] GetLastError: [2] 2328     Error getting file version info for file: [2] 2329     Error deleting file: [3]. GetLastError: [2] 2330     Error getting file attributes: [3]. GetLastError: [2] 2331     Error loading library [2] or finding entry point [3] 2332     Error getting file attributes. GetLastError: [2] 2333     Error setting file attributes. GetLastError: [2] 2334     Error converting file time to local time for file: [3]. GetLastError: [2] 2335     Path: [2] is not a parent of [3] 2336     Error creating temp file on path: [3]. GetLastError: [2] 2337     Could not close file: [3] GetLastError: [2] 2338     Could not update resource for file: [3] GetLastError: [2] 2339     Could not set file time for file: [3] GetLastError: [2] 2340     Could not update resource for file: [3], Missing Resource 2341     Could not update resource for file: [3], Resource too large 2342     Could not update resource for file: [3] GetLastError: [2] 2343     Specified path is empty. 2344     Could not find required file IMAGEHLP.DLL to validate file:[2] 2345     [2]: File does not contain a valid checksum value. 2347     User Ignore 2348     Error attempting to read from cabinet stream. 2349     Copy Resumed With Different Info 2350     FDI Server Error 2351     File key '[2]' not found in cabinet '[3]'. The installation cannot continue. 2352     Couldn't initialize cabinet file server. The required file 'Cabinet.dll' may be missing. 2353     Not a cabinet 2354     Cannot handle cabinet 2355     Corrupt cabinet 2356     Couldn't locate cabinet in stream: [2]. 2357     Cannot set attributes 2358     Error determining whether file is in-use: [3]. GetLastError: [2] 2359     Unable to create the target file - file may be in use. 2360     progress tick. 2361     Need next cabinet. 2362     Folder not found: [2] 2363     Could not enumerate subfolders for folder: [2] 2364     Bad enumeration constant in CreateCopier call. 2365     Could not BindImage exe file [2] 2366     Could not recompute checksum for file [3]. GetLastError: [2]. 2367     User Abort. 2368     Failed to get network resource information. Error [2], network path [3].{ Extended error: network provider [5], error code [4], error description [6].} 2371     Could not apply patch to file [2]. GetLastError: [3] 2372     Patch file [2] is corrupt or of an invalid format. Attempting to patch file [3]. GetLastError: [4] 2373     File [2] is not a valid patch file. 2374     File [2] is not a valid destination file for patch file [3]. 2375     Unknown patching error: [2]. 2376     Cabinet not found. 2379     Error opening file for read: [3] GetLastError: [2] 2380     Error opening file for write: [3] GetLastError: [2] 2381     Directory does not exist: [2] 2382     Drive not ready: [2] 2501     Could not create rollback script enumerator 2502     Called InstallFinalize when no install in progress. 2503     Called RunScript when not marked in progress. 2601     Invalid value for property [2]: '[3]' 2602     The [2] table entry '[3]' has no associated entry in the Media table. 2603     Duplicate Table Name [2] 2604     [2] property undefined. 2605     Could not find server [2] in [3] or [4]. 2606     Value of property [2] is not a valid full path: '[3]'. 2607     Media table not found or empty (required for installation of           files). 2608     Could not create security descriptor for object. Error: '[2]'. 2609     Attempt to migrate product settings before initialization. 2611     The file [2] is marked as compressed, but the associated media entry does not specify a cabinet. 2612     Stream not found in '[2]' column. Primary key: '[3]'. failure. table. 2701     The Component Table exceeds the acceptable tree depth of [2] levels. 2702     A Feature Table record ([2]) references a non-existent parent in the Attributes field. 2703     Property name for root source path not defined: [2] 2704     Root directory property undefined: [2] 2705     Invalid table: [2]; Could not be linked as tree. 2706     No path exists for entry [2] in Directory Table 2707     Target paths not created. No path exists for entry [2] in          Directory Table 2708     No entries found in the file table. 2709     The specified Component name ('[2]') not found in Component Table. 2710     The requested 'Select' state is illegal for this Component. 2711     The specified Feature name ('[2]') not found in Feature Table. 2712     Invalid return from modeless dialog: [3], in action [2]. 2713     Null value in a non-nullable column ('[2]' in '[3]' column of           the '[4]' table.      2714      Invalid value for default folder name: [2].      2715      The specified File key ('[2]') not found in the File Table.      2716      Couldn't create a random subcomponent name for component '[2]'. 2717      Bad action condition or error calling custom action '[2]'.      2718      Missing package name for product code '[2]'.      2719      Neither UNC nor drive letter path found in source '[2]'.      2720      Error opening sourcelist key. Error: '[2]'      2721      Custom action [2] not found in Binary table stream      2722      Custom action [2] not found in File table      2723      Custom action [2] specifies unsupported type      2724      The volume label '[2]' on the media you're running from doesn't           match the label '[3]' given in the Media table. This is allowed only if you have only 1 entry in your Media table. 2725     Invalid database tables 2726     Action not found: [2] 2727     The directory entry '[2]' does not exist in the Directory table 2728     Table definition error: [2] 2729     Install engine not initialized. 2730     Bad value in database. Table: '[2]'; Primary key: '[3]'; Column: '[4]'     2731      Selection Manager not initialized. 2732     Directory Manager not initialized. 2733     Bad foreign key ('[2]') in '[3]' column of the '[4]' table. 2734     Invalid Reinstall mode character. 2735     Custom action terminated prematurely: [2] 2736     Generation of custom action temp file failed: [2] 2737     Could not access custom action [2], entry [3], library [4] 2738     Could not access VBScript runtime for custom action [2] 2739     Could not access JavaScript runtime for custom action [2] 2740     Custom action [2] script error [3], [4]: [5] Line [6], Column [7], [8]     2741      Configuration information for product [2] is corrupt. Invalid info: [2] 2742     Marshaling to Server failed: [2] 2743     Could not execute custom action [2], location: [3], command: [4] 2744     EXE failed called by custom action [2], location: [3], command: [4]     2745      Transform [2] invalid for package [3]. Expected language [4], found language [5]. 2746     Transform [2] invalid for package [3]. Expected product [4], found product [5]. 2747     Transform [2] invalid for package [3]. Expected product version < [4], found product version [5]. 2748     Transform [2] invalid for package [3]. Expected product version <= [4], found product version [5]. 2749     Transform [2] invalid for package [3]. Expected product version == [4], found product version [5]. 2750     Transform [2] invalid for package [3]. Expected product version >= [4], found product version [5]. 2751     Transform [2] invalid for package [3]. Expected product version > [4], found product version [5]. 2752     Could not open transform [2] stored as child storage of package [4].     2753      The File '[2]' is not marked for installation. 2754     The File '[2]' is not a valid patch file. 2755     Server returned unexpected error [2] attempting to install package [3]. 2756     The property '[2]' was used as a directory property in one or           more tables, but no value was ever assigned. 2757     Could not create summary info for transform [2]. 2758     Transform [2] doesn't contain a MSI version. 2759     Transform [2] version [3] incompatible with engine; Min: [4], Max: [5]. 2760     Transform [2] invalid for package [3]. Expected upgrade code [4], found [5]. 2761     Cannot begin transaction. Global mutex not properly initialized. 2762     Cannot write script record. Transaction not started. 2763     Cannot run script. Transaction not started. 2801     Unknown Message -- Type [2]. No action is taken 2802     No publisher is found for the event [2] 2803     Dialog View did not find a record for the dialog [2] 2804     On activation of the control [3] on dialog [2] CMsiDialog failed to evaluate the condition [3]  2806     The dialog [2] failed to evaluate the condition [3] 2807     The action [2] is not recognized 2808     Default button is illdefined on dialog [2] 2809     On the dialog [2] the next control pointers do not form a cycle. There is a pointer from [3] to [4], but there is no further pointer 2810     On the dialog [2] the next control pointers do not form a cycle. There is a pointer from both [3] and [5] to [4] 2811     On dialog [2] control [3] has to take focus, but it is unable to do so     2812      The event [2] is not recognized 2813     The EndDialog event was called with the argument [2], but the dialog has a parent 2814     On the dialog [2] the control [3] names a non-existent control [4] as the next control 2815     ControlCondition table has a row without condition for the dialog [2] 2816     The EventMapping table refers to an invalid control [4] on           dialog [2] for the event [3] 2817     The event [2] failed to set the attribute for the control [4] on           dialog [3] 2818     In the ControlEvent table EndDialog has an unrecognized argument [2] 2819     Control [3] on dialog [2] needs a property linked to it      2820      Attempted to initialize an already initialized handler 2821     Attempted to initialize an already initialized dialog: [2] 2822     No other method can be called on dialog [2] until all the controls are added 2823     Attempted to initialize an already initialized control: [3] on           dialog [2] 2824     The dialog attribute [3] needs a record of at least [2] field(s) 2825     The control attribute [3] needs a record of at least [2] field(s) 2826     Control [3] on dialog [2] extends beyond the boundaries of the dialog [4] by [5] pixels 2827     The button [4] on the radiobutton group [3] on dialog [2] extends beyond the boundaries of the group [5] by [6] pixels 2828     Tried to remove control [3] from dialog [2], but the control is           not part of the dialog 2829     Attempt to use an uninitialized dialog 2830     Attempt to use an uninitialized control on dialog [2] 2831     The control [3] on dialog [2] does not support [5] the attribute [4] 2832     The dialog [2] does not support the attribute [3] 2833     Control [4] on dialog [3] ignored the message [2] 2834     The next pointers on the dialog [2] do not form a single loop 2835     The control [2] was not found on dialog [3] 2836     The control [3] on the dialog [2] can not take focus 2837     The control [3] on dialog [2] wants the winproc to return [4] 2838     The item [2] in the selection table has itself as a parent 2839     Setting the property [2] failed 2840     Error dialog name mismatch 2841     No OK button was found on the error dialog 2842     No text field was found on the error dialog 2843     The ErrorString attribute is not supported for standard dialogs 2844     Can not execute an error dialog if the errorstring is not set 2845     The total width of the buttons exceeds the size of the error dialog 2846     SetFocus did not find the required control on the error dialog 2847     The control [3] on dialog [2] has both the icon and the bitmap style set 2848     Tried to set control [3] as the default button on dialog [2], but the control does not exist 2849     The control [3] on dialog [2] is of a type, that can not be           integer valued 2850     Unrecognized volume type 2851     The data for the icon [2] is not valid 2852     At least one control has to be added to dialog [2] before it is           used 2853     Dialog [2] is a modeless dialog. The execute method should not be called on it     2854      On the dialog [2] the control [3] is designated as first active control, but there is no such control 2855     The radiobutton group [3] on dialog [2] has fewer than 2 buttons 2856     Creating a second copy of the dialog [2] 2857     The directory [2] is mentioned in the selection table but not found 2858     The data for the bitmap [2] is not valid 2859     Test error message 2860     Cancel button is illdefined on dialog [2] 2861     The next pointers for the radiobuttons on dialog [2] control [3] do not form a cycle 2862     The attributes for the control [3] on dialog [2] do not define a           valid icon size. Setting the size to 16 2863     The control [3] on dialog [2] needs the icon [4] in size [5]x[5], but that size is not available. Loading the first available size 2864     The control [3] on dialog [2] received a browse event, but there is no configurable directory for the present selection. Likely cause: browse button is not authored correctly 2865     Control [3] on billboard [2] extends beyond the boundaries of           the billboard [4] by [5] pixels 2866     The dialog [2] is not allowed to return the argument [3] 2867     The error dialog property is not set 2868     The error dialog [2] does not have the error style bit set 2869     The dialog [2] has the error style bit set, but is not an error dialog 2870     The help string [4] for control [3] on dialog [2] does not contain the separator character 2871     The [2] table is out of date: [3] 2872     The argument of the CheckPath control event on dialog [2] is           invalid 2873     On the dialog [2] the control [3] has an invalid string length limit: [4] 2874     Changing the text font to [2] failed 2875     Changing the text color to [2] failed 2876     The control [3] on dialog [2] had to truncate the string: [4] 2877     The binary data [2] was not found 2878     On the dialog [2] the control [3] has a possible value: [4]. This is an invalid or duplicate value. 2879     The control [3] on dialog [2] can not parse the mask string: [4] 2880     Do not perform the remaining control events. 2881     CMsiHandler initialization failed 2882     Dialog window class registration failed 2883     CreateNewDialog failed for the dialog [2] 2884     Failed to create a window for the dialog [2]! 2885     Failed to create the control [3] on the dialog [2] 2886     Creating the [2] table failed 2887     Creating a cursor to the [2] table failed 2888     Executing the [2] view failed 2889     Creating the window for the control [3] on dialog [2] failed 2890     The handler failed in creating an uninitialized dialog 2891     Failed to destroy window for dialog [2] 2892     [2] is an integer only control, [3] is not a valid integer value 2893     The control [3] on dialog [2] can accept property values that are at most [5] characters long. The value [4] exceeds this limit, and has been truncated. 2894     Loading RichEd20.dll failed. GetLastError returned: [2] 2895     Freeing RichEd20.dll failed. GetLastError returned: [2] 2896     Executing action [2] failed. 2897     Failed to create any [2] font on this system. 2898     For [2] textstyle, the system created a '[3]' font, in [4] character set. 2901     Invalid parameter to operation [2]: Parameter [3] 2902     Operation [2] called out of sequence. 2903     The file [2] is missing 2904     Could not BindImage file [2]. 2905     Could not read record from script file [2]. 2906     Missing header in script file [2]. 2907     Could not create secure security descriptor. Error: [2] 2908     Could not register component [2]. 2909     Could not unregister component [2]. 2910     Could not determine user's security id. 2911     Could not remove the folder [2]. 2912     Could not schedule file [2] for removal on reboot. 2919     No cabinet specified for compressed file: [2] 2920     Source directory not specified for file [2]. 2924     Script [2] version unsupported. Script version: [3], minimum version: [4], maximum version: [5]. 2927     ShellFolder id [2] is invalid. 2928     Exceeded maximum number of sources. Skipping source '[2]'. 2929     Could not determine publishing root. Error: [2] 2932     Could not create file [2] from script data.{ Error: [3]} 2933     Could not initialize rollback script [2]. 2936     Could not find transform [2]. Additional query words: OFFXP errmsg 1.1 inf 1.2
 * 2613    RemoveExistingProducts action sequenced incorrectly.
 * 2614    Could not access IStorage object from installation package.
 * 2615    Skipped unregistration of Module [2] due to source resolution
 * 2616    Companion file [2] parent missing.
 * 2617    Shared component [2] not found in Component table.
 * 2618    Isolated application component [2] not found in Component table.
 * 2619    Isolated components [2], [3] not part of same feature.
 * 2620    Key file of isolated application component [2] not in File
 * 2899    Failed to create [2] textstyle. GetLastError returned: [3].

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