Microsoft KB Archive/218634

= Description of the "IE Setup Log.txt" File =

Article ID: 218634

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

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This article was previously published under Q218634



SUMMARY
This article describes the "IE Setup Log.txt" file that is created when you install Internet Explorer 5 or later.



MORE INFORMATION
You can use the "IE Setup Log.txt" file to help you troubleshoot Internet Explorer 5 Setup issues. This log is generated by ACME Setup and is separated into pass sections. The "IE Setup Log.txt" file (located in the Windows folder) can be used to identify what caused Setup not to succeed, and during which phase. The log is intended to give a step-by-step view of the Setup process, and an in-depth analysis of Setup issues.

This article contains typical "IE Setup Log.txt" files, with descriptions of the important entries. Note that the entries in the log correspond directly to the progress of the Internet Explorer Setup process. The log can be divided into passes. Each pass header is surrounded by brackets and lists the time the pass started and the pass number (for example: [16:22:28 Start of Pass: 1]).

Beneath the pass header is usually one or two lines briefly describing the function of the pass. At the end of the pass is a completion line. The successful completion of each step is logged with one of the following flags:

Succeeded

Failed

Completed Successfully

Incomplete

The following sample passes provide examples of what to expect. Large passes may not be shown in their entirety.

Sample Log File
Header:

Microsoft Setup Log File Opened 02/19/99 12:06:20

Version number: 3.01.0.1622

Running under Windows 95

Pass 0

This pass contains the command line to create the "IE Setup Log.txt" file.

[12:06:20 Start of Pass: 0]

Command Line: /T nashbase.stf /S C:\WINDOWS\MSDOWNLD.TMP\AS09B470.TMP\ /QT /g "C:\WINDOWS\IE Setup Log.Txt"

Pass 1

This pass processes the header information from the Nashbase.stf file.

[12:06:20 Start of Pass: 1]

Floppy mode

Processing the header information of the file: C:\WINDOWS\MSDOWNLD.TMP\AS09B470.TMP\nashbase.stf



Application name: IE4.DLL

Application version: 5.00.2014.0213(1033)

Dialog caption base: Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools

Frame caption: Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools

Frame bitmap: ie4.dll, 102

Modules: Themes, Desktop Theme Selector

HLP file name: acmsetup.hlp

INF file name: iebase.inf

MSApps mode: local

Passes 2 to 4

Passes 2 to 4 are typically empty.

[12:06:21 Start of Pass: 2]

[12:06:21 Start of Pass: 3]

[12:06:21 Start of Pass: 4]

Pass 5

During this pass, if Internet Explorer 5 is being installed on a computer with a previous version of Internet Explorer, it is noted that Setup is copying Internet Explorer 5 files over the previous version.

[12:06:22 Start of Pass: 5]

Object 1 - Setup is replacing an older version of Microsoft Internet Explorer in the folder: C:\program files\Internet Explorer\.

Pass 6

In this pass, Jobexec is initializing. Jobexec parses the IEsetup.cif file and gives instructions to Inseng.dll.

[12:06:22 Start of Pass: 6]

Phase = camfInitializeObject

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

CamfFriendlyName for jobexec: Initializing

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Pass 7

Propagation of the destination folder for the Setup files.

[12:06:22 Start of Pass: 7]

Phase = camfCalcDstDir

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Phase = camfPropagateDstDir

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Phase = camfGetCost

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Pass 8

[12:06:23 Start of Pass: 8]

Pass 9

[12:06:23 Start of Pass: 9]

Phase = camfCheckObjectIBSE

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Phase = camfSetModeOfObject

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Pass 10

Cryptography checking.

[12:06:24 Start of Pass: 10]

Phase = camfCheckObjectIBSE

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Phase = camfCheckObjectIBSE

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Phase = camfSetModeOfObject

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Phase = camfFinalizeObject

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Begin Custom Action: ShortPath

End Custom Action: ShortPath

Begin Custom Action: IsSP4LevelCryptoInstalled

Version of C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\crypt32.dll: 5.101.1743.1

SP4 level crypto is not installed.

End Custom Action: IsSP4LevelCryptoInstalled

Begin Custom Action: SaveChannelFolder

ChannelFolderName already exists.

LinkFolderName already exists.

End Custom Action: SaveChannelFolder

Begin Custom Action: UpdateVersionOnFile

Fileversion :C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\iepeers.dll: :50000:38e051a

End Custom Action: UpdateVersionOnFile

Pass 11

This pass records the backing up of files from the previous version of Internet Explorer and specifies the location to whch the files are backed up.

[12:06:26 Start of Pass: 11]

Phase = camfAddToCopyList

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

CamfFriendlyName for jobexec: Backing up current configuration

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Begin Custom Action: FileSave

Date: 02/19/1999 (mm/dd/yyyy) Time: 12:06:26 (hh:mm:ss)

Backup directory: C:\program files\Internet Explorer\

File to process: C:\WINDOWS\Help\APPS.HLP

File to process: C:\Program Files\Common\Files\MicrosoftShared\TextConv\HTML32.CNV

File to process: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSENCODE.DLL

Etc.....

Date: 02/19/1999 (mm/dd/yyyy) Time: 12:08:14 (hh:mm:ss)

End Custom Action: FileSave

Pass 12

12:08:14 Start of Pass: 12]

Phase = camfGetNonCopyListCost

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 1

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Begin Custom Action: RegSave

Key Software\Microsoft\IE Setup\Setup\IERegBackup successfully saved as file: C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ie4regun

File C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ie4regun successfully loaded as hive: ie4regun

Begin Custom Action: RegSave

Pass 13

[12:08:21 Start of Pass: 13]

Phase = camfAddBillBoards

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 0

CamfFriendlyName for jobexec: Copying files

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Begin Custom Action: RegSave

ie4regun: key flushed

ie4regun: key unloaded

Reg uninstall info written to key: Software\Microsoft\IE\Setup\Setup

Etc.....

Pass 14

In this pass, uncompressed files are copied from the temporary folder to which they were extracted into the specified folder. The .cab files are extracted from the temporary download folder into the specified folder.

[12:08:25 Start of Pass: 14]

Overwriting file: 'C:\program files\Internet Explorer\IE4.DLL'

Uncompressed copy file: 'C:\WINDOWS\MSDOWNLD.TMP\AS09B470.TMP\IE4.DLL' to: 'C:\program files\Internet Explorer\IE4.DLL' Succeeded

Uncompressed copy file: 'C:\WINDOWS\MSDOWNLD.TMP\AS09B470.TMP\ACMSETUP.EXE' to: 'C:\program files\Internet Explorer\Setup\SETUP.EXE' Succeeded

Uncompressed copy file: 'C:\WINDOWS\MSDOWNLD.TMP\AS09B470.TMP\IEBASE.INF' to: 'C:\program files\Internet Explorer\Setup\IEBASE.INF' Succeeded

Etc.....

Pass 15

This pass contains all of the registry keys created and populated by Setup. The following sample contains only the first few lines of this section.

After an entry has been completed successfully, the word "succeded" is display at the end of the entry.

[12:08:51 Start of Pass: 15]

Phase = camfDoNonVisualMods

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 0

CamfFriendlyName for jobexec: Updating configuration

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Writing registry key value: key = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\IE Setup\Setup; value name = SourcePath; value = C:\WINDOWS\MSDOWNLD.TMP\AS09B470.TMP\; Succeeded.

Creating registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IE40'; Succeeded.

Writing registry key value: key = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IE40; value name = DisplayName; value = Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools; Succeeded.

Pass 16

This pass checks the encryption level of the previous browser.

[12:08:54 Start of Pass: 16]

Phase = camfDoVisualMods

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 0

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Begin Custom Action: Install128Schannel

128-bit version of schannel.dll not found

End Custom Action: Install128Schannel

Begin Custom Action: InstallRSAEnh

128-bit version of rsaenh.dll not found

File Deleted: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\enhsig.dll

End Custom Action: InstallRSAEnh

Pass 17

This pass logs the post-installation functions such as updating per-user settings (the user profiles, not your personal settings) and notes in the registry that Setup has finished successfully.

[12:08:55 Start of Pass: 17]

Phase = camfPostInstall

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 0

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Begin Custom Action: WizExec

'WINHLP32.EXE -S WINDOWS.HLP' completed successfully

End Custom Action: WizExec

Begin Custom Action: Install - SetDependencyOnPstore

Begin Custom Action: ProcessPerUserSection: Installed szData:1;{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}; Internet Explorer 5 and Internet Tools ;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IE4UINIT.EXE; en ; 5,00,2014,0213

SetPerUserSecValues Succeeded.

End Custom Action: ProcessPerUserSection

Begin Custom Action: ProcessPerUserSection: Installed

End Custom Action: ProcessPerUserSection

Begin Custom Action: AddRegAtFinalPhase

End Custom Action: AddRegAtFinalPhase

Begin Custom Action: EffectNoReboot

Initdelete called to delete: C:\WINDOWS\ShellIconCache

All Custom Actions completed successfully

End Custom Action: EffectNoReboot

Writing registry key value: key = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MS Setup (ACME)\Table Files; value name = IE4.DLL@v5.00.2014.0213(1033); value = C:\program files\Internet Explorer\Setup\setup.stf; Succeeded.

Pass 18

[12:08:57 Start of Pass: 18]

Pass 19

This pass closes out the "IE Setup Log.txt" file.

[12:08:57 Start of Pass: 19]

Phase = camfDtor

Begin Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Safe = 0

End Custom Action: LogAndUpdatePhases

Microsoft Setup Log File Closed 02/19/99 12:08:58

Keywords: kbinfo kbsetup KB218634

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