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Dooyoul Chung's avatar
Dooyoul Chung
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Oct 23, 2018

Error makepri.exe failed, exit code = -2146958844

When I convert MSI to MSIX, I received error on makepri.exe. The same error occur both command line and UI. Anyone experience this error? Any suggestion to solve this error?
dooyoul.chung@autodesk.com
James Pike's avatar
James Pike
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Oct 30, 2018

Hi Dooyoul,

 

I am looking into the issue you reported.  

No updates yet, but I will let you know as soon as we have a resolution for you.

 

In the meantime, you may have some luck if you manually limit the number of entry points added on the 'First Launch tasks' wizard page to one.

 

Thanks!

James

Dooyoul Chung's avatar
Dooyoul Chung
Copper Contributor
Oct 30, 2018

Hi James,

 

Thanks for the update. I had the same idea and tried out with only one entry point on the 'First Launch tasks' from wizard page but received the same error.

 

Thanks,

Dooyoul.

  • James Pike's avatar
    James Pike
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    Nov 09, 2018

    Hi Dooyoul,

     

    Apologies for the slow response.  We identified the issue you ran into and will be fixing it as soon as time allows.

     

    Given that you ran into additional problems even when you tried limiting the entry points to one, I'm concerned your particular application might be running into additional problems. 

    If it would be possible to share the installer in question with us, we can be more certain we have identified all the issues at play. From the manifest it looks like you were testing with Autodesk Inventor?  If I try the version available from the Autodesk website would that give me a good repro of the issue?

     

    Thanks!
    James

     

    • anamay's avatar
      anamay
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      Jan 22, 2019

      Hi, 

      I have a MSI package along with MST and MSP, the tool in capturing everything but I am facing the same issue. 

      makepri.exe failed, exit code = -2146958844

       

      Log file shows this : 

      About to start process
      [1/7/2019 6:49:20 PM] [Debug]     - File name:                 makepri.exe
      [1/7/2019 6:49:20 PM] [Debug]     - Arguments:                 new /cf "C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MsixPackagingTool_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir\Logs_2\PriConfig.xml" /pr "C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MsixPackagingTool_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir\Logs_2\VisualAssetsRoot" /mn "C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MsixPackagingTool_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir\Logs_2\gxcsy0yd.fj5.Manifest" /o /of "C:\Users\Win10\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MsixPackagingTool_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir\Logs_2\resources.pri" /mf Appx
      [1/7/2019 6:49:21 PM] [Info] M i c r o s o f t   ( R )   M a k e P R I   T o o l

       

      Any update and resolution?

      • James Pike's avatar
        James Pike
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        Jan 24, 2019

        Hi Anamay,

         

        Makepri errors tend to be a catch all for something went awry in our conversion logic.  If you can share your full logs or file feedback, I may be able to give you more specifics or workarounds for your problem.

         

        In the meantime, consider giving the latest update of the tool a try. It has addressed many issues that folks were experiencing as Makepri failures. I know there are still some problems especially around COM translations and behavior though.  We are working to address those in future updates to the tool.

         

        If you still hit a problem using the January update, please do send me your logs!

         

        Thanks!

        James

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