It's important to know that error codes are generated from the Windows Installer
program, not from Revit, so any Googling should include those terms.
Usually a 1603 (for me) occurs when I have a mapped drive letter in the
deployment configuration somewhere; for some reason the Microsoft Installer
hates this.
Otherwise, here's a short list of possible causes to check:
* Short file name creation is disabled on the target machine.
* An InstallScript custom action is prototyped incorrectly.
* A file is locked and cannot be overwritten.
* The Microsoft Windows Installer service is not installed correctly.
* The Windows Temp folders are full.
* The setup was corrupted after installation and, therefore, fails with this
error during uninstallation.
* An older version of InstallShield is being used.
* A general error occurred during the installation.
* File and Printer sharing is not enabled or was not installed when installing
Windows.
Is this a "stock" deployment without any changes to the defaults? I usually
recommend creating and installing a stock deployment as a test case to ensure it
works, before you create a deployment with a lot of customization.
Matt
matt@stachoni.com
On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:33:35 +0000, DarkZZZ <> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm recently getting errors when i'm trying to install the Revit 2010 Architecture client on several workstations with the deployment I made.
>
>Never had any difficulties before, so I'm kinda wondering how the error exist.
>
>=== Setup started on WS002 by Installvista ===
>2009/9/4:11:12:27 Installvista WS002 Install Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 x64 Failed Installation aborted, Result=1603
>2009/9/4:11:08:25 Installvista WS002 === Setup started on WS002 by Installvista ===
>2009/9/4:11:12:27 Installvista WS002 Install Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010 x64 Failed Installation aborted, Result=1603
>2009/9/4:11:12:27 Installvista WS002 === Setup ended ===
>
>Well this is a part of my LOG when installing it on a workstation. You'll see that it doesn't specify a file or something, just a result=1603.
>
>I googled it and tried several solutions like updating the OS where its installed to. But no luck at all. It keeps rolling back the install at the end.
>
>I tried modifying the Deployment, made a new deployment with the latest update of Revit aswell, again no luck.
>
>Has anyone an idea of how to solve this problem? Or what the Result=1603 error actually means?
>
>Kind Regards,