c# - EXE file is not working

Question

I have a .msi (windows installer package) file into my project . I generated .exe file from .msi file successfully but whenever I try to open that .exe file or run as administrator it does nothing . How to solve this? Anything will help regarding this . Please help

UPDATE Here is my code for .msi file

components.wxs

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension">

    <?include Defines.wxi?>

    <Fragment>

    <ComponentGroup Id="MenuComponents" Directory="ProductMenuFolder">
    <Component Id="ProductMenuComponents" Guid="*">

    <!--<Shortcut Id="UninstallPackage" Directory="ProductMenuFolder" Name="Uninstall package"
          Target="[System64Folder]msiexec.exe" Arguments="/x {[ProductCode]}" Description="Uninstalls $(var.YourApplicationReference.TargetName)"/>-->
<RemoveFolder Id='ProductMenuFolder' On='uninstall' />
<RegistryValue Root='HKCU' Key='Software[Manufacturer][ProductName]' 
Type='string' Value='' KeyPath='yes' />

   </Component>
   </ComponentGroup>

   <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
   <Component Id="FileWatcher">
   <File Source="$(var.FileWatcher.TargetPath)" />

   <!--Register this file as a Windows service-->
   <ServiceInstall Id="ServiceInstaller"
                Type="ownProcess"
                Description="Sends Incoming mainframe files to the  Webservice"
                DisplayName="FileWatcher"
                Vital="yes"
                Start="auto"
                ErrorControl="ignore"
                Interactive="no"
                Name="FileWatcher"
                Account="[ACCOUNT]"
                Password="[PASSWORD]">

      <ServiceConfig Id="svcConfig" DelayedAutoStart="yes" OnInstall="yes" OnReinstall="yes" OnUninstall="no" />
</ServiceInstall>

     <!--Set the user to be used by the service-->
     <util:User Id="ServiceUser" Name="[ACCOUNT]" Password="[PASSWORD]" CreateUser="no" LogonAsService="yes" UpdateIfExists="yes" />

     <!--Added example of how to stop service automatically-->
     <ServiceControl Id="ServiceControl" Stop="both" Remove="uninstall" Name="FileWatcher" Wait="yes" />
     </Component>
     <Component Id="FileWatcher.Files" Guid="*">
     <!--<Component Id="MAIDFileWatcher.Files" Guid="*">-->
     <File Id="filB93E7D71690869B9CD2D0A479DB69C6C" Source="$(var.FileWatcher.TargetDir)ExceptionHandling.dll"  />
    <File Id="fil487232F7A833919419AF9537A4390083" Source="$(var.FileWatcher.TargetDir)ExceptionHandling.xml" />
    <File Id="filDE3649B71309470D2D7C086E0FAABAE8" Source="$(var.FileWatcher.TargetDir)itextsharp.dll"  />
    <File Id="filF73350F1AEF9ECF2621D4E63B9823029" Source="$(var.FileWatcher.TargetDir)FileWatcher.exe.config"  KeyPath='yes'/>
    </Component>
    </ComponentGroup>

product.wxs

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">

   <?include Version.wxi?>
   <?include Defines.wxi?>

   <Product Id="$(var.PRODUCTCODE)" Name="$(var.PRODUCTNAME)" Language="1033" Version="$(var.REVISION)" Manufacturer="$(var.MANUFACTURER)" UpgradeCode="$(var.UPGRADECODE)">

   <Package InstallerVersion="400" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" Comments="$(var.COMMENTS)" Description="$(var.DESCRIPTION)" />

   <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
   <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" />

   <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="$(var.PRODUCTNAME)" Level="1">
    <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
    <ComponentGroupRef Id="MenuComponents"/>
   </Feature>

   <UIRef Id="USERUI" />

   <?include Actions.wxi?> 

   </Product>

   </Wix>

Answer 1

You can debug an msi installation with a command line like this:

msiexec /i someapplication.msi /L*vx log.txt

This will run the installer and output log info to a file called log.txt.

See also: Windows Installer Command Line Options