As far as I can figure out, this might be some kind of IE-associated bug.
I have created a patch for my product, lets say it's Patch.msp
We redistribute the patch through our website, and have a tool that automatically creates a zip pack. The overall zip pack includes:
Patch.msp
Readme.htm
files.
The zip pack creation has an option to include a button in the readme file that autolaunches Patch.msp, this is accomplished through inserting
<form action='Patch.msp' method='POST'><input type='submit's value='Install Now' align='MIDDLE'></form>
code in the readme file.
When I attempt to perform the installation through readme by clicking on the "Install Now" button, MSP installation will fail. Error we get is 2324, could not open file. The file is located in c:\windows\system32 directory, and it's there.
Running the MSP manually by just double-clicking on it works fine (tried this through a clean install, or after trying to install through readme).
What could be the reason for this behavior For now we've disabled the installation through readme, but would like to eventually go that route since it looks better that way.
Thanks in advance.
Andrei
Installing MS patches through IE
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