Microsoft - Windows Installer logging



  1. Start "Regedt32.exe"
  2. Use Registry Editor to add the following registry value (or modify it, if the value already exists):
    Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer
    Value: Logging
    Value Type: Reg_SZ
    Value Data: "voicewarmup"
  3. Reboot the PC
  4. Run through the install/repair process to be monitored.
  5. Locate the MSI Log files via the following commands:
    dir %temp%\MSI*.log
    dir %SystemRoot%\temp\MSI*.log
  6. Run the program installation that causes your issue.
  7. Delete the key when data collection has been completed.

Author: Raymond M. A. Erdey

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