Comments on: Siebel – Installer hangs midway

By: Amit Sharma

Amit Sharma — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:11:06 +0000

Hey Nitin,

Thanks for this post, i was also going through this same difficulty and read your post.

Although I changed the approach (as your approach didn’t worked for me – My hard luck)

What I did was: Copied the ssceolpr.dll file (or whichever file is in current process & hanged) from Siebel Server Bin folder and replaced the extracted file in Siebel Client Bin folder

Only issue is that for every failing file (.dll or predeploy.htm or as per log) we need to replace them before execution but after extraction in the Siebel Client folder.

That’s it.

I hope this make sense as the files are completely same in both the folders (I checked them through file comparision tool)

Regards,
Amit

By: Sujit

Sujit — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:35:56 +0000

Excellent…….it worked..I am a Windows Admin..just wondered why it was hanging…ur solution rocked…thanks…

By: Bobby Kapoor

Bobby Kapoor — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:50:11 +0000

ending task regsvr32 help me.

By: Nitin Jain

Nitin Jain — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:54:45 +0000

You are welcome, Bianca. I am glad it helped..!!

Regards,
Nitin Jain

By: Bianca Ghita

Bianca Ghita — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:39:37 +0000

I faced the same problem:) The posts on this site helped a lot. THANK YOU!

By: Nitin Jain

Nitin Jain — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:37:26 +0000

Hi Nishant,

On top of following the article, try killing all regsvr32 processes from the Task Manager. Then it should go through without any issues.

Regards

By: Nishant Gupta

Nishant Gupta — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:47:39 +0000

I am faceing exactly the same issue, however even after, performing the steps mentioned by you.., my issue is not resolved … This is the error in Log.

INFO: End output from spawned process.
INFO: ———————————-
INFO: Calling Action SpawnActions10.1.0.2.0 Spawn
installcommand = C:\sia81\DeveloperClient\bin\predeploy.htm
deinstallcommand = null
WaitForCompletion = null

INFO: Exception occured during spawning :CreateProcess: C:\sia81\DeveloperClient\bin\predeploy.htm error=193
INFO: Spawning the modified command :”C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -nohome C:\sia81\DeveloperClient\bin\predeploy.htm
INFO:

INFO: Start output from spawned process:
INFO: ———————————-
INFO:

INFO: End output from spawned process.
INFO: ———————————-
INFO: Calling Action SpawnActions10.1.0.2.0 Spawn
installcommand = regsvr32 /s C:\sia81\DeveloperClient\bin\sstchca.dll
deinstallcommand = null
WaitForCompletion = null

INFO:

INFO: Start output from spawned process:
INFO: ———————————-
INFO:

INFO: End output from spawned process.
INFO: ———————————-
INFO: Calling Action SpawnActions10.1.0.2.0 Spawn
installcommand = regsvr32 /s C:\sia81\DeveloperClient\bin\ssceolpr.dll
deinstallcommand = null
WaitForCompletion = null

INFO:

INFO: Start output from spawned process:
INFO: ———————————-
INFO:

By: Nitin Jain

Nitin Jain — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:39:17 +0000

Thanks you for the compliments, Thankful !!

I was just about to add to the comments about killing the task. Nice to see that you have added them already.

I was recently doing a fresh install, and recently faced this issue. Cheers!!

By: Thankful

Thankful — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:13:38 +0000

Nitin Jain………..you saved me a lot of time and effort. Thank you very very much.

Note: If your process does not continue, goto Task Manager and kill all the “regsvr32″ tasks.

By: Nitin Jain

Nitin Jain — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:06:09 +0000

Thanks Prem, Vishnu. It’s only when all of us come forward to contribute that we will be successful at building a strong community.

By: Prem

Prem — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:19:27 +0000

Fantastic thought process and efforts out of this discussion. Killed the problem literally..thanks to Nitin and karim

By: vishnu

vishnu — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:07:06 +0000

hi nitin,
i faced this problem from 1 year. thanks for solving my problem. thank you for your effort.

By: Nitin Jain

Nitin Jain — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:07:14 +0000

Wow!! Great news!!
I am glad our efforts are paying off..

I hope more people come forward and contribute to the community..!!

By: MetallicaN

MetallicaN — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:01:13 +0000

@Karim
killing always feels gooood… doesn’t it?
hahahha.

@Nitin
i got the same situation as you and Siebel got….

finally Karim thing helped

thanks for the info…
–
Metal Lives On..

By: Nitin Jain

Nitin Jain — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:01:03 +0000

Thanks, Karim. /s option is the same as in the post above.

However, nice tip on killing the regsvr32 task itself in case of regsvr32 getting hang. Though rare, could be an option. Thanks for sharing.

By: Karim

Karim — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:30:46 +0000

During the install register the dll as mentioned above without the /s (silent install) this way you can see if it registered successfully. Do this during the IE activeX window pops up., if it continues to hang then go to the task manger and end task regsvr32.

Still trying to figure out why this happens on some machines and not on others. if anyone knows, please chime in.

By: Prabha_sbl

Prabha_sbl — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:47:51 +0000

@Siebel

i have the same output in the log file …

i’m using windows server 2003… help me

By: Nitin Jain

Nitin Jain — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:46:26 +0000

BINGO! that’s exactly as it was.
However, in my case it was stuck on the installcommand for ssceolpr.dll. I see and extra block in ur case. so, maybe it’s the next DLL registration that u shud be concerned about I guess..!!

we are coming close to solving it I guess!

By: Siebal

Siebal — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:59:29 +0000

Yes, it was 92% and here is what i see in the log.. Let me know if you had seen the same..

INFO: Start output from spawned process:
INFO: ———————————-
INFO:

INFO: End output from spawned process.
INFO: ———————————-
INFO: Calling Action SpawnActions10.1.0.2.0 Spawn
installcommand = regsvr32 /s C:\Siebel\8.1\Client_1\bin\ssceolpr.dll
deinstallcommand = null
WaitForCompletion = null

INFO:

INFO: Start output from spawned process:
INFO: ———————————-
INFO:

By: Nitin Jain

Nitin Jain — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:37:46 +0000

Well, you will be surprised to know that it actually was Windows Server 2003 that I got this working on this way!

Yeah, it sure seems some Windows patches or something else getting in the way in your case. XP sure was the BEST in these matters.

Another observation. In my case, it got stuck after the 92% install status. Is it the same for you too? If not, all the more reasons to look elsewhere..