Windows Bootstrapper build problem
The following error message occurred in Visual Studio 2003 deployment build while working on the MacroView OPC Metaserver functionality today:
ERROR: General failure building bootstrapper
ERROR: Unrecoverable build error
After some experimentation I found that the deployment build problem went away if the bootstrapper option in the project property page was changed to “None”. This was annoying as it all built fine last week in pretty much the same project state. Doing a web search showed up only solution which was to reinstall “msvc”, which I was loath to do given the install time. To cut a medium sized story short the solution that worked for me was to install the latest Windows Installer version: