Odd/unhelpful end-user error conditions & their possible remedy =============================================================== * User is able to choose installation type, but after clicking the "Install" button to kick off the copying of files etc, the dialog box "Cannot find the file specified" (or a variant thereof) with the buttons Retry/Cancel. Retry doesn't help, and on hitting Cancel the error code 2755, 110, Unable to open "" The cause of this one was inappropriate permissions on the MSI itself. Enabling Read&Execute for everyone solves the problem. * Error reporting for nested installs where the sub-installers aren't actually present (i.e., haven't been injected with 'msidb') isn't informative; the installer reports a fatal error after having completed the main installation. * Starting up an .msi that's already opened elicits a dialog box informing the user that it couldn't be opened. The hints included in the dialog box text as to why that might be doesn't include the possibility that it may already be opened by another application.