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Whenever I install using .MSI, the system freezes right after starting the Volume Shadow Copy Service/etc, and creating a System Restore Point.
If possible, I'd rather not disable System Restore, as this deletes all previous restore points. I also don't want to kill the service/process, although I haven't tried this one yet to see if it even works.
How can I prevent a system restore point from being created while installing using a MSI launcher?
1Temporarily Disable "Volume Shadow Copy" service in Windows Services. – Moab – 2011-03-29T04:07:18.530
@Moab Oh, right. :) But is there any way to make it do this automatically before every install, and then revert it back after the install? – Mateen Ulhaq – 2011-03-29T04:33:23.967
Which OS are you running? – Gaff – 2011-03-29T07:21:01.657
@Gareth I thought MSI was exclusive to Windows, but if you're asking which OS version, it's Vista Home Premium SP2. – Mateen Ulhaq – 2011-03-29T07:27:00.293
@muntoo Thanks, I was after which version of Windows you were on. You could take a look at my answer below but not sure how effective it will be in fixing VSS, especially as a lot of the issues seem to be on Windows 2003 and not Vista. – Gaff – 2011-03-29T07:31:18.107
@muntoo, I don't know of anything "automatic', I suppose one could use a script to disable and then enable, would make it a bit easier but not automatic. You would need to edit your original question to ask for help scripting to disable-enable Volume Shadow Copy service. – Moab – 2011-03-29T15:13:31.493
@Moab I wasn't looking for scripts, but oh well. – Mateen Ulhaq – 2011-03-29T21:20:18.757