Error with Windows Installer … “Unable to get installer types”

Question

I\'m experiencing an error when using the windows installer to install an event source in a product I am deploying.

The error message I receive states the following

Answer 1

My problem was that I was using the 64 bit version of installutil.exe instead of the 32 bit version.

• 32 bit path - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319

• 64 bit path - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319