WiX ICE validation errors

Question

I\'m having some strange issues with WiX on my local machine. The problem is intermittent, but after a few rebuilds of the solution, the WiX project starts throwing ICE vali

Answer 1

I had the same issue. It turned out to be my Anti Virus software (OfficeScan) It had the intermediate files created by Light.exe locked and the validation process failed. Excluding the temp folder from virus scan or turning off ICE validation is not an acceptable solution.

If anyone has a better solution. I would like to know.