Install Sheild LE -4340 Internal Build Error Visual Studio 2012

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I have an issue with building an MSI with Install Shield LE in Visual Studio. The error says "-4340: Internal Build Error", but the link to Flexera is worthless. I tried the suggestion in another post to add the installer project to a fresh solution and then my .Net projects after, but that did not help. That suggestion can be found here.

I have not found a single repeatable cause of the issue, it does not seem to happen because of any one thing. I'm trying to build an installer for a Windows Service.

I have the same issue. It doesn't seem to be a code issue. I built the setup just fine, then 10 minutes later....same error as you. I even loaded my project fresh from source control with no dice. I'm going to try whacking the setup project and creating a new one. — Jason Butera, Sep 26 '14 at 03:41

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '14 at 19:14

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I got that error too. In order to fix it i rebuild my solution in Release configuration instead of Debug one.

answered Nov 08 '14 at 19:14

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I had a similar experience, though I had to go one step futher and unload/reload the Installshield project in Visual Studio. – HotN Mar 23 '15 at 20:12
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Unloading it and then loading it back helped me out too. The whole InstallShield has been a totally big pain to use....and it keeps breaking for apparently no reason. I have no idea why someone would buy the professional version when the free version is so aggravating to use. – ashlar64 Jun 25 '15 at 19:32
Just adding to Rudean's answer, I found that after rebuilding in Release to get rid of the error, I could then switch back to Debug and it then worked fine. I second the remarks about how much of a pain ISLE is. – tomRedox Jul 24 '15 at 12:19
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You may have to repeat the clean-rebuild-rollback-change configuration-undo-sprinkle goat's blood ritual several million times before the project decides it will now magically rebuild without errors. – Aaroninus Sep 01 '15 at 16:57
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Fails frequently with this error for me too. I always 'Clean' before 'Build' but that does not always help. I just exit VS2013 and restart it. Then it always works at least once. – RGuggisberg Dec 16 '15 at 20:02

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '15 at 18:58

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All I did is restart Visual Studio. For some reason that worked for me.

answered Dec 18 '15 at 18:58

Jackstine

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I did while counting my Rosary beads. That seemed to do it. – Ronnie W Jul 18 '17 at 17:30
sometimes you have to resort to deific methods. =) – Jackstine Jul 19 '17 at 19:00

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 07 '16 at 01:56

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My solution is slightly different:

Close and launch Visual Studio, open solution then
Rebuild with Release configuration AND
Unload/load InstallShield

Setup: Visual Studio 2015, Windows 10, Visual C#

answered Apr 07 '16 at 01:56

icernos

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 18 '15 at 18:30

When I had this error, it was because I added an executable for extra dialogs to be run after the install. I told install shield to run the executable, but I didn't add it to the list of files to deploy.
When I added it to the files, the error went away.

It could be that when users switch to "debug" that they have a build of the executable in debug mode, but they never built it in release mode.

It would be nice if flexera produced a normal error message for my case at least. i.e. "You said to run XYZ, but XYZ is not found in the file list"

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 14 '17 at 19:19

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I had the same issue and solved it by deleting a previous build. It looks like Visual Studio wasn't able to delete the previous version.

answered Feb 14 '17 at 19:19

Daniel Santos

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 21 '17 at 17:15

I am quite late to this post... but I will post the solution in case others run into the problem. I worked with Flexera on this problem and they provided a fix for it. Download and install IS 2016 SP1 or newer and the problem is solved! Read all about it at https://community.flexerasoftware.com/showthread.php?220123-ISDEV-error-4340-Internal-build-error&p=509912

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 28 '18 at 19:31

I just had this again for the x-thousandth time. Normally the rebuild approach works, or failing that restarting VS, but this time I actually had to restart Windows to get it working again. Hope that helps someone, I was starting to really think it wasn't going to work again this time.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 02 '18 at 18:31

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I had to unload/reload the InstallShield project in order for it to build.

answered Mar 02 '18 at 18:31

David Rodriguez

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That probably should only happen if you don't have local admin rights – AKirby50 Apr 30 '19 at 13:12

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 30 '19 at 11:01

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I'm getting this error when I forget to start Visual Studio with Administrator privileges.

answered Apr 30 '19 at 11:01

Sylvain Rodrigue

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Install Sheild LE -4340 Internal Build Error Visual Studio 2012

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