Post #4335003

ok so i spent like two hours tearing my hair out trying to figure out why my .msi cannot install a file in a .cab file which is most fucking definitely there tried changing compression ratios, using external cab, giving files explicit ids, everything in the world. eventually found someone's stackoverflow post where they were similarly driven to the brink by this error the post said "touch every file you're packaging" reader. dear reader. the suggestion fucking worked. not only that but for some reason, building the .msi is now about 3 times faster. which leaves some horrifying space for thought for what the cause could have been