MAKEMSI quickly and reliably creates MSI files in a non-programmatic way\Windows Installer FAQ (the basics)Return Codes and Error Codes or TextError Codes1335 - The cabinet file '[2]' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. This could indicate a network error, an error reading from the CD-ROM, or a problem with this package

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1335 - The cabinet file '[2]' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. This could indicate a network error, an error reading from the CD-ROM, or a problem with this package

If you try to install a file into a long path and this is too long for your filesystem then Windows Installer will fail to create the file and incorrectly point at a corrupt cab file as the reason.

I have used the following batch file to reproduce this problem on a known "good" msi:

@setlocal
@set INSTALLDIR=c:\aaaa\very\longgggg\pathxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNowTooLong
@set INSTALLDIR=c:\aaaa\very\longgggg\pathxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@set        msi=out\TryMe.MM\MSI\TryMe.msi
@set InstallHow=/I
msiexec.exe %InstallHow% "%msi%" ALLUSERS=1 /l*v Install.log.txt INSTALLDIR="%INSTALLDIR%"

A verbose log contained these messages:

MSI (s) (84:0C) [17:35:02:484]: Note: 1: 2318 2: C:\aaaa\very\longgggg\pathxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\TryMe.MM
MSI (s) (84:0C) [17:35:02:484]: Note: 1: 1335 2: _MAKEMSI_Cabs.MM01.cab

This implies that all sorts of file creation errors could perhaps also produce this message. The "2318" message (file not found) would appear to confirm this.

I have noticed that if you make the directory longer still Windows Installer will report the path as too long (1320).

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