When the installation utility finishes installing products or creating an installable image, it displays a status message indicating the success or failure of the process. The page also contains a link, View Log, to the concatenated log file and displays the log file's location and name. The log file's name is determined at run time and contains the name of the computer on which the installation utility was run and an incremental time stamp.
The following table provides the information log files that are created by the installation utility.
Log file | Description |
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Concatenated log | Contains information from all other log files created during a product installation. |
User log | Lists error messages about fatal errors that caused an installation to fail. The information in this log file is the first section in the concatenated log file. |
Product log | Lists nonfatal error messages and post-installation information messages, such as whether a reboot is required after the installation is complete. The information in this log file is the second section in the concatenated log file. |
Standard output log | Lists messages that are usually sent to standard output. The information in this log file is the third section in the concatenated log file. |
Comprehensive or main log | Lists all actions performed by the installation utility during a product installation such as the products that were installed or added to an image, files that were copied or removed, registry entries made, and any version checking that was performed. The information in this log file is the fourth section in the concatenated log file. |
Front end trace log | Shows detailed information about activities in the installation utility interface during installation. This file is created if you launch the installation utility from a command line and use the |