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Fails to extract Putty 0.68 installer

See original GitHub issue

Site: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html Direct link: https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/w32/putty-0.68-installer.msi

Error message

The following error occured extracting the MSI:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException (0x0000064F):

Failed to create view with query: SELECT * FROM `_Streams` WHERE `Name` = 'putty.cab'

   at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Msi.View..ctor(Database db, String query)
   at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Msi.Database.OpenExecuteView(String query)
   at LessMsi.Msi.Wixtracts.ExtractCabFromPackage(Path filePath, String cabName, Database inputDatabase)
   at LessMsi.Msi.Wixtracts.CabsFromMsiToDisk(Path msi, Database msidb, String outputDir)
   at LessMsi.Msi.Wixtracts.ExtractFiles(Path msi, String outputDir, MsiFile[] filesToExtract, AsyncCallback progressCallback)
   at LessMsi.Gui.MainForm.btnExtract_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

Exception

See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at LessMsi.Gui.MainForm.fileGrid_KeyDown(Object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyEventArgs(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.ProcessKeyEventArgs(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmKeyChar(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1087.0 built by: NETFXREL4STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
lessmsi-gui
    Assembly Version: 1.5.1.0
    Win32 Version: 1.5.1
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Soft/LessMSI/lessmsi-gui.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1087.0 built by: NETFXREL4STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1087.0 built by: NETFXREL4STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1087.0 built by: NETFXREL4STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Core
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1087.0 built by: NETFXREL4STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1087.0 built by: NETFXREL4STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1087.0 built by: NETFXREL4STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.GeneratedCode
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1087.0 built by: NETFXREL4STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
wix
    Assembly Version: 2.0.2110.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.2110.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Soft/LessMSI/wix.DLL
----------------------------------------
lessmsi.core
    Assembly Version: 1.5.1.0
    Win32 Version: 1.5.1
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Soft/LessMSI/lessmsi.core.DLL
----------------------------------------
LessIO
    Assembly Version: 0.5.0.0
    Win32 Version: 0.5.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Soft/LessMSI/LessIO.DLL
----------------------------------------
libmspackn
    Assembly Version: 0.8.0.0
    Win32 Version: 0.8
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Soft/LessMSI/libmspackn.DLL
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.