Problem:

I get the following error when I attempt to build a solution using TFS that contains a Windows Installer XML (WIX) project:

"light.exe: Error executing ICE action 'ICE01'. The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourceforge.net/faq.html#Error217 for details and how to solve this problem. The following string format was not expected by the external UI message logger: "The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance."."

Solution:

The build service account must be in the Administrators group on the build machine.