Visual Studio 2013 creating too many log files in C:\Windows\Temp directory

Question

I have recently installed Visual Studio 2013. After a couple of weeks I found thousands of MSI*.LOG files had been created in my C:\Windows\Temp directory - almost 30Gb worth. Each file is virtually the same and is about 3.1Mb. It appears to be installing the same thing over and over. I can delete all of the files, but they start to reappear almost immediately. I have placed a snippet of one of the files below. I am new to posting on StackOverflow so I'm not sure if I need to put more of the file or all of the file or what. I found 2 other articles on the internet suggesting issues with VS2013 so I have gone through the Repair process as well as uninstalling/reinstalling VS2013. I did notice that after I uninstalled VS2013 that no more files were created, but they started to appear again after I reinstalled VS2013.

I didn't receive any errors during VS2013 installation. I am able to create new solutions/projects and everything seems to compile/build just fine so I am at a loss as to what the problem could be.

Has anyone seen this issue? Is there a resolution that solves the problem? I'm looking for something other than just "clean up the files every night"!

=== Verbose logging started: 12/1/2014  12:29:41  Build type: SHIP UNICODE 5.00.7601.00  Calling process: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\mscorsvw.exe ===
MSI (c) (9C:18) [12:29:41:414]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI (c) (9C:18) [12:29:41:414]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (c) (9C:18) [12:29:41:414]: ******* RunEngine:
       ******* Product: {9C593464-7F2F-37B3-89F8-7E894E3B09EA}
       ******* Action: 
       ******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (c) (9C:18) [12:29:41:414]: Client-side and UI is none or basic: Running entire install on the server.
MSI (c) (9C:18) [12:29:41:414]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (c) (9C:18) [12:29:41:414]: Cloaking enabled.
MSI (c) (9C:18) [12:29:41:414]: Attempting to enable all disabled privileges before calling Install on Server
MSI (c) (9C:18) [12:29:41:430]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0
MSI (s) (84:94) [12:29:41:430]: Running installation inside multi-package transaction {9C593464-7F2F-37B3-89F8-7E894E3B09EA}
MSI (s) (84:94) [12:29:41:430]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:430]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:430]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:430]: ******* RunEngine:
       ******* Product: {9C593464-7F2F-37B3-89F8-7E894E3B09EA}
       ******* Action: 
       ******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:430]: Machine policy value 'DisableUserInstalls' is 0
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:445]: SRSetRestorePoint skipped for this transaction.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:445]: End dialog not enabled
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:445]: Original package ==> C:\Windows\Installer\4c8872.msi
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:445]: Package we're running from ==> C:\Windows\Installer\4c8872.msi
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:461]: APPCOMPAT: Uninstall Flags override found.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:461]: APPCOMPAT: Uninstall VersionNT override found.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:461]: APPCOMPAT: Uninstall ServicePackLevel override found.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:461]: APPCOMPAT: looking for appcompat database entry with ProductCode '{9C593464-7F2F-37B3-89F8-7E894E3B09EA}'.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:461]: APPCOMPAT: no matching ProductCode found in database.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:461]: MSCOREE not loaded loading copy from system32
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:461]: Opening existing patch 'C:\Windows\Installer\3007d0.msp'.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:461]: Opening existing patch 'C:\Windows\Installer\2fe190.msp'.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:461]: Opening existing patch 'C:\Windows\Installer\20c3cd.msp'.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: Opening existing patch 'C:\Windows\Installer\20c3cc.msp'.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: SequencePatches starts. Product code: {9C593464-7F2F-37B3-89F8-7E894E3B09EA}, Product version: 12.0.21005, Upgrade code: {015856DA-C69D-3EE0-85EC-270367A147A1}, Product language 1033
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: SequencePatches returns success.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: Final Patch Application Order:
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: {BFB5154E-888D-4D0E-B377-018AF8B74968} - 
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: {C823005E-3448-3126-A3E5-9B568096F87A} - 
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: {1B46DFCA-9504-4ACD-AB79-FBC3C899784E} - 
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: {1F654618-A065-3008-9415-576BB5F0E42D} - 
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: Machine policy value 'DisablePatch' is 0
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: Machine policy value 'AllowLockdownPatch' is 0
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: Machine policy value 'DisableLUAPatching' is 0
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: Machine policy value 'DisableFlyWeightPatching' is 0
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: Looking for patch transform: RTM.1
DEBUG: Error 2746:  Transform RTM.1 invalid for package C:\Windows\Installer\4c8872.msi. Expected product {7781AFF2-D0BE-364B-B18A-D7DBEF8B712D}, found product {9C593464-7F2F-37B3-89F8-7E894E3B09EA}.
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: Skipping validation for patch transform #RTM.1.  Will not apply because previous transform was invalid
MSI (s) (84:DC) [12:29:41:477]: Looking for patch transform: RTM.2
1: 2746 2: RTM.1 3: C:\Windows\Installer\4c8872.msi 4: {7781AFF2-D0BE-364B-B18A-D7DBEF8B712D} 5: {9C593464-7F2F-37B3-89F8-7E894E3B09EA} 

Thanks!

Answer 1

After running repair from the Visual Studio installer the problem seems to be resolved. I lost some gigs, but there's no more daily fillup.

Answer 2

In my case problem started after installing Update 5 for VS 2013 Community Edition. Repairing didn't resolve the problem.

However, I found this post on Heath Stewart's MSDN Blog and it helped in my case.