I recommend that you set it as a property anytime between
FindRelatedProducts and CostInitialize. See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa367852.aspx for some related details.
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From: gapearce [mailto:mr_gapea...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 10:05 AM
To: wi
What would I do to the UpgradeCode to get that to work as well? Would that not
be needed then?
[probably a MSI question], but how does the installer know what the previous
version is in order to uninstall it?
-Original Message-
From: Alexander Kozlenko [mailto:alexander.kozle...@hotm
The application, itself is able to run as a restricted user; currently we have
a boot-strapper that installs several other things, such as the .NET framework,
among other things... the client agrees that they will push them to the various
computers as required prior to any deployment so we are
We use wix installer 3.0 to build MSIs and MSPs. We have the product installed
with msi and has a bunch of patches (MSPs) installed on it. We build the latest
patch and installed on the top of that. Installing works fine and the product
also works fine. The problem is that we can't uninstall tha
And a lot of that is often about what the installed app needs. If it's a
service, or requires you to write entries in HKLM, or register COM in HKCR,
install files to any location not writable by a limited user etc then the issue
is the app, not the install, if the app needs those to actually wor
Hah, hah!
This is a client relations problem not a WIX problem.
QUOTE: ...and the client has decided that this limitation is unacceptable...
1. Make a list of the actions in your MSI that require administrative
privileges.
2. Decide if you can do away with them? Yes/No
If the answer is no, th
If you end up going the custom action route, please do consider contributing it
to http://msiext.codeplex.com. This is something we could use too and you'll
get a jumpstart with a mature CA infrastructure.
dB. @ dblock.org
Moscow|Geneva|Seattle|New York
-Original Message-
From: Surya
Hello,
I have a problem upgrading my product. The database file is deleted or
overwritten. It is due to a bad previous installation process. I need to
correct it.
I need to backup the data and restore it later if an older version is
already installed.
I think that I need to create a Cus
John,
I don't believe you can do it as an "upgrade" i.e. all in one go. An
installer is either per-user or per-machine. You can't upgrade a
per-machine install to per-user install or vice-versa.
I think your only option is to un-install your previous version and then
install the new one as
Would your client consider it acceptable if an administrator had to "bless" the
package ( publish / advertise ) and that a standard user could then actually
install it?
Changing an application from all-users to per-user isn't always as simple as it
sounds. Install the .NET framework? Create
John,
Just to elaborate, you cannot install a package where the product ID
matches that of an already installed product. You should change either
your product ID to * (which will create a new ID every time you build
your MSI) or alternately, change it manually yourself.
I tend to do the lat
Product Id="*"
-Original Message-
From: John Bergman [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 8:30 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Simple Upgrade/Reinstall Question
I could not get this to work,
Hi,
I have an existing registry key "\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates".
I need to grant the account "Network Service" read access on this key.
Currently I cannot find a way to solve this. Here are the things I have tried
so far:
1. Using the WIX in-built tags and , I am able
Does anyone have any experience as to how to do this?
Currently, we install as an all-users piece of software; mostly because I
wanted to make the software available to anyone who logs in. We are required
to install without the installer UI, so that seemed like the easiest route to
take.
The
I could not get this to work, and still have the same issue where I get the
popup "Another version of this product is already installed".
I tried several incantations, but just cannot seem to get this to work, here is
a snippet from my installer file, does anyone have any ideas as to what I need
I am out of the office until 10/15/2010.
I will be physically out of the office, with limited email and phone access.
Note: This is an automated response to your message "[WiX-users] INSTALLDIR
and Upgrades (reposted in correct forum)" sent on 10/14/2010 12:04:39 PM.
This is the only notifi
Sorry about reposting this; I put it in the wrong forum initially...
My installer allows the user to specify the folder location for the initial
install. But on an upgrade, I'd like to prevent them from changing that
location, so I don't allow them to specify the folder.
I think I understand ho
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