Re: [WiX-users] How to supersede a minor update in next patch.

No, its not uninstallable. Looks like I'm done for :) Thanks for your help anyway. On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:43 AM, Nir Bar wrote: > Is the v1.0.2 patch uninstallable > ? > If yes you can uninstall it in v1.0.3 by setting MSIPA

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[WiX-users] [WIX]: Execute setup.exe from MSI package location (which is not packaged) using MSI.

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Re: [WiX-users] Keep Desktop Shortcuts and Pinned Task Bar Icons with Upgrades

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[WiX-users] Keep Desktop Shortcuts and Pinned Task Bar Icons with Upgrades

Hi, I'm currently trying to fix remaining issues in our WiX-based installer. The current issue I'm trying to fix is WiX/MSI behavior when upgrading an installation. Upgrading mostly does an uninstallation of the previous version and installs the new version. This automatically means that shortcu

Re: [WiX-users] How to supersede a minor update in next patch.

Is the v1.0.2 patch uninstallable ? If yes you can uninstall it in v1.0.3 by setting MSIPATCHREMOVE to the Patch GUID of v1.0.2 (I haven't tried that but I th

Re: [WiX-users] How to Solve....Verify You have Sufficient system priviledge insatll service.

You've set InstallPrivileges to "limited" in the Package element. Try omitting it (will default to "elevated") - Nir Bar Freelance Developer Mail: nir@panel-sw.com Web: www.panel-sw.com - C++ On Windows, Linux and Embedded Platforms - WiX & InstallShield -- View this message

Re: [WiX-users] How to supersede a minor update in next patch.

Thanks for replying Guys. @Nir Bar: No it is not possible to have two patches without significant effort. And also because our updater is not designed that way. @Mat: Full file patches are too big in size and hence I moved away from them. Going back to them is not an option. @Tunney: I've explai