Re: [WiX-users] how to deal with the service removal during upgrade and repair in WIX?

2013-01-07 Thread Wang, Zhongsheng
grades. So you can use the Installed and REMOVE and UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE properties to sort out all your states. On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Wang, Zhongsheng wrote: > We don't do anything special for REINSTALLMODE at all. For MSIEXEC > option, we only use /i and log enabling. We

Re: [WiX-users] how to deal with the service removal during upgrade and repair in WIX?

2013-01-07 Thread Wang, Zhongsheng
de is handled by recachine/repairing the MSI (msiexec /fv switch). A repair is just when the product is installed again and the REINSTALLMODE is set to something that would cause files to get written again. How are you handling the REINSTALLMODE? On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Wang, Zhongsheng

Re: [WiX-users] how to deal with the service removal during upgrade and repair in WIX?

2013-01-07 Thread Wang, Zhongsheng
n for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to deal with the service removal during upgrade and repair in WIX? Can you share how you are launching the Repair vs. Minor Upgrade vs. Major Upgrade? On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Wang, Zhongsheng wrote: > however, the b

Re: [WiX-users] how to deal with the service removal during upgrade and repair in WIX?

2013-01-07 Thread Wang, Zhongsheng
epair using that. That's why I was saying you can't really tell the difference between (force) repair and minor upgrade. On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Wang, Zhongsheng wrote: > Thanks Neil and Rob for your comments. > > To uninstall a filter driver that is used by OS, reboot

Re: [WiX-users] how to deal with the service removal during upgrade and repair in WIX?

2013-01-07 Thread Wang, Zhongsheng
fter InstallExecute (probably because it isn't removing the > > service). > > > > (In my latest install I have found the most reliable option is to do > > all the application and service stops in a separate install.) > > > > Neil > > > > -Original

Re: [WiX-users] how to deal with the service removal during upgrade and repair in WIX?

2013-01-05 Thread Wang, Zhongsheng
d the problem. The root issue is usually something on the machine. On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Wang, Zhongsheng wrote: > I am looking for some advice on how to deal with the service removal > during upgrade (major and minor) and repair. Since OS will mark the service > for deletion when

[WiX-users] how to deal with the service removal during upgrade and repair in WIX?

2013-01-05 Thread Wang, Zhongsheng
I am looking for some advice on how to deal with the service removal during upgrade (major and minor) and repair. Since OS will mark the service for deletion when the service is removed and reboot is required, any future service update during the installation process will be ignored. This leaves