Re: [WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refresh sometimes

2012-01-07 Thread Bob Arnson
On 05-Jan-12 09:05, Bruce Cran wrote: > From a verbose install log I see that MainEngineThread is returning > ERROR_SUCCESS_REBOOT_REQUIRED (3010) - I wonder if WI only checks for > ERROR_SUCCESS when determining if it should refresh the list, or not > the other ERROR_SUCCESS_* values? If so, wo

Re: [WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refresh sometimes

2012-01-05 Thread Bruce Cran
On 26/10/2011 03:52, Bob Arnson wrote: > On 25-Oct-11 12:03, john.burak wrote: >> Okay. I wonder what the difference is between doing an uninstall via >> the usual method and doing an uninstall via "Change> Remove". > ARP is in charge: You click Uninstall and if it gets a success code, it > refres

Re: [WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refresh sometimes

2012-01-05 Thread Bruce Cran
On 05/01/2012 13:54, Bruce Cran wrote: > I'm also seeing this problem, with WiX 3.6. I click Uninstall, the > program uninstalls and asks for a reboot. I answer "No" and the list > of installed applications fails to refresh until I click F5. Having > read about how WI checks whether it needs to

Re: [WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-25 Thread Bob Arnson
On 25-Oct-11 12:03, john.burak wrote: > Okay. I wonder what the difference is between doing an uninstall via > the usual method and doing an uninstall via "Change > Remove". ARP is in charge: You click Uninstall and if it gets a success code, it refreshes. Otherwise, it does nothing. It doesn't

Re: [WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-25 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
is e-mail > -Original Message- > From: john.burak [mailto:john.bu...@telvent.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:06 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refresh > sometimes > > > Edwin G. Cas

Re: [WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-25 Thread john.burak
Edwin G. Castro wrote: > > ARP/P&F can and does list things that are not MSI products. Could some of > those non-MSI products use an external API to perform the wholesale > refresh? > That was the only guess I had. On closer inspection, I bet Notepad++ isn't using Windows Installer. I guess t

Re: [WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-25 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
the environment before printing this e-mail > -Original Message- > From: john.burak [mailto:john.bu...@telvent.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 9:03 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refres

Re: [WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-25 Thread john.burak
Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > Nope. ARP/P&F doesn't do a wholesale refresh of the program list for MSI > packages. When you click Uninstall and it succeeds, it just deletes that > one entry. > Okay. I wonder what the difference is between doing an uninstall via the usual method and doing an uninst

Re: [WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-24 Thread Bob Arnson
On 21-Oct-11 19:52, john.burak wrote: > Anyone know, is this perhaps a minor bug in the UI/dialogs, Candle, or > Light? It might make my QA person happy to know it's been reported ;) Nope. ARP/P&F doesn't do a wholesale refresh of the program list for MSI packages. When you click Uninstall and i

[WiX-users] "Add/Remove Programs" doesn't refresh sometimes

2011-10-21 Thread john.burak
Not a huge deal I know, but I did get an internal bug about how "Add/Remove Programs" (aka "Programs and Features") doesn't refresh after doing a "Change" and picking "Remove". A straight uninstall causes the refresh, but picking Change and navigating to Remove doesn't. I'm using a UI based on Wi