Thanks for the helpful pointers. I've since written a C# program that does
the check for the old InstallShield install, runs it if found and cleans up
the leftover garbage.
Now I would like to follow your suggestion of putting this utility in a
custom bootstrapper for the new MSI so I can be sur
In article <1240352013685-2672846.p...@n2.nabble.com>,
lesterbangs writes:
> In this case, is it ok to run this cleanup procedure as an immediate action?
> What are the potential pitfalls of authoring the MSI in this way? Do I have
> any other alternatives apart from manually requiring th
On Tue, 4/21/09, lesterbangs wrote:
> From: lesterbangs
> Subject: [WiX-users] Cleaning up a messy InstallShield
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 5:13 PM
>
> I am converting an installer written in InstallShield 12
> (non-MSI based) to
> Wi
I am converting an installer written in InstallShield 12 (non-MSI based) to
WiX. The InstallShield one manages to violate nearly every best practice,
so even forcing the end-user to do a complete uninstall of it before running
the MSI leaves the system in a potential mess. Some of the things I h
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