Re: [WiX-users] Best way to remove a feature in another installed app at install time

That API only works on the currently installing MSI not on other MSIs. There is nothing wrong with installing your product SxS but if that is your design, you'll want to evaluate your use of shared resources (such as registry keys) because they'll just get broken in lots of different ways. That's b

Re: [WiX-users] Best way to remove a feature in another installed app at install time

OK fair enough. I was hoping not to have to patch the older product if possible. I was hoping WiX might do something like could be done via the automation interface'sFeatureRequestState property. > Is the use

Re: [WiX-users] Best way to remove a feature in another installed app at install time

AFAIK, you can't really do that. You could try to condition the Feature and then set something in the new install that causes the old installs Feature condition to evaluate to false and then have the user repair the old install. That *might* get the feature to turn off (since it's condition is fals

[WiX-users] Best way to remove a feature in another installed app at install time

Hi WiX users I've got a product B that shares a (hidden) feature with it's predecessor A. If I install A over B the registry we use toggles back the the old app location. Since we may want to have update B's feature at some point this is bad. My company doesn't like to uninstall the old produc