On 1/8/2010 12:53 PM, Wilson, Phil wrote:
> It's like saying you don't support FilesInUse dialogs, requests for the
> original install source, reboots at the end of the install and other things
> that Windows will do whether you want to support them or not.
>
That's key: You can't disable or
hil Wilson
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From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:42 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disable repair and admin setup...
Ooops! I replied directly rather than to the list...
We've
com]
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:42 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disable repair and admin setup...
Ooops! I replied directly rather than to the list...
We've just never seen a need to support repair. That entails extensive
testing by
rsonally prefer to see products that allow Repair from the Programs
>>> and Features window.
>>>
>>> If you have custom actions or other issues that break when repair is run,
>>> you should seek to fix those instead of disabling repair. Those issues
>>> ar
r issues that break when repair is run,
>> you should seek to fix those instead of disabling repair. Those issues
>> aren't just "repair" issues, they are also upgrade issues (and possibly even
>> remove issues) that should never be shipped until you fix them.
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> From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:49 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disable repair and admin setup...
>
> I'm not too familiar with Admini
ascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:49 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disable repair and admin setup...
I'm not too familiar with Administrative installs, but I would assume
you could conditi
or Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Disable repair and admin setup...
We did this in one case by using a as follows:
ACTION~<>"ADMIN"
I know that works for advertise. I think there can be similar logic for repair.
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Bryan
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F
iX Users
Subject: [WiX-users] Disable repair and admin setup...
Is there some way we can "disable" (abort install action) if someone were to
launch our msi with the /a (administrative install) or /f
(repair) options? We can hide the actions in the UI, but when launched via
command-line
I'm not too familiar with Administrative installs, but I would assume
you could condition something in the AdminExecuteSequence and
AdminUISequence to abort the install.
Aborting if a repair is triggered sounds like a very strange request,
what if your KeyPaths are damaged and you have advertised
Is there some way we can "disable" (abort install action) if someone
were to launch our msi with the /a (administrative install) or /f
(repair) options? We can hide the actions in the UI, but when
launched via command-line they can still occur, we'd like to disable
them for now.
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Tony
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