Re: [WiX-users] Force Uninstallation of a MSI

2013-10-24 Thread ecyoung
Download the Original Installer, attempt to repair the install, finish the repair, and do a clean uninstall. Otherwise, download your new installer, and this tool: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner Use Tools > Uninstaller > Remove from Registry. Out of curiosity, which step is failing? You

Re: [WiX-users] Force Uninstallation of a MSI

2013-10-24 Thread Hoover, Jacob
o: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Force Uninstallation of a MSI The safe way is to do a build with the same ProductCode that fixes the issue (which may be as simple as removing the call to a failing uninstall custom action) and installing it: msiexec /I REI

Re: [WiX-users] Force Uninstallation of a MSI

2013-10-24 Thread Phil Wilson
The safe way is to do a build with the same ProductCode that fixes the issue (which may be as simple as removing the call to a failing uninstall custom action) and installing it: msiexec /I REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus Or a patch that provides the same fix. Other solutions (such as fiddlin

[WiX-users] Force Uninstallation of a MSI

2013-10-24 Thread Suryadeep Biswal
Hi, On one of our machines, an uninstallation step fails resulting in rollback of the entire process. I am looking for a way to force uninstall a MSI (it would be okay if some of the MSI bits remain after the uninstallation). Is anyone aware of a way (or a tool) to do such force uninstallat