Yeah, testers used to find crazy bugs with installs. Then a couple hours of
complete confusion trying to figure out what the heck went wrong, they'd
say, "Oh, by the way I ran msizap on the machine before the install." As
calmly as possible I'd respond, "Cool, format machine and try to reproduce
th
Well it worked once in a row for me! (with a very simple msi) .
It is quick and (extremely) dirty for a development VM that you forgot to
take a snapshot of, but I would never say use it where it matters if the
machine is usable afterwards.
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> the user recache your updated MSI and then remove it (ala the fixed MSI).
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> -Original Message-
> From: Mr GAPearce [mailto:mr_gapea...@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 3:42 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [W
msizap creates more problems than it's worth.
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Mr GAPearce wrote:
> Search for msizap.exe on the msdn website.
>
> On Apr 15, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Marco Tognacci wrote:
>
> > I have think about this problem, if I make a mistake in the setup and
> for some reason wh
: Monday, April 15, 2013 3:42 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to force uninstall
Search for msizap.exe on the msdn website.
On Apr 15, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Marco Tognacci wrote:
> I have think about this problem, if I make a mistake in
Search for msizap.exe on the msdn website.
On Apr 15, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Marco Tognacci wrote:
> I have think about this problem, if I make a mistake in the setup and for
> some reason when I have distributed the setup to customers the setup fail to
> uninstall (for example it could not show th
here any better tool to use.
> From: phil.wil...@mvps.org
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:41:43 -0700
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to force uninstall
>
> You may need to say what "can't uninstall" means. Does it crash and rollba
M
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] How to force uninstall
I have made a fake installation that I can't uninstall anymore, is there a
way to force uninstall without creating a new setup bundle with the same
UpgradeCode and manage the upgrade of the old package?using th
: [WiX-users] How to force uninstall
I have made a fake installation that I can't uninstall anymore, is there a way
to force uninstall without creating a new setup bundle with the same
UpgradeCode and manage the upgrade of the old package?using the "Windows
installer cleanup utility&q
I have made a fake installation that I can't uninstall anymore, is there a way
to force uninstall without creating a new setup bundle with the same
UpgradeCode and manage the upgrade of the old package?using the "Windows
installer cleanup utility" could be a good way or is there a better way for
DIFxApp.)
Jim
-Original Message-
From: jo...@msli.com [mailto:jo...@msli.com]
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 8:59 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: [WiX-users] how to force uninstall before install
I am going thought the process of making msi
You might try either using the LaunchConditions table to block the
install, or use the Upgrage table and UpgradeCode to uninstall the
product at the beginning of the install.
These are MSI table, but have corresponding Wix elements. As always,
the Wix Reference and the downloaded Windows Installe
Search for "Major Upgrade".
Alex
-Original Message-
From: jo...@msli.com [mailto:jo...@msli.com]
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 8:59 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: [WiX-users] how to force uninstall before install
I am going th
I am going thought the process of making msi's for new versions of my
software.
I would like to force the user to uninstall before installing the new
version, so I would like some install dialog to stop them there.
Where can I find some info on doing this?
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