Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-30 Thread Blair
ML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation Well, the problem is actually less that we want to prevent *files* from getting removed (the module itself is not a file but a once-run proprietary script that removes itself as soon as it successfully terminated) but that we want to preve

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Wilson, Phil
y. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:k...@quipsy.de] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 4:50 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation Thanks for the tip, but what we are seeking for is a &quo

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Markus Karg
gt; product was EVER installed. > > Richard Horsley > > -Original Message- > From: Markus Karg [mailto:k...@quipsy.de] > Sent: 01 April 2010 11:20 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation > > Well, the pr

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Richard Horsley
[mailto:k...@quipsy.de] Sent: 01 April 2010 11:20 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation Well, the problem is actually less that we want to prevent *files* from getting removed (the module itself is not a file but a once-run proprietary

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Markus Karg
this sounds as if .msp is *not* the solution then? > -Original Message- > From: Richard Horsley [mailto:richard.hors...@eicltd.com] > Sent: Donnerstag, 1. April 2010 12:05 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Richard Horsley
indows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation In theorey we could, but: Will this solve the problem? Will the user be able to see that the module was installed? > -Original Message- > From: Richard Horsley [mailto:richard.hors...@eicltd.com] > Sent: Do

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Markus Karg
age- > From: Rob Hamflett [mailto:r...@snsys.com] > Sent: Donnerstag, 1. April 2010 11:52 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation > > Are you aware that disabling installs will prevent major upgrades? > > Rob > >

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Markus Karg
nstaller XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation > > Could you create an .msp to patch the original installer to add these > files? > > -Original Message- > From: Markus Karg [mailto:k...@quipsy.de] > Sent: 01 April 2010 10:30 > To: Gener

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Rob Hamflett
Are you aware that disabling installs will prevent major upgrades? Rob On 01/04/2010 10:29, Markus Karg wrote: > We have to write a .msi to install modules into a preinstalled software. > > > > The problem is that once the module is installed, it can never get > uninstalled, as it modifies some s

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Richard Horsley
Could you create an .msp to patch the original installer to add these files? -Original Message- From: Markus Karg [mailto:k...@quipsy.de] Sent: 01 April 2010 10:30 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation We have to write a

[WiX-users] Prevent deinstallation

2010-04-01 Thread Markus Karg
We have to write a .msi to install modules into a preinstalled software. The problem is that once the module is installed, it can never get uninstalled, as it modifies some software-internal structures in a way that makes it impossible to undo. So, we have to prevent that somebody goes into