Re: [WiX-users] Problem upgrading from per user to system-wide

2008-04-03 Thread Christopher Painter
For an ISV, you'll have to provide an uninstall utility with instructions for it to run in the context of every user who ever installed the product.For an enterprise, running that in a GPO assigned user logon script. Chad Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was afraid this wa

Re: [WiX-users] Problem upgrading from per user to system-wide

2008-04-03 Thread Chad Blomquist
I was afraid this was the case. Is there a typical approach to fixing this mistake when pushing an upgrade to a product that is already out in the wild? On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Christopher Painter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Upgrades ( including Major ) can't migrate an installed applic

Re: [WiX-users] Problem upgrading from per user to system-wide

2008-04-02 Thread Christopher Painter
Upgrades ( including Major ) can't migrate an installed application from per-user to all-users. You have to first uninstall the app for each user who might have installed it and then reinstall the application as all user.This servicing ugliness is the reason for MSI Tao Rule # 30. http:/

[WiX-users] Problem upgrading from per user to system-wide

2008-04-02 Thread Chad Blomquist
In my initial realease of a product, the installer left the ALLUSERS property undefined. As a result, the software seems to be installed per-user instead of for all users on the system. When I correct this and set the ALLUSERS property to 1, the upgrade fails to remove the old version. If, in th