subject:"\[WiX\-users\] Uninstall removing user data"

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall removing user data

2013-09-22 Thread Christopher Painter

013 12:08 PM To: chr...@iswix.com, "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall removing user data The rule is that if MSI installs it, then an uninstall will uninstall it. The modify/creation date difference is what determines whether to o

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall removing user data

2013-09-22 Thread Phil Wilson

The rule is that if MSI installs it, then an uninstall will uninstall it. The modify/creation date difference is what determines whether to overwrite it, not uninstall it. User data is created by the app, not installed with the app, in this context that's the way I look at it. (Unless I'm having a

[WiX-users] Uninstall removing user data

2013-09-21 Thread Christopher Painter

I'm having a senior moment with what seemed like a pretty simple and well established concept in windows installer: don't uninstall user data. I created a very simple installer with a single component / file ( test.txt ). I tested with test.txt as the key file and with no key file ( directory