Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade Doesn't Find Old Product

2014-04-16 Thread Carter Young
You are correct... You cannot upgrade a 32 bit package with a 64 bit installer. Out of curiousity, do you have any install conditions? As a side note, the program files in the (x86) are stored in a different registry than their 64 bit counterparts, hence the reason the upgrade was failing.

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade Doesn't Find Old Product

2014-04-16 Thread Jamie Hankins
Yes, I had dug into the MSIs until my (virtual) fingernails bled! Everything looked normal. So it turned out that the client package that I was working against is a really old one, and machines that we will be upgrading will actually have a later version. I tried the later version, and my MSI u

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade Doesn't Find Old Product

2014-04-15 Thread Phil Wilson
tVersion. >> --- >> Phil Wilson >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Pavan Konduru >> wrote: >>> Hi Jamie, >>> >>> The major upgrade section should have been present in the older >>> product too for the current

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade Doesn't Find Old Product

2014-04-15 Thread Carter Young
e, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Pavan Konduru > wrote: >> Hi Jamie, >> >> The major upgrade section should have been present in the older >> product too for the current installer to upgrade it. >> >> --Pavan >> >> -Original Message----- >>

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade Doesn't Find Old Product

2014-04-15 Thread Phil Wilson
; The major upgrade section should have been present in the older product too > for the current installer to upgrade it. > > --Pavan > > -Original Message- > From: Jamie Hankins [mailto:jamiehank...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 8:57 PM > To: wix-users@li

Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade Doesn't Find Old Product

2014-04-15 Thread Pavan Konduru
Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrade Doesn't Find Old Product I've been on this for a few hours now. I'm trying to write an upgrade. From what I understand, it should be as simple as adding a MajorUpgrade section with a DowngradeErrorMessage string, and having the same upgrade code. Ho

[WiX-users] Upgrade Doesn't Find Old Product

2014-04-14 Thread Jamie Hankins
I've been on this for a few hours now. I'm trying to write an upgrade. From what I understand, it should be as simple as adding a MajorUpgrade section with a DowngradeErrorMessage string, and having the same upgrade code. However, it just isn't working out that way. I can install the old pro