thanks David,
I am using this to check whether updates are running or reboot required so
my installer won't crap out
I am thinking I might need to add another check to see if another installer
is running (MSI not an update)
m = Mutex::OpenExisting( mutexName );
where mutexName would be: Global\_M
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> From: Phil Wilson
> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset.
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> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 11:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Updates - either pending or running causes
> our installs to fail
>
>T here is
There is a Windows Update Agent API. The IUpdateInstaller interface
has an IsBusy property that seems to indicate that an update is in
progress. This fragment of C++ may be a start. It seems to work in the
sense that it tells me not busy :) but is otherwise untested.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include
Does anyone know of a way we can detect if there are pending Windows Updates
or currently running Windows Updates?We have seen this issue quite a lot
where we have 32 bit assemblies within our installs that get installed and
then published near the end of the install. But if there are pending Windo
On 12/07/2013 10:56, Pally Sandher wrote:
> Question is if these machines don't have internet access, why is keeping them
> up to date an issue?
One problem with machines that don't have Internet access is that
installers which are Authenticode-signed won't install unless the root
certificate h
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows updates
So Burn is needed? (I am not surprised, given that it would be several files to
install that are likely internally transactional and the rest, but just wanted
to confirm.)
We don't have internet access on the machines
That or upgrade to 3.7 and use the "old" binaries for your existing builds.
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If you are going to use Burn, why not skip 3.6 and go to 3.7?
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From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com]
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If you are going to use Burn, why not skip 3.6 and go to 3.7?
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From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca [mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca]
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Following
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Following up to myself here to ask a question about burn. I had forgotten burn
got released in 3.6, since we'v
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From: Douglas, Keith - CoSD/DSCo
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So Burn is needed? (I am not surprised, given that it would be several files to
install that are likel
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From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu]
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Grab the appropriate Service Packs for the OSe
x27;t advise on that, but I don't think it's overly complicated.
Alain
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From: keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca [mailto:keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca]
Sent: July 11, 2013 10:12
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Windows updates
Hi folks,
Is
Hi folks,
Is there a way to bundle-and-install the standalone updates that one would get
from Microsoft to update Windows (e.g. security updates with the "Windows
Update Standalone" file type or whatever it is exactly)? If so, where should I
start looking to do this?
(We have machines which ar
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