Re: [WiX-users] missing install files

2010-02-24 Thread Blair
btle. Maybe now would be a good time to get that book on Windows Installer written (but where will I find the time?). -Original Message- From: Mark Pietras [mailto:mpiet...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 1:39 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] missing in

Re: [WiX-users] missing install files

2010-02-23 Thread Mark Pietras
advice on if/when/how I should transition to a single-File-per-Component strategy? Thanks, Mark. From: Blair To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Mon, February 22, 2010 6:30:28 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] missing install files The

Re: [WiX-users] missing install files

2010-02-23 Thread Harvey, John Ctr USAF Warfighter's Edge
neral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] missing install files The easiest way out is to move the RemoveExistingProducts action to be before InstallInitialize. However, there are situations where that doesn't seem to work, and it carries (sometimes significant

Re: [WiX-users] missing install files

2010-02-22 Thread Blair
be now would be a good time to get that book on Windows Installer written (but where will I find the time?). -Original Message- From: Mark Pietras [mailto:mpiet...@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 1:39 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] missing install

[WiX-users] missing install files

2010-02-22 Thread Mark Pietras
In short: when I install my newer msi package over an older existing install, the old files are deleted but are not replaced with their newer versions. I end up with all "overlapping files" gone, and only newly-added files remain. For example: Old WXS: New WXS: