Re: [WiX-users] Leave an entire feature behind at uninstall

2011-10-25 Thread Uma Harano
al Message- From: John Bergman [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 7:04 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Leave an entire feature behind at uninstall What about a separate "mini-install" tha

Re: [WiX-users] Leave an entire feature behind at uninstall

2011-10-25 Thread John Bergman
ussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Leave an entire feature behind at uninstall 1. Don't try to leave a Feature behind. It'll drive you crazy. 2. I'd probably try this... or use no GUID if you don't want to manage the data at all. 3. Custom actio

Re: [WiX-users] Leave an entire feature behind at uninstall

2011-10-24 Thread Rob Mensching
1. Don't try to leave a Feature behind. It'll drive you crazy. 2. I'd probably try this... or use no GUID if you don't want to manage the data at all. 3. Custom actions are an admission of failure: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2007/8/17/Zataoca-Custom-actions-are-generally-an-admission-of-f