Re: [WiX-users] Major update disallowing component

2010-11-30 Thread Quinton Tormanen
Unfortunately, the files are part of a driver package that I don't want to mess with. I'm consider (brace yourself) of doing the REINSTALLMODE=amus thing since all files are within our install folder. Anything less ugly? --Quinton On Tues, Nov 30, 2010 7:06 AM, Rob Mensching wrote > > Wow. Uhh,

Re: [WiX-users] Major update disallowing component

2010-11-30 Thread Quinton Tormanen
No. Looking at the log, it appears that the decision to skip those components was made in CostFinalize so it doesn't seem like it'd help. Thanks though. --Quinton >Peter Shirtcliffe wrote: > Have you tried moving RemoveExistingProducts to before InstallInitialise? > That worked for us in a simil

Re: [WiX-users] Major update disallowing component

2010-11-30 Thread Rob Mensching
Wow. Uhh, easiest fix is probably going to be to release the 1.1 DLL with the version 1.3. Time travel is hard so just go forward naturally. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Quinton Tormanen wrote: > Perhaps this question has been answered before, but I couldn't find > anything in the wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Major update disallowing component

2010-11-30 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Major update disallowing component No this isn't anything in the GAC. The component in question is a piece of a driver installed using the DifxAppExtension, and its absence wreaks havoc on the attempt to install the driver, failing the major update. However, the problem i

Re: [WiX-users] Major update disallowing component

2010-11-29 Thread Quinton Tormanen
No this isn't anything in the GAC. The component in question is a piece of a driver installed using the DifxAppExtension, and its absence wreaks havoc on the attempt to install the driver, failing the major update. However, the problem itself occurs prior to this, in that very early on the installe

Re: [WiX-users] Major update disallowing component

2010-11-29 Thread Wilson, Phil
. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Major update disallowing component Just an update on this. I tried changing the Component GUID, but realized that that won't work, because the files still target the same location, so I get the same error. That is, it's not looking up the Component GUID for dete

Re: [WiX-users] Major update disallowing component

2010-11-29 Thread Quinton Tormanen
Just an update on this. I tried changing the Component GUID, but realized that that won't work, because the files still target the same location, so I get the same error. That is, it's not looking up the Component GUID for determining if the component is pre-existing, but rather the destination its