Re: [WiX-users] Prevent Registry Removal

Don Pratt wrote: > (directed to the list at large...) > If you put the registry value in it's own component and use the same > component GUID for al of your installs, shouldn't MSI's reference > counting keep the key around until all of the apps that need it are > uninstalled? > Sure, that ma

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent Registry Removal

(directed to the list at large...) If you put the registry value in it's own component and use the same component GUID for al of your installs, shouldn't MSI's reference counting keep the key around until all of the apps that need it are uninstalled? Don BrianG wrote: >My company has differen

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent Registry Removal

Thanks for the information. You actually stated what I proposed to the other application teams. But you know how some can get set in their ways, so I was curious if there was a work-around that I could do on my end. It sounds like there is not though. BrianG Mike Dimmick wrote: > > This reg

Re: [WiX-users] Prevent Registry Removal

This registry _value_ (not key) should almost certainly be created by the hardware INF, not by your application installer. USB devices will normally have a serial number which is part of the registry key name; if it doesn't have a serial number then Windows will create a unique key based on the por