Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely

2011-03-15 Thread Pally Sandher
tland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Jammer [mailto:jam...@jammer.biz] Sent: 14 March 2011 21:26 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely I'd totally forgotten about

Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely

2011-03-15 Thread Pally Sandher
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Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely

2011-03-14 Thread Jammer
- > From: Wilbert van Dolleweerd [mailto:wilb...@arentheym.com] > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 1:41 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Cc: Rob Hamflett > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely > > 2011/3/14 Rob Hamflett: >

Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely

2011-03-14 Thread Jammer
I managed to fix it all with MSIZAP in the end. Thanks, Jammer On 14/03/2011 08:13, Rob Hamflett wrote: > Depending on what exactly is broken you might be able to get things into a > working state again just > by running a repair first. > > Rob > > On 12/03/2011 13:06, Jammer wrote: >> Hi Micha

Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely

2011-03-14 Thread Durwin Wright
desparate. -Original Message- From: Wilbert van Dolleweerd [mailto:wilb...@arentheym.com] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 1:41 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Cc: Rob Hamflett Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely 2011/3/14 Rob Hamflett : > Depe

Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely

2011-03-14 Thread Wilbert van Dolleweerd
2011/3/14 Rob Hamflett : > Depending on what exactly is broken you might be able to get things into a > working state again just > by running a repair first. I don't know about you guys, but I use a virtual machine to test the installs/uninstalls. Yes, you can still run in situations like this,

Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely

2011-03-14 Thread Rob Hamflett
Depending on what exactly is broken you might be able to get things into a working state again just by running a repair first. Rob On 12/03/2011 13:06, Jammer wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I've managed to get it fix with msizap.exe ... scary tool ... > > Thanks, > > Jammer > > On 12/03/2011 12:47, M

Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely

2011-03-12 Thread Jammer
Hi Michael, I've managed to get it fix with msizap.exe ... scary tool ... Thanks, Jammer On 12/03/2011 12:47, Michael Clark wrote: > Generate an install log an post the relevant section. There might be a way to > trick the installer to uninstall properly. Otherwise removing a broken > install

Re: [WiX-users] Removing Broken Installs Safely

2011-03-12 Thread Michael Clark
Generate an install log an post the relevant section. There might be a way to trick the installer to uninstall properly. Otherwise removing a broken install can be very tricky. I use msizap.exe very carefully. -Michael -Original Message- From: Jammer [mailto:jam...@jammer.biz] Sent: Sa