Re: [WiX-users] Require reboot before re-installation

2010-07-10 Thread Bob Arnson
On 7/7/2010 12:54 PM, Samuel Larsen wrote: > Could someone suggest a method for forcing a reboot after an uninstall before > another install is permitted? I have the following problem: My installer > installs a device driver. An uninstall correctly removes the driver from the > filesystem. If

Re: [WiX-users] Require reboot before re-installation

2010-07-08 Thread Michael Urman
If you target MSI 4.0 or later, you might see this reflected in the MsiSystemRebootPending property. The MSDN page for this property suggests authoring it into a launch condition. On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:08, Samuel Larsen wrote: > Hmmm.  That was a good idea, but no, it looks like the > Pendi

Re: [WiX-users] Require reboot before re-installation

2010-07-08 Thread Samuel Larsen
Hmmm. That was a good idea, but no, it looks like the PendingFileRenameOperations key is not even present in the registry after the uninstall. I think the overall approach of checking the registry will work for me, however. We have some registry entries specific to our driver that aren't rem

Re: [WiX-users] Require reboot before re-installation

2010-07-07 Thread David Watson
Hi, Does the driver uninstall put an entry into PendingFileRenameOperations in the registry? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc960241.aspx If so you could check this key is clean before running the install, I have implmemented this in the past. Dave -Original Message- From: S