Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall running very Slow....

2015-07-07 Thread TimM
Here is the download link to the uninstall logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5qivuotwbornc8t/UninstallLogs.zip?dl=0 -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-running-very-Slow-tp7600812p7600828.html Sent from the wix-users mailing li

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall running very Slow....

2015-07-07 Thread TimM
Nope the VM's are strictly captured snapshots and therefore no accumulative changes are applied to the images. Another thing to note is that we have our own uninstaller application that simply launch the uninstalls of our products that are selected by the user and the tester noticed that the slow

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall running very Slow....

2015-07-07 Thread Phil Wilson
It may help to post the logs somewhere anyway, just in case someone here can see something unusual. IIRC, the VM may be one of those that does accumulative changes but keeps the original image intact, so each action requires checking the original image and then searching the list of changes to get

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working

2015-05-06 Thread ronif
OK, problem solved, I had one file that was locked, that failed the deletion operation, Thanks for all your help! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-and-util-RemoveFolderEx-not-working-tp7600191p7600206.html Sent from the

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working

2015-05-06 Thread ronif
Sorry for that, SHOULDDELETEINSTALLATIONFOLDER = "TRUE" wrapped with CDATA.. where the property is set from burn -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-and-util-RemoveFolderEx-not-working-tp7600191p7600205.html Sent from the w

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working

2015-05-06 Thread ronif
The inner text is: where SHOULDDELETEINSTALLATIONFOLDER is a property set from the bundle.. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-and-util-RemoveFolderEx-not-worki

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working

2015-05-06 Thread John Cooper
iginal Message- From: ronif [mailto:ro...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 10:50 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working The inner text is:

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working

2015-05-06 Thread John Cooper
bject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working Hi again, you were correct about the property but for some reason the folder is still not being delete.. Here are the relevant lines from the log: MSI (s) (A8:90) [07:55:51:893]: Doing action: SetInstallationPathProperty Actio

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working

2015-05-06 Thread ronif
Hi again, you were correct about the property but for some reason the folder is still not being delete.. Here are the relevant lines from the log: MSI (s) (A8:90) [07:55:51:893]: Doing action: SetInstallationPathProperty Action ended 7:55:51: ValidateProductID. Return value 1. MSI (s) (A8:90) [07

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working

2015-05-06 Thread ronif
Thanks for your help John! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-and-util-RemoveFolderEx-not-working-tp7600191p7600196.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working

2015-05-06 Thread John Cooper
o:ro...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 9:12 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working Hi, thanks for your answer, so what is the best way to be able to reference an msiproperty i get from

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working

2015-05-06 Thread ronif
Hi, thanks for your answer, so what is the best way to be able to reference an msiproperty i get from burn? If I can't use ? and how can I set it before CostInitialize? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabbl

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall and util:RemoveFolderEx - not working

2015-05-06 Thread John Cooper
>From the documentation: The folder must be specified in the Property attribute as the name of a property that will have a value that resolves to the full path of the folder before the CostInitialize action. Note that Directory ids cannot be used. For more details, see the Remarks. Before Cost

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Rollback not triggered with WIXFAILWHENDEFERRED

2015-02-12 Thread Namrata Kumari
Where to include REMOVE=ALL using WIXFAILWHENDEFERRED -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-Rollback-not-triggered-with-WIXFAILWHENDEFERRED-tp7598874p7599202.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall 'Lite' and/or 'Pro' version with RelatedBundle property

2015-01-21 Thread Aeon
Ok I came across the method you prefer to chain several MSI packages. But, what I have now is 2 bundles (let's say Light and Pro) with their own MSI packages. I want the Pro version to uninstall the Light, and vice versa. With RelatedBundle you can detect if they are related but only the version

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall 'Lite' and/or 'Pro' version with RelatedBundle property

2015-01-21 Thread Phill Hogland
You can use Wix XML to author MSI package project(s) or a Bundle (bootstrapper) project, but you do not have to author a bootstrapper. http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/bundle/ A Bundle includes a "Bootstraper Application" (BA) which is processed by the Wix Burn engine. The event hand

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Rollback not triggered with WIXFAILWHENDEFERRED

2015-01-19 Thread wixtester
I don't have WixFailWhenDeferred custom action in InstallExecuteSequence. Infact, when I opened the msi in ORCA, the CA was sequenced at 6599 (before InstallFinalize) with condition "WIXFAILWHENDEFERRED=1 AND VersionNT > 400" This I believe should trigger rollback for both Install and Uninstall. A

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Rollback not triggered with WIXFAILWHENDEFERRED

2015-01-16 Thread Jeremiahf
Include the condition in your execute sequence to include REMOVE=ALL On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:35 AM, wixtester wrote: > Hi, > >I am using the WIXFAILWHENDEFFERED customaction reference to test the > installer rollback sequence. > The Install rollback works fine with this property but the u

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall previous version

2014-09-25 Thread newuser2014
By ProductCode, do you mean Product Id? I tried , but it seems like the installer will just install/overwrite and not remove the old application. By PackageCode, do you mean http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-previous-version-tp7596982p7596999.html Sent from t

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall previous version

2014-09-25 Thread Phil Wilson
Nobody can know if your upgrade will work because it depends on the changes made to a set of properties between old and new MSI files. The UpgradeCode must be the same, ProductCode must have changed, PackageCode too (but WiX does that by default I think) and the ProductVersion must be incremented

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall previous version

2014-09-25 Thread newuser2014
I have the following: Is that enough and should that be modified? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-previous-version-tp7596982p7596985.html Sent from the wix-users mailing lis

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall previous version

2014-09-25 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
2014-09-25 11:49 GMT-03:00 newuser2014 : > Hi, > I have the Product id as follows: > > And I have added the following: > > > > This seems to just overwrite the previous version and not uninstall it. > After installation of the newer version, I went into Add/Remove Programs > and saw that

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall then Reinstall Same Package

2014-05-30 Thread Walter Dexter
Original Message- > From: Walter Dexter [mailto:wfdex...@gmail.com ] > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 1:36 PM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall then Reinstall Same Package > > Why is doing this a bad idea? I know that's the

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall then Reinstall Same Package

2014-05-30 Thread John Cooper
nry.com -Original Message- From: Walter Dexter [mailto:wfdex...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 1:36 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall then Reinstall Same Package Why is doing this a bad idea? I know that's the common belief, b

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall then Reinstall Same Package

2014-05-30 Thread Walter Dexter
Why is doing this a bad idea? I know that's the common belief, but I don't know the reason. On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 11:09 AM, John Cooper wrote: > Instead of using the old Upgrade authoring, use the MajorUpgrade authoring > and take a look at the AllowSameVersionUpgrades attribute. Note that

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Guidelines - What should be happening

2014-05-30 Thread Marc Beaudry
Phil, Thanks for the info, it clarified my assumptions... Marc -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: May-30-2014 12:37 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Guidelines - What should be happening My

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Guidelines - What should be happening

2014-05-30 Thread Phil Wilson
My interpretation of using a file for user-specific data is that it's being contrasted with using the registry. It is next to impossible to remove HKCU-type registry data for a user that isn't currently logged on. Removing a file in some other user's data folder is much easier. We're talking about

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall then Reinstall Same Package

2014-05-30 Thread Ben Metheny
Thanks, I'll take a look at that. I completely agree, this should not be done but people more important than myself decide such things. On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 12:09 PM, John Cooper wrote: > Instead of using the old Upgrade authoring, use the MajorUpgrade authoring > and take a look at the Allo

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall then Reinstall Same Package

2014-05-30 Thread Walter Dexter
I do this in some MSIs that we deploy strictly silently via Microsoft system management stuff. My upgrade block looks like this: And also this, which I think matters: Then I have a wxi file that I include that contains: You don't really need the vars and the .wxi fi

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall then Reinstall Same Package

2014-05-30 Thread John Cooper
Instead of using the old Upgrade authoring, use the MajorUpgrade authoring and take a look at the AllowSameVersionUpgrades attribute. Note that this is a really bad idea(tm) in the field. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission,

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall MSI from ARP doesn't remove installed files

2014-04-14 Thread Saravan1109
I got the solution for my first problem (files not removed from installed location). I forgot to set the MSI property value on uninstallation. So the MSI feature is not get called and files not removed. Now the files are removed correctly. Could anyone please share example/way for removing selecte

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall MSI from ARP doesn't remove installed files

2014-04-07 Thread Saravan1109
Great, Thanks Rob. In which event I need to handle this process? In DetectPackageComplete I can able to get the state of the packages. My bundle having "InstallCondition" in chain/MsiPackage element. Is this condition enough for handle selected MSI on Uninstallation? -- View this message in con

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall MSI from ARP doesn't remove installed files

2014-04-07 Thread Rob Mensching
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall MSI from ARP doesn't remove installed files Thanks for your reply. I need some clarifications in uninstalling MSI using burn. Is it possible to remove only the selected MSI files while uninstallation? Scenario : If launch the bundle uninstall fro

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall MSI from ARP doesn't remove installed files

2014-04-07 Thread Saravan1109
Thanks for your reply. I need some clarifications in uninstalling MSI using burn. Is it possible to remove only the selected MSI files while uninstallation? Scenario : If launch the bundle uninstall from ARP, it shows the installed MSI packages list. I will select any of one MSI from that list and

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall MSI from ARP doesn't remove installed files

2014-04-04 Thread Phil Wilson
If you're saying that you uninstall one of the MSIs from ARP and some files remain, but if you uninstall both MSIs via the bundle and no files remain, one explanation is there are some shared files in both MSIs and uninstalling one will leave them behind because they are used by the other.

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall MSI from ARP doesn't remove installed files

2014-04-04 Thread Rob Mensching
Sounds like something is awry with your MSI. I would expect that to work. Verbose log file should show you what's going on. ___ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ -Original Message---

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall removing the default Virtual directory and not the one user created

2014-03-24 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
Thanks David, I will try this and let you know On 21-03-2014 19:48, David Watson wrote: > You need to persist the VIRTUAL_DIR_VAL (store it in the registry) so the > uninstaller knows it has changed otherwise it will use the default values. > > http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/the-wix

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall removing the default Virtual directory and not the one user created

2014-03-21 Thread David Watson
You need to persist the VIRTUAL_DIR_VAL (store it in the registry) so the uninstaller knows it has changed otherwise it will use the default values. http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/the-wix-toolsets-remember-property-pattern -Original Message- From: Suvrajyoti Panda [mailto:s

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Patch Error 1706

2014-02-28 Thread Phil Wilson
These might help. It's possible the patched file was never cached in the baseline cache (or was removed) or it wasn't a >= MSI 3.0 patch: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2007/01/17/the-patch-cache-and-freeing-space.aspx and this may still be an issue: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archiv

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-19 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
>> >> -Original Message- >> From: David Connet [mailto:d...@agilityrecordbook.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 8:25 AM >> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-19 Thread Blair Murri
ring uninstall). > > -Original Message- > From: David Connet [mailto:d...@agilityrecordbook.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 8:25 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created >

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-18 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
Message- > From: David Connet [mailto:d...@agilityrecordbook.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 8:25 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created > if that path is open on the system >

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-18 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
val on uninstall even if that path is open, or this is a >>>>> known issue? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> SuvraJyoti >>>>> On 17-12-2013 14:14, Blair Murri wrote: >>>>>> If a file being removed can’t be moved, then i

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-18 Thread Hoover, Jacob
25 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system There is no way (that I know of) to delete a directory where something has an open handle on that. The only way is to make sur

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-18 Thread David Connet
ring reboot, and unfortunately the folder will then be left >>> behind (because only file delete records are placed into the reboot >>> sequence, not folders). After reboot there isn’t an installation left to >>> run to cleanup any further. >>>>> &

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-17 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
me, files still in use can be moved (even if they are >> still loaded in other processes) and the folder is thus removed during the >> installation transaction (before the reboot) and the moved file is then >> removed as part of the reboot sequence. >>>> >>>> &g

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-17 Thread Phil Wilson
; > >> From: Suvrajyoti Panda > >> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 8:57 PM > >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> No Wesley, I have not used any create folder o

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-17 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
rote: >>> Did you use CreateFolder to create this directory? If so I think you need >>> to use RemoveFolder to remove the folder. Not sure about that though. >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Suvrajyoti Panda [mailto:suvrajyo...@contata.co.

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-17 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
--Original Message- >> From: Suvrajyoti Panda [mailto:suvrajyo...@contata.co.in] >> Sent: December-16-13 12:37 AM >> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path >> created if that path is o

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-17 Thread Blair Murri
ory? If so I think you need to > use RemoveFolder to remove the folder. Not sure about that though. > > -Original Message- > From: Suvrajyoti Panda [mailto:suvrajyo...@contata.co.in] > Sent: December-16-13 12:37 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-16 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
inal Message- > From: Suvrajyoti Panda [mailto:suvrajyo...@contata.co.in] > Sent: December-16-13 12:37 AM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created > if that path is open on the system > >

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-16 Thread Wesley Manning
WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system Hey Wesley, checked it on a reboot, that does not work. The structure is still there. Any others suggestions guys? Regards, SuvraJyoti On 13-12-2013 20:13, Wesley Manning

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-15 Thread Suvrajyoti Panda
Hey Wesley, checked it on a reboot, that does not work. The structure is still there. Any others suggestions guys? Regards, SuvraJyoti On 13-12-2013 20:13, Wesley Manning wrote: > It might be removed on a reboot. If you had folder open, then windows > installer can't uninstall it. But I think

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall by Installer not removing the path created if that path is open on the system

2013-12-13 Thread Wesley Manning
It might be removed on a reboot. If you had folder open, then windows installer can't uninstall it. But I think it marks it for removal. I know for sure files have this behaviour but I'm not sure about folders. -Original Message- From: Suvrajyoti Panda [mailto:suvrajyo...@contata.co.i

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall previous version with new version

2013-10-02 Thread Blair Murri
19, 2013 10:43 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall previous version with new version > > They have to be minor upgrades of each other (i.e. share the same > ProductCode). The three downsides that immediately come to m

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall removing user data

2013-09-22 Thread Christopher Painter
013 12:08 PM To: chr...@iswix.com, "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall removing user data The rule is that if MSI installs it, then an uninstall will uninstall it. The modify/creation date difference is what determines whether to o

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall removing user data

2013-09-22 Thread Phil Wilson
The rule is that if MSI installs it, then an uninstall will uninstall it. The modify/creation date difference is what determines whether to overwrite it, not uninstall it. User data is created by the app, not installed with the app, in this context that's the way I look at it. (Unless I'm having a

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall previous version with new version

2013-09-20 Thread Mark Risen
ll need to find out how to update that within TFS. Cheers! .Mark -Original Message- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:43 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall previous version with n

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall previous version with new version

2013-09-19 Thread Blair Murri
They have to be minor upgrades of each other (i.e. share the same ProductCode). The three downsides that immediately come to mind are that you cannot double-click version 2.msi and succeed at installing it (you have to supply a special command-line), if the version 2.msi isn't identically named

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall bundle by name ?

2013-09-07 Thread Phill Hogland
This is just a wild idea, but could you create a bundle (with a product search), which you use to stage your test project (uninstall the old and install the new)? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Uninstall-bundle-by-name-tp7588776p7

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall bundle by name ?

2013-09-05 Thread Keith.Douglas
Hi, What we did is build a front end that builds an "uninstall message" when the package is built (again by the front end, but you could use a build script or something maybe) and uses our install-and-monitor software to parse it when it arrives. You'd need SCCM or Afaria or other tools like th

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall bundle by name ?

2013-09-04 Thread Rob Mensching
Nothing that is documented today. On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 3:57 PM, wrote: > Hi all - I've managed to upgrade some of our installs to Wix 3.7 with the > burn bootstrapper, hooray ! > > One thing I haven't quite anticipated is this: after our automated build > we need to push a newly-built install

Re: [WiX-users] uninstall ApplyComplete status

2013-09-03 Thread Sean Hall
The engine always returns an HRESULT in the ApplyComplete event. Converted to hex, you're getting 0x8007015E. 0x015E, or 350, is ERROR_FAIL_NOACTION_REBOOT (from WinError.h). I also see the engine raising the Error event in this case, where it sends the error code 350. I think the only thin

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall on W7 with activated UAC from ARP: No UAC elevation prompt

2013-07-25 Thread Rob Mensching
It's ARP being magical. Never quite tracked down how they did it. Fortunately, Burn is smart enough to recognize that it is already elevated and doesn't ask again. On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 3:55 AM, Tobias S wrote: > Any idea on that behavior? Feedback highly appreciated. > > Best regards, > To

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall on W7 with activated UAC from ARP: No UAC elevation prompt

2013-07-25 Thread Tobias S
Any idea on that behavior? Feedback highly appreciated. Best regards, Tobias 2013/7/16 Tobias S > Hi, > > Didn't find any answer related to this on the mailing list yet. > > Have following behavior on Win7 VMs with Custom BAL as well as when using > BootstrapperApplicationRef Id=" > WixStandar

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-28 Thread Alain Forget
the meantime. Alain -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: June 28, 2013 16:07 To: afor...@cmu.edu; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue Do you still have the computer management console

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-28 Thread Hoover, Jacob
: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 2:38 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue I'll open by saying that I don't think this is why the services are being disabled, because I&#

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-28 Thread Alain Forget
such a nightmare, I might have pushed harder to redo everything in .NET. Alain -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org] Sent: June 28, 2013 14:55 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue Any proc

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-28 Thread Phil Wilson
it will be ok and the service will stop. If your java runtime has an explicit way to stop a Windows service and wait for it to actually finish, use that. Phil -Original Message- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:14 AM To: 'General discuss

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-28 Thread Alain Forget
gestions. Alain -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org] Sent: June 28, 2013 14:03 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue I've mentioned this before, but I don't recall if

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-28 Thread Phil Wilson
is not complicated and is much more manageable than a command shell. Phil -Original Message- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 7:07 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restar

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-28 Thread Alain Forget
es aren't being completely removed immediately at uninstall, even though I have specified that they should be removed at uninstall in the ServiceControl tags? Alain -Original Message- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: June 27, 2013 19:06 To: 'General discussion

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-27 Thread Blair Murri
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:12:04 -0400 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue > > I have just confirmed that, when my service is running the cmd.exe process, > the RestartManager requests the restart, while otherwise, it does not. > >

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-27 Thread Alain Forget
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Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-27 Thread Alain Forget
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Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-26 Thread Blair
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue Hey Alain, Take a look at my answer to this problem on stackoverflow - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6913332/wix-installer-problem-why-does-restartmanager-mark-service-as-rmcritical-and-no/8147540#8147540 Basically, you can

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-25 Thread Joel Budreau
Hey Alain, Take a look at my answer to this problem on stackoverflow - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6913332/wix-installer-problem-why-does-restartmanager-mark-service-as-rmcritical-and-no/8147540#8147540 Basically, you can 'lie' about the custom action and mark it as immediate instead of de

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-21 Thread Alain Forget
r the problem (and hopefully a solution)? Alain -Original Message- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: June 21, 2013 12:14 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue I've found a number of

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall does not uninstall my driver package

2013-06-21 Thread Gonzalez, John
I've had to deal with this in the past. DIFX just unloads the driver from the device. DIF_REMOVE is only called when removing the entire device as happens in device manager when using the Remove option. I got around this with a CA that sent the DIF_REMOVE directly to the device class using the

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-21 Thread Alain Forget
orget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: June 21, 2013 11:42 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue Blair (and anyone else interested), You were bang on about both manually trying to launch the service to test it and using

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-21 Thread Alain Forget
oing on? Alain -Original Message- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: June 21, 2013 04:31 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue Alain, Temporarily remove the ServiceControl\@Start and install. The

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-21 Thread Blair Murri
o be Arguments="-ini "[#fileClientCommModuleJslConfig]"" Blair Murri > From: afor...@cmu.edu > To: jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:09:30 -0400 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue > > Anyone out there have any id

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-20 Thread Alain Forget
Sent: June 19, 2013 19:12 To: 'Hoover, Jacob'; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue I've implemented Blair's 2nd suggestion, and the services do seem to get installed, but I don't think they&#

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-19 Thread Alain Forget
iles in use before deciding that a restart is required? -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: June 19, 2013 14:10 To: afor...@cmu.edu; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue No, a

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-19 Thread Hoover, Jacob
) and their related ServiceInstall/ServiceControl elements in a component. -Original Message- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 1:16 PM To: Hoover, Jacob; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Un

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-19 Thread Alain Forget
ssage- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: June 19, 2013 14:10 To: afor...@cmu.edu; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue No, a component can only have one key path, be it a file, directory, or

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-19 Thread Hoover, Jacob
] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:51 PM To: Hoover, Jacob; 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue Oh, I see, so if we make a Component contain multiple files, any time any one of those files are changed, the inst

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-19 Thread Alain Forget
r XML toolset. Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue One file per component is the most flexible for maintenance, but depending on your patching/upgrade plan it may not be needed. If the key file to the component is a 3rd party exe (and all of your jars were within this component), the

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-19 Thread Hoover, Jacob
olset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue You're quite right; after installing our software, there is a separate jsl.exe process for each of our services. One disturbing thing I've noticed is that if I then reboot the computer after installing our software, then op

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-19 Thread Alain Forget
08 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue I looked at the source code from the jsl website and what they are doing is installing whichever jsl*.exe binary as the service executable (passing '-ini ' as the

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-19 Thread Blair Murri
jsl.exe binary into multiple target binary files (one for each service). Blair > From: afor...@cmu.edu > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:31:25 -0400 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue > > Hm, interesting. Assuming you are right and

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-18 Thread Alain Forget
: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue Restart manager in your situation is probably working something like this: Look at each component that is being removed Look at each and every file in each of those components Look at

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-18 Thread Blair Murri
Restart manager in your situation is probably working something like this: Look at each component that is being removed Look at each and every file in each of those components Look at each and every process holding any of those files open? Is that process's binary the keypath of any component tha

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue

2013-06-15 Thread Phil Wilson
Can you post the entire verbose log somehere? Phil -Original Message- From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 11:11 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Uninstall restart issue I'm still wrestling with thi

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall file question

2013-06-08 Thread Rob Mensching
That's more of a Windows Installer question. The File Versioning rules are what's available: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa368599(v=vs.85).aspx On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:47 AM, BGINFO4X wrote: > Hello, > > Is there any way to tell WIX that when uninstalling the progr

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order

2013-05-02 Thread Alain Forget
+1 for uninstalling things in the reverse order they were in installed -Original Message- From: Daniel Madill [mailto:dan.mad...@quanser.com] Sent: May 2, 2013 11:16 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order Hello Nick, In

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order [P]

2013-05-02 Thread Nick Miller
udlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:46 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order [P] It would be interesting, but I'm struggling to imagine out how the syntax would work in your .wxs code if you were able t

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order

2013-05-02 Thread Nick Miller
Your right, and that is probably what I am going to do. -Original Message- From: Daniel Madill [mailto:dan.mad...@quanser.com] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:16 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order Hello Nick, In

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order

2013-05-02 Thread Daniel Madill
Hello Nick, In general, I find it makes sense to uninstall things in the reverse order to which they were installed. Why not install your SQL data first? That would make sense because then the data is present before the service runs (which I assume is installed along with the application MSI),

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Order [P]

2013-05-02 Thread John Ludlow
> > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Nick Miller >wrote: > > > Seems to be, yes. > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] > > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:21 AM > > To: General discussion for W

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