Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Christopher Painter
ral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 9:29:58 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation; I'm lucky... I have never had to tell somebody that the contract has extraordinarily stupid... and that people with higher pay grades than

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
m Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -Original Message- > From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 6:24 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [W

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Christopher Painter
ssage From: "Wilson, Phil" To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 7:27:43 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation; I'll add a comment here about that over-used word "requirement" and Edwi

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Wilson, Phil
. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 3:41 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation; I have to agree with the others on this mailing list. You need to leave the server proc

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
environment before printing this e-mail > -Original Message- > From: Bisht, Pradeep [mailto:pradeep_bi...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 3:06 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver aft

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Christopher Painter
5:06:07 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation; when our installer starts I see that: under processes "msiexec.exe" starts running and under services "msiserver" start running. Once our installer completes, msiexec is no longer visible in task manager

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Jeremy Farrell
September 28, 2010 11:06 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation; > > when our installer starts I see that: under processes > "msiexec.exe" starts > running and under services &

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Bisht, Pradeep
or Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 2:53:43 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation; I don't think you should be trying to stop "msiserver.exe". 1.) I don't know what "msiserver.exe" is. I would expect to see msiexec.

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Christopher Painter
t. Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 4:41:37 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation; Thanks for responding. The top installer is not ours it is of our customer who takes software from us and several other vendors. Their top level installer expects our installer to st

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
before printing this e-mail > -Original Message- > From: Bisht, Pradeep [mailto:pradeep_bi...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:42 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installatio

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Bisht, Pradeep
APIs what will be the id for the msiserver service? Can you please point me to a sample code. Thanks. - Original Message From: "Wilson, Phil" To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 12:33:08 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] h

Re: [WiX-users] how to stop msiserver after installation;

2010-09-28 Thread Wilson, Phil
It sounds like you have a design that expects the Windows Installer service (or some number of processes called msiexec.exe?) to stop when a bunch of your installs have finished. The Windows Installer service isn't a child process! Like any other Windows service you stop it with the service APIs