Re: [WiX-users] patch not patching registry

2011-09-15 Thread Rob Mensching
Please, don't use a custom action when the Windows Installer provides native ability to do the work. Custom actions are much, much, much more fragile. I encourage you to take a little bit to understand the root issue why your patches are not updating some Components and go from there. A verbose lo

Re: [WiX-users] patch not patching registry

2011-09-15 Thread Skildum, Mathew
Registry entries in the MSI are only updated when the file they are linked with are updated. The easiest way to handle this situation is to have a custom action that updates the targeted registry value when the patch is run. Mat Skildum -Original Message- From: Michael Tissington [mai