Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

2010-04-01 Thread Viv Coco
" registry item. > > > Phil Wilson > > > -Original Message- > From: Viv Coco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:34 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] stop the service befor

Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

2010-03-31 Thread Wilson, Phil
p services, uninstall files etc. 3. Custom action to delete the "stop monitoring" registry item. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Viv Coco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:34 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML to

Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

2010-03-31 Thread Viv Coco
Forgot to mention: as my application is started by the service it runs in the service context which means they both don't run in the context of the current user, but as "SYSTEM". Also my application doesn't have a window (it's a winmain application but with EntryPointSymbol="mainCRTStartup").

Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

2010-03-31 Thread Viv Coco
gt; Phil Wilson > > > -Original Message----- > From: Viv Coco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:08 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall > > Hi guy

Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

2010-03-30 Thread Wilson, Phil
ge- From: Viv Coco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:08 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall Hi guys, I really don't want to be pushy but I need to find a solution for this: besid

Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

2010-03-30 Thread Viv Coco
t; -Original Message- > From: Viv Coco [mailto:vcotirl...@hotmail.com] > Sent: 30 March 2010 11:08 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall > > Hi guys, > > I really don't want to

Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

2010-03-30 Thread Nick Ramirez
When, during the uninstall process, are you getting the error? Is it happening during the RemoveFiles action? If so, you might try adding the Wait="yes" attribute to your ServiceControl so that it waits for it to stop the service before moving on to remove files. It may be that the SCM is taking t

Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

2010-03-30 Thread Pally Sandher
il.com] Sent: 30 March 2010 11:08 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall Hi guys, I really don't want to be pushy but I need to find a solution for this: besides my application I also install a service that is ba

Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

2010-03-30 Thread Viv Coco
Hi guys, I really don't want to be pushy but I need to find a solution for this: besides my application I also install a service that is babysitting my application, eg: restarts it when it crashes or whatever. When the product is uninstalled I get the message: "The setup must update files or s

Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

2010-03-29 Thread Viv Coco
> On pre-Vista (pre MSI 4.0) the ServiceControl entries aren't considered for > files-in-use situations. On Restart Manager systems with MSI 4.0 and above, > it does look at the ServiceControl table but there have been some reports > that it doesn't work with every entry in the ServiceControl t

Re: [WiX-users] stop the service before uninstall

2010-03-26 Thread Wilson, Phil
On pre-Vista (pre MSI 4.0) the ServiceControl entries aren't considered for files-in-use situations. On Restart Manager systems with MSI 4.0 and above, it does look at the ServiceControl table but there have been some reports that it doesn't work with every entry in the ServiceControl table and