[WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

Hi, I have an msi which support uninstallation and major upgrade. Now I want to update it for below purposes: (1)Users cannot use this msi to uninstall, which means: (1.1) A user right clicks my application item in Add/Remove programs, he can only see repair option, no remove opt

[WiX-users] WixQueryOsWellKnownSID fails on Windows NT 4.0

If I run a WiX 3.0-created MSI on Windows NT 4.0 that uses or (of course, LocalService does not exist on NT 4.0) for configuring the account a service runs as, the installer fails right away with "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to comp

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall can't stop running application due to UAC

lambda...@hushmail.com wrote: > . If I run the MSI without elevation and click Remove, it still > says a reboot will be necessary, There's no way for MSI to know what the custom action will do. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] How to get consistent behavior from ARPxxxx properties

Jacques Eloff wrote: > I never set any of the ARPxxx properties in my installer code. I noticed > that by default, the entry for my application under > HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{guid} always contains an > entry for NoModify set to 0x0001. > MSI doesn't write that valu

Re: [WiX-users] WixQueryOsWellKnownSID fails on Windows NT 4.0

lambda...@hushmail.com wrote: > important in this situation. Although I could make a separate > installer for use on NT 4.0, is it possible to make > WixQueryOsWellKnownSID work on this OS? > No. It uses LookupAccountSid, which requires Windows 2000. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -

Re: [WiX-users] Stopping IIS website during uninstall

Richard Hollis wrote: > But it doesn't seem to stop IIS in time and I still get the prompt that > setup needs to restart. I tried it as a deferred action and immediate and > it doesn't work either way. > > Is there any way I can run a deferred (elevated) CA before RemoveFiles and > shut that sucka

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

Lian Jiang wrote: > (1)Users cannot use this msi to uninstall, which means: > Why would you want to do that? It's the software equivalent of "Crunchy Frog" -- a very unexpected and unpleasant surprise. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] is it possible to disable user uninstall while still enable major upgrade?

Bob, I agree it sounds like a strange requirement for most projects which I didn't even believe at the beginning. But it is legitimate for my project due to some business reason... Can this be done technically? Thanks Lian -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.c

[WiX-users] What is wixca.dll?

Hi, Can anyone let me know what this wixca.dll is? Thanks &Regards, Srivardhan. -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration an